A critical aspect of reaching these targets is maintaining the highly skilled and specialized staff, even in the face of the need for an orderly downsizing of that staff.

UNICEF was working to reduce the time needed for deploying staff and would review procedures to strengthen efficiency and accountability.

However, the Committee recommends that a leaner administrative and support structure be considered, including maximum use of national staff.

These constraints have resulted in the freezing of three key senior staff posts and consequently reduced the availability of personnel resources for carrying out analytical work and advisory services.

Sri Lanka

With regard to staff selection, the delegations supported the proposal to reduce the period for submitting applications from 60 to 45 days, but feared that that measure would not be sufficient to address long delays in filling vacancies or the lack of succession planning.

C. Reduction of hunger

Bearing in mind that the imbalance in the actual composition of the staff could result in diminishing the effectiveness of the work of the Office of the High Commissioner if it is perceived to be culturally biased and unrepresentative of the United Nations as a whole,

I. Cost saving measures

By contrast, a similar tax rule to exempt employer payments for health insurance would reduce national saving by causing employees to substitute health insurance for large personal cash accumulations.

Who s Afraid of Tapering?

Unable to minimize the upgrade set

(i) Reduction in the duration of the liquidation process

Closing America s Jobs Deficit

Why Consolidate?

Limiting time for statements

A diminishing role for nuclear weapons

Responsible for overall administration of personnel programme, including staff planning, staffing, classification, staff relations, appointments, promotions, separations, assignments, staff development and travel of all staff.

Emerging Europe s Deleveraging Dilemma

Mandate downsizing and subsequent liquidation of the Mission

(e) Reduce the length of pre trial detention

Reducing mortality in childhood

The Group wished to reiterate that human resources management reform should be aimed at enhancing productivity and the quality of the Organization's work but should not result in staff or budget cuts or adversely affect the morale and motivation of the staff.

Economic deleveraging takes time.

Mobility

Obligations of staff members

and Information Technology Unit

Staff security

The net increase in international staff posts (P 5 P 4) in the Political, Policy and Planning Office relates to the closing of the Political Affairs Office and the Policy and Planning Section in the third quarter of the 2004 05 period as an element of the Mission's downsizing.

States and localities are cutting back expenditures.

The Conservatives want to reduce the size of the House of Commons by 10 .

The fundamental economic effect is to reduce government spending.

All restrictions in labor relations are prohibited.

One P 3 to assess staff training needs and support the organization of staff training

Recruitment and staffing

Total, international staff 38 8 46

Personnel Unit

1 P 4, 1 P 2 1, 10 FS, 2 GS OL, 12 NS, 5 UNV

Staffing and budget

Civilian staffing

1 GS (OL),

D. Staffing table

of the Secretary General

Staff costs account for 64 per cent of the regular budget, of which 60 per cent represents the cost of area staff and four per cent represents the cost of international staff.

The recommendation for the selection of staff against these positions will be subject to the review of the OHCHR internal Advisory Panel on Personnel Issues (APPI) to ensure a fair and transparent staff selection mechanism.