Salary scale for staff in the General Service category at Headquarters

Gross pension Gross pensionable salaries have been derived through the application of staff assessment to net pensionable salaries.

(h) Conducting 2 evaluation workshops at headquarters for UNODC staff.

Gross Gross salaries have been derived through the application of staff assessment to total net salaries.

UNRWA agrees with the recommendation and is focusing particularly on the needs of the procurement staff in the field locations, in addition to the headquarters staff, for the upcoming year.

This was in response to the increasing concern over security affecting the United Nations staff at Headquarters and in different parts of the world.

Interviews at headquarters with Executive Board members and with staff of UNDP and other United Nations organizations.

(g) The number of workshops (regional and at headquarters) for UNODC staff pre post test scores of participants.

In addition, specific one day sessions have been successfully organized for headquarters staff on various Atlas related topics.

Extrapolated by JIU from UNPD staff costs for its 71 staff members at Headquarters.

United Nations libraries will continue to work from their own established networks to apply this experience in assisting sharing of knowledge among regions, regional and headquarters bodies and United Nations staff members at Headquarters.

Division of Administration

In order to support all these activities the Office has been organizing training workshops for its own staff at headquarters and in the field, with the support of the United Nations System Staff College.

Core UNMOVIC staff in the Professional category at Headquarters at present total 50 weapons experts and other personnel drawn from 24 nationalities, nine of whom are women.

The third seminar for current special representatives and senior Headquarters staff was held in Switzerland in October 2004 and attended by nearly all of the current special representatives of the Secretary General.

OIOS audits covered operations in 26 countries in the Field, and the payroll, mobility and hardship allowance and various aspects of the Management Systems Renewal Project (MSRP) at Headquarters, as well as conducting a comparative review of the functions of desk officers at Headquarters.

Headquarters agreements cover a wide variety of issues of concern to the organizations themselves, to the host countries and other member States, Permanent Missions and their staff, as well as the staff members of the organizations, other officials and their families.

13. Reiterates its request to the Secretary General to ensure that training opportunities in the six official languages are equally available to all language staff, including those at duty stations away from Headquarters

The Procurement Service will also discuss this issue during the annual Chief Procurement Officers conference, scheduled to take place at Headquarters in the last week of April 2005.

At headquarters, OIOS audited UNHCR's Payroll, Mobility and Hardship Allowance and various aspects of the Management Systems Renewal Project (MSRP) and conducted a Comparative Review of the Desk Function.

2. Also reiterates its request to the Secretary General to ensure that training opportunities in the six official languages are equally available to all language staff, including those at duty stations away from Headquarters

Long service step

Further, in view of the absence of staffing benchmarks to date, it is difficult to establish which procurement volume would justify full time specialist procurement staff in the field offices, and perhaps even at Headquarters.

A. Headquarters

Headquarters

Headquarters

The checklist for UNHCR staff on designing protection strategies and measuring progress (July 2002) primarily suited field purposes, while there was no such document for headquarters activities.

For the purpose of its proper functioning, the status, privileges and immunities of the International Olive Council, of its Executive Director, senior officials and other staff of its Executive Secretariat, of experts and of the delegations of the Members in the territory of Spain shall be governed by a Headquarters Agreement.

Headquarters WASH staff will also continue to manage UNICEF staff capacity building (in partnership with the Division of Human Resources) through the design and management of training programmes and the production and dissemination of guidelines and other training materials.

While two thirds of professional staff at Headquarters have attended one or more of these training workshops, the Department faces a considerable challenge in ensuring adequate training for staff in the field.

Therefore, a ratio of four General Service staff members for each Professional staff member could constitute a best practice standard in centralized procurement services at Headquarters since the ratio would likely tilt significantly towards more General Service staff in field locations.

Financial resources

Headquarters

The Group noted the progress made by the Department of Safety and Security in filling headquarters posts but was concerned about the delays in recruiting Field Service staff, which should have been the first priority.

For example, in resolution 51 231 of 13 June 1997 (para. 31), the Assembly invited the Secretary General to intensify training programmes for all procurement personnel at Headquarters and field offices.

The existing training capacity at Headquarters and at offices away from Headquarters is also under examination.

Under direction of Chief of Finance, prepares detailed budget estimates by applicable account codes ensures the appropriate coding of all financial transactions, comparing against current allotments prepares regular financial reports statements for submission to headquarters.

Annotations to the supplementary provisional agenda

Headquarters audits

Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel

Location in a territorial unit

Diplomatic representation in the host city 9

Note 3. Other Headquarters funds

(e) Second review of headquarters agreements focusing on the provision of headquarters premises and other facilities by host countries.

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