General Service posts

Includes Military Planning, Support and Liaison Office in Kisangani.

(e) Three plumbers, national General Service (new posts).

Three General Service (Other level) posts

General Services Section (10 new posts, 2 redeployed posts)

Mandate change in scale and scope of mandate

The number of posts in the General Service category has been reduced by nine.

The net addition to the General Services Section would be eight.

The main factor contributing to the variance of 51,900 under this heading is the requirement for the specialized services of an Engineer Architect in connection with construction projects at Mission headquarters.

The Japanese delegation considered that the structure of posts in the Secretariat needed to be altered, since there were too many posts at the higher levels.

Three General Service (Other level) support staff

For this purpose, a total of 28 posts (4 P 4, 12 P 3, 8 national General Service Translator posts and 4 national General Service Administrative Assistant posts) are proposed (ibid., paras.

The Participation, Entitlements and Contributions Section comprises 13 posts 3 Professional and 10 General Service (Other level).

This Section describes the single largest contributing factor of each resource variance according to specific standard options encompassed in the four standard categories listed below

Proportion of General Service staff to Professional staff in the regional commissions

Eight General Service (Other level) posts to support Desk Officers

Three General Service (Other level) posts for Accounting Assistants

The actions to be taken by the General Assembly are set out in section IV of the present report.

Special Representative of

a Includes Protocol Unit, Legal Affairs Section, Code of Conduct Community Relations Office and Quick Impact Projects Unit.

(b) Staff charged to General temporary assistance funds

The Finance and Information Systems Section comprises 7 posts 2 Professional and 5 General Service (Other level).

The explanations of variances in resource levels, both human resources and financial resources, have been linked, where applicable, to specific outputs planned by the Mission.

One General Service (Principal level) and four General Service (Other level) posts

b Includes 13 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (1 P 4, 8 national General Service staff and 4 United Nations Volunteers, all in the field), funded under general temporary assistance.

b Includes national officers and national General Service staff.

(b) Additional requirements for the delayed impact of the establishment of six new posts and the conversion of temporary assistance positions to five established posts approved by the General Assembly for the biennium 2004 2005 ( 987,400)

(d) Six Radio Operators, General Service (Other level) (new posts)

(e) Three Administrative assistants, General Service (Other level) (new post)

e Includes 18 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (15 national General Service staff and 3 United Nations Volunteers, all in the field), funded under general temporary assistance.

(b) Four Administrative Assistants, national General Service (new posts)

(b) Three Procurement Assistants, national General Service staff (new posts)

These public companies make up what is called thebonyad economy.

b Posts authorized by the General Assembly until 30 June 2005 as per its resolution 59 17.

(c) Six Drivers Language Assistants, national General Service (new posts).

The revised budget provides for the deployment of additional 5,674 military contingent personnel, 86 civilian police personnel, 190 international staff, 393 national staff, including 11 national officers, and 115 United Nations Volunteers for a total revised strength of 760 military observers, 15,714 military contingent personnel, 268 civilian police officers, 1,162 international staff, 1,747 national staff, including 36 national officers, and 605 United Nations Volunteers.

Budget year is from 1 July to 30 June.

Previous positions include counsel and attorney at law and chief legal adviser and corporate counsel to a public corporation.

Executive session on the suspension of recruitment for posts in the General Service and related categories

We support efforts to enhance the activities of the General Assembly and to strengthen the coordinating functions of the Economic and Social Council.

Executive session on the suspension of recruitment for posts in the General Service and related categories

(c) Thirteen air conditioning mechanics, national General Service (new posts)

The total number of General Service staff is evenly divided between the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources.

a Exclusive of the amounts appropriated for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base.

Management additional inputs and outputs