While secondment from the host institution on terms consistent with the United Nations rules on secondment is possible, to underline the regional role of the centre, it is clarified that the director must visibly be able to operate independently from the Government.

Inter agency mobility will be facilitated at all levels through secondment, loans, learning and staff development programmes.

(c) The letter of appointment of a staff member on secondment from government service signed by the staff member and by or on behalf of the Secretary General, and relevant supporting documentation of the terms and conditions of secondment agreed to by the Member State and the staff member, shall be evidence of the existence and validity of secondment from government service to the Organization for the period stated in the letter of appointment.

The capacity of the CEB secretariat will continue to be augmented through the secondment of staff from member organizations.

And eventually, I decided to take a secondment to join the U.N. in Kosovo, which was then under U.N. administration.

Staff on special leave without pay and on secondment to other organizations are not included in the total number of staff in geographic posts.

Contingency plans for facilitating secondment or temporary assignments from Governments during the final stages of the Tribunals, should the need arise, are also being considered.

In June 2004, the World Bank and WFP agreed to expand this cooperation through the secondment of two senior World Bank staff members to WFP Headquarters.

Host organizations and other local stakeholders make both financial and in kind contributions to the centres, such as secondment of personnel and provision of office facilities and equipment.

(ii) The development and implementation of education and training programmes, including the strengthening of national institutions and the exchange or secondment of personnel to train experts in this field, in particular for developing countries.

Earlier this year a draft inter agency mobility accord to replace the current inter agency agreement for loans, transfers and secondment of staff was finalized under the aegis of the High Level Committee on Management.

Asked how programmes could be made more sustainable, the Regional Director said that UNICEF would continue to support capacity building of national counterparts, as exemplified by the secondment of a UNICEF education adviser to the Ministry of Education.

The secondment in 2005 of an Australian Defence Force officer to the international security sector working group, which is working with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, is just one example of the tangible contribution that we have made.

In 2004, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) also provided direct support to the Forum secretariat through the secondment of staff.

As to the HIV AIDS Policy Adviser, the Advisory Committee notes that these functions, established since January 2003, were temporarily provided through secondment by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS, but that such assistance is no longer available.

In order to improve the working conditions for female teachers in needy areas, the Ministry of Education and Training has issued a number of concrete regulations on such incentives as mobile allowances, allowances for teaching in ethnic languages, allowances for changing zones and on secondment, etc.

Upon appointment, each staff member, including a staff member on secondment from government service, shall receive a letter of appointment in accordance with the provisions of annex II to the present Regulations and signed by the Secretary General or by an official in the name of the Secretary General.

From April 2001 to February 2003 OHCHR implemented another project involving the secondment of an OHCHR Senior Human Rights Adviser to UNDP responsible for mainstreaming human rights in the work of the United Nations agencies in Somalia and providing technical advice on the implementation of the UNDP Somali Civil Protection Programme.

The recruitment of two Kosovo Serbs into the Cultural Heritage Division and the secondment of two UNMIK international staff are expected to facilitate completion of this process soon for all architectural heritage sites in the Kosovo Serb municipalities, and for Serbian Orthodox Church monuments in the 26 otherwise completed municipalities.

Other options are to encourage organizations of the United Nations system to facilitate the secondment or temporary assignment of staff, bring staff on board under the United Nations managed voluntary lateral reassignment programme during the final stages of the Tribunals or retain the services of staff beyond the retirement age.

Expresses its appreciation of the efforts of the Government of Pakistan to establish this Institute and ensure its operation and extends its thanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the financial support it has extended to the Institute and to the Arab Republic of Egypt for the secondment of a number of Arabic and religious affairs teachers.