The authorised staffing level is 13 persons.

B. Staffing, resources and organizational structures at the country level

Staffing requirements by level and category are presented in table 3.

The adequacy of resources and staffing level is a management issue, not a financial one.

The staffing requirements of the expanded UNPOS by category and level are presented in table 2.

The staffing table for the Regional Office for Central Asia was increased by two Local level posts.

The staffing level of the Office for Women was 47 in 2003 2004, and is now 44.

Staffing of the office of the Chief of Operations remains at the current level of two Professional posts and one General Service (Other level) post.

The low level of qualifications among women, which has led to a high female unemployment rate, following civil service staffing cutbacks.

Based on that projection, the Translation Services actively managed their staffing level, including regular staff, temporary assistance, contractual and off site translation.

The Section will combine a staffing component of five Professionals (1 P 5, 2 P 4, 2 P 3) and seven General Service posts (1 Principal level and 6 Other level).

The post conversions required above will bring overall information technology staffing to the minimal acceptable level necessary to support the Fund's objectives and will be in line with staffing ratios of other financial institutions of similar size and complexity.

Staffing

The aim of the plan is to increase the level of staffing and the space available for State ministries, so boosting institutional capacity.

A request is made to enhance the staffing of the Office of the Chief Executive Officer by one statistician at the P 3 level.

The Tribunals are currently considering additional measures to maintain the required staffing level and quality until completion of its mandate, should this be required.

Staffing requirements

Civilian staffing

B. Staffing

B. Staffing

We welcome the commitment of the Secretary General to secure a just gender balance in the staffing of the Organization, including at the senior level.

It is estimated that this undertaking would require additional resources of general temporary assistance equivalent to two months of staffing at the P 2 level.

Recruitment and staffing

Staffing and budget

D. Staffing table

The staffing table also includes the creation of two National Programme Officer and eight Local level posts in the field offices, one General Service (Other level) for programme support at headquarters, as well as two General Service (Principal level) and seven General Service (Other level) positions under management and administration.

An additional level of staffing for the Cashier Unit was strongly recommended by the consulting group which conducted the whole office review for the Fund in 2002.

Vacancy rates and staffing

Proposed temporary staffing establishment

Budget and staffing resources

As indicated in table 42 of the initial budget (E CN.7 2003 20), the human resource requirements for ProFi, that is, the ProFi Coordinator (P 3 level), System Administrator (General Service (Principal level)) and two General Service (Other level) staff, are reflected accordingly in the staffing table.

The African Group supported the revised and increased staffing plan and the upgrading of the post of Special Representative of the Secretary General to the Assistant Secretary General level.

Of these, 54 (36 Professional and 18 Local level) relate to multilateral environmental agreements and have now been included under the staffing complement for trust funds supporting multilateral agreements.

The Office of External Relations had a staffing complement of six posts (one ASG, one D 1, one P 4, one P 3 and two General Service (Other level)).

(b) Adequate in country staffing.

Approved staffing table for 2006

Review of General Service staffing

As indicated in table 42 of the initial budget, the human resource requirements for ProFi, that is, the ProFi Coordinator (P 3), System Administrator (General Service (Principal level)), and two General Service (Other level) staff, are reflected accordingly in the staffing table.

Staffing table for 2002 and 2003

Staffing table for 2004 and 2005

Estimated staffing requirements are as follows

Table 2 Staffing requirements for UNPOS

Staffing requirements should therefore also decrease.

Staffing requirements funded from overhead charges

The variance of 144,200 is due mainly to the provision of 125,000 to cover the cost of consultancy to conduct a comprehensive independent review of the organizational structure and staffing of MONUC with a view to developing proposals, recommendations and implementation plans for the establishment of the optimum organizational structure and staffing level for MONUC.