(b) Staff charged to General temporary assistance funds

The 347 proposed temporary staff positions comprise 73 international staff and 274 national staff positions, inclusive of 15 national officers.

The new Act does not apply to temporary agency staff.

It also provides for the temporary recruitment of 17 international staff, 30 national staff and 18 United Nations volunteers.

The additional resources of 2.5 million under general temporary assistance relate to the temporary recruitment of 17 additional international staff and 30 national personnel.

The Advisory Committee notes from supplementary information provided to it that it is the intention to fund the 134 additional temporary international posts from general temporary assistance the 194 additional national staff are budgeted under national staff salaries.

The cost of these eight temporary posts would amount to 2,318,100, net of staff assessment.

b Includes 22 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (12 national General Service staff and 10 United Nations Volunteers), funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 1 national General Service staff and 1 United Nations Volunteer field 11 national General Service staff and 9 United Nations Volunteers).

The amount of 3,921,600 provides for general temporary assistance, common staff costs, staff assessment and mission subsistence allowance, when applicable, for the 25 additional positions.

In addition, the budget reflects staffing requirements of 65 additional temporary positions, for 17 international and 30 national staff budgeted under general temporary assistance and 18 United Nations Volunteers.

b Includes 2 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (1 P 3 and 1 national General Service staff, all at Mission headquarters) funded under general temporary assistance.

b Includes 14 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (2 Field Service and 12 national General Service staff, all in the field), funded under general temporary assistance.

b Includes 19 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (5 P 3 and 14 national staff, including 3 national officers) funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 1 national officer field 5 P 3 and 13 national staff, including 2 national officers).

A deployment consists in sending experienced employees for refugee protection to UNHCR operations with temporary staff protection needs.

It is of the opinion that additional national staff should also be provided for through general temporary assistance.

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

b 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.

As at 4 September 2005, the Mission had on board 471 international staff, 67 of whom are on temporary duty, 677 national staff and 53 United Nations Volunteers.

The proposed increases in the staffing establishment of the Electoral Assistance Division would include 12 international and 3 national staff posts which are required immediately, as well as 4 temporary international and 12 national staff positions to be funded from the general temporary assistance for a six month period, as well as 21 temporary United Nations Volunteer positions, also for a six month period, for a total of 52 posts and temporary positions.

Consultants and temporary assistance staff conducted some of its core functions, such as quality control or marketing and distribution.

The estimate is based on an average of 2 per cent of the national staff strength for temporary replacements for staff on sick leave and maternity leave and an average of 100 national personnel as a temporary labour force for the intensive period during the establishment of the Mission.

In addition, under Conference Affairs Services, USD 418,070 has been included to cover the hiring of temporary staff during sessions.

Staff members who were initially recruited against general temporary assistance funds are gradually being placed against established posts, wherever possible.

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 25 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (10 Field Service, 10 national General Service staff and 5 United Nations Volunteers, all in the field), funded under general temporary assistance.

The Mission had experienced high attrition rates and difficulties in attracting staff, and the recruitment of staff on temporary contracts, as recommended by the Advisory Committee, would only exacerbate that situation.

d Includes 37 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (4 P 3, 12 national General Service staff and 21 United Nations Volunteers) funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 4 P 3 and 1 United Nations Volunteer field 12 national General Service staff and 20 United Nations Volunteers).

(2) The projections for the 2006 2007 biennium include the temporary posts (3 staff) currently available for the 2004 2005 biennium.

UNICEF agrees to include the recruitment process for temporary fixed term staff for emergencies in the strategic review of human resources.

Problems in Darfur were due to the initial use of temporary staff and the scale and evolution of the humanitarian crisis.

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

Variances in the number of personnel, compared to the budget of 2004 05, including temporary staff for a six month period in support of elections funded under general temporary assistance, have been explained under the respective components.

b Includes 58 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (4 P 2, 6 Field Service, 13 national General Service staff and 35 United Nations Volunteers), funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 2 P 2, 1 Field Service, 3 national General Service staff and 2 United Nations Volunteers field 2 P 2, 5 Field Service, 10 national General Service staff and 33 United Nations Volunteers).

b Includes 17 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (3 P 2, 7 national staff, including 2 national officers, and 7 United Nations Volunteers), funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 1 national officer and 1 United Nations Volunteer field 3 P 2, 6 national staff, including 1 national officer, and 6 United Nations Volunteers).

(mm) Report of the Secretary General on the policy guidelines related to the temporary duty assignment of staff in peacekeeping missions (A 57 787)

These and other temporary requirements are normally met by hiring from the pool of retired former staff members who do not receive international benefits.

A staff member who has a temporary appointment for a fixed term that is completed on the expiration date specified in the letter of appointment

Expresses concern about the temporary relocation of the headquarters international staff of the Agency from Gaza City and the disruption of operations at the headquarters

The Committee notes that the functions of the vacant posts were performed through temporary assignment of staff from another peacekeeping mission and from New York.

c Includes 25 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (1 P 4, 1 P 3, 2 General Service (Other level), 13 national General Service staff and 8 United Nations Volunteers), funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 1 P 3, 1 General Service (Other level), and 1 national General Service staff field 1 P 4, 1 General Service (Other level), 12 national General Service staff and 8 United Nations Volunteers).

d Includes 214 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (1 P 3, 4 P 2, 24 Field Service, 93 national General Service staff and 92 United Nations Volunteers), funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 1 P 3, 2 P 2, 3 Field Service, 8 national General Service staff and 5 United Nations Volunteers field 2 P 2, 21 Field Service, 85 national General Service staff and 87 United Nations Volunteers).

7. Expresses concern about the temporary relocation of the headquarters international staff of the Agency from Gaza City and the disruption of operations at the headquarters

8. Expresses concern about the temporary relocation of the headquarters international staff of the Agency from Gaza City and the disruption of operations at the headquarters

Significant progress was achieved in reducing the number of staff in between assignments (SIBAs), and in regularizing temporary assistance lines in Headquarters and in the Field.