Vacancy rate analysis

The overall vacancy rate in the Department was 3.8 per cent compared to a budgeted vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 15 vacancy rate compared to an 8 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 vacancy rate compared to a 4 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

a Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 25 vacancy rate compared to a 15 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of an average 10 vacancy rate compared to an average 5 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 10 per cent vacancy rate, compared with a 35 per cent vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 per cent vacancy rate, compared with a 45 per cent vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

d Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 per cent vacancy rate, compared with a 30 per cent vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

d Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 25 vacancy rate for international staff positions and an average 10 vacancy rate for national staff positions.

The reduced requirements were due mainly to an overall actual vacancy rate of 18.2 per cent experienced for international staff, compared with an 8 per cent vacancy rate in the budget.

The end July 2005 vacancy information reflects a General Service vacancy rate of 5.7 per cent, a rate which is still substantially higher than the rates for 2004 and prior years.

The unspent balance related to the downsizing of the Mission, which resulted in an actual average vacancy rate of 7 per cent compared to the budgeted vacancy rate of 2 per cent.

The unspent balance of 30,000 relates to a higher than budgeted vacancy rate.

More precise information on the post vacancy rate in different grades and the natural staff wastage rate would be needed.

The realized vacancy rate for the Professional category and above was 6.3 per cent, higher than the approved budgeted rate of 5.9 per cent, and the realized vacancy rate for the General Service category was 6.0 per cent, higher than the approved budgeted rate of 5.8 per cent (A 60 572, para.

The actual average monthly strength, resulting from a phased downsizing of the military which began in June 2004, was 3,434, or a vacancy rate of 13.7 per cent compared to the budgeted vacancy rate of 2 per cent.

It therefore recommends that the vacancy delayed deployment rate be maintained at 10 per cent.

During the reporting period, the overall vacancy rate in the office was 5 per cent.

The vacancy rate for professional posts at the Economic Commission for Africa was too high.

The cost estimates for international staff for the 2005 06 period are based on a vacancy rate of 6 per cent, whereas a vacancy delayed deployment rate of 10 per cent had been used for the preparation of the previous budget.

Efforts to reduce the vacancy rate are and should be ongoing without any particular time breaks.

The post vacancy rate used to calculate appropriations should be as close as possible to the actual vacancy rate and consultants should only be used in cases where it was effectively proven that the requisite know how was not available within the Organization.

6. Notes with great concern the high vacancy rate in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Moreover, the persistent high vacancy rate makes it difficult to assess the needs for any particular organizational unit.

The increased requirement for Mission subsistence allowance derives from the lower average vacancy rate of 14.9 per cent compared to the 30 per cent vacancy factor applied to the calculation of Mission subsistence allowance costs.

53. Reaffirms that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

30. Reaffirms that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

In addition, the vacancy rate for international staff had been reduced from 14.2 per cent as at 31 August 2005 to 8.2 per cent, compared with a budgeted rate of 10 per cent.

The Committee recommends a particular emphasis on further reducing the vacancy rate for United Nations Volunteers, which now stands at 18.7 per cent.

However, in the five remaining months of the period, the Office of the Prosecutor made great strides to further reduce the vacancy rate.

The unutilized balance was due primarily to an actual average vacancy rate of 20.7 per cent, which was the result of early implementation of the downsizing of the Mission. Initial estimates were based on a 10 per cent vacancy factor.

Budgetary provisions reflected a 10 per cent delayed deployment factor compared to an actual average vacancy rate for the period of 9.3 per cent.

Concerning civilian personnel, the average vacancy rate for international staff, national staff and United Nations Volunteers was 32.8, 44.6 and 80.2 per cent, respectively.

The relationship between the unemployment rate and the job vacancy rate is consistent with patterns in previous recoveries. Nor is there anything unusual about the size of mismatches between job openings and worker availability by industry.

A provision of 3,050,800 has been made to cover their salaries and common staff costs, taking into account a vacancy rate of 10 per cent.

107. Regrets that the request contained in paragraph 123 of its resolution 54 249 to achieve a vacancy rate of no more than 5 per cent within the biennium 2000 2001 was not met and, in this regard, requests the Secretary General to take immediate steps to decrease substantially the persistently high vacancy rate which negatively affects programme delivery in the Commission

106. Notes with concern the high vacancy rate in the Economic Commission for Africa, and in this regard reiterates paragraph 50 of its resolution 54 249

A real estate property tax will be introduced, in order to suppress skyrocketing housing prices and reduce the vacancy rate a controversial but perhaps necessary move.

Due to the imposition of a recruitment freeze in the first seven months of the period under review, plans to reduce the vacancy rate were frustrated.

It supported the ACABQ recommendation concerning the re evaluation of the budget, and agreed with its comments on the post vacancy rate of and job reclassification.

In 2003, the total vacancy rate, excluding projects posts, was 2.7 per cent for Professional and General Service staff and 3.4 per cent for Professional staff only.

By December 2004, the vacancy rate, excluding projects posts, was 8.9 per cent for Professional and General Service staff and 11.9 per cent for Professional staff only.

Furthermore, the reductions under common staff costs reflect both the realized vacancy rates described above and the lower than budgeted actual rate of common staff costs ( 5,526,400).

4. Notes the higher than budgeted vacancy rate relative to the rate approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 54 249, and requests the Secretary General to take all appropriate measures to rectify this situation in an expeditious manner