Rule 13

Table 1 Current and projected vacancies in text processing units

Announcing vacancies

Vacancy announcements will be issued for all vacant non roster posts.

High vacancy rates

Vacancies 32 16.

According to section 3, all D 2 vacancy announcements, except for vacant posts in the Executive Office of the Secretary General and for the special envoys, are to be circulated.

Vacancy rate analysis

Declaration of casual vacancies

Filling of casual vacancies

Filling casual vacancies

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.

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.

Attempts are currently under way to fill the vacant posts as quickly as possible and to bring the vacancy rates within the established rate of 5 per cent and maintain them within that range.

Vacancy rates and staffing

The gap filling role

Declaration of casual vacancies 10 12.

Filling of casual vacancies 10 13.

Filling of casual vacancies 68 14.

Filling casual vacancies 101 15.

Filling of casual vacancies 135 14.

Filling of casual vacancies 174 15.

Decides that generic vacancy announcements posted in Galaxy should be accompanied by information on the location of current specific vacancies and that this would apply to all international vacancies in peacekeeping missions

The Board notes that a vacancy rate of 13 per cent (137 vacant positions) existed as at 15 April 2005 and that some of these positions had been vacant for more than two years.

Decides that generic vacancy announcements posted in Galaxy should be accompanied by information on the location of current specific vacancies and that this would apply to all international vacancies in peacekeeping missions

But ... There is a vacancy for a ...

Filling of casual vacancies 22

The vacancies are to be filled according to the following pattern

(ii) Screening of applications for vacant posts

Filling of casual vacancies 195 11.

Implementation of this recommendation is ongoing since vacancies and the filling thereof are recurring events.

Vacancy management and filling vacant posts in a timely manner are not finite activities they require constant analysis and action.

Filling of vacancies in the Commission

Vacancy announcements for 56 of the 83 vacant posts were currently on Galaxy and the remaining announcements were being prepared.

Air is indispensable to life.

There is a position available for a secretary.

Vacancies in specialized areas had been extremely difficult to fill.

Although this should improve the incumbency situation of the Mission to some extent, the Committee points out that the current high vacancy rates, as shown in the table above, exceed the vacancy parameters used in the budget for the current financial period a 10 per cent vacancy factor for international staff and 5 per cent for national staff and United Nations Volunteers.

Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs

Vacancies in specialized areas have been extremely difficult to fill.

Almost 1,000 vacancies were advertised.

Filling of vacancies in the Commission 83 77.