The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.

(c) Staff employed in OHCHR field offices and

Pensionable remuneration for staff in the Field Service category

(d) Enhancing services to the UNODC field offices so that field office staff will have the same level of services and functionalities as the staff at Vienna

As compared to men a larger proportion of women are working as officials and as service or sales staff.

United Nations library staff has participated in peacekeeping missions, working with mission staff to supply relevant information in the field.

Figure 9 Estimated Number of Area Staff at 31 December 2007, by Field

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).

(e) Continuation and strengthening of the ProFi regional training programme for field office staff

To a question about the decline in volume of card sales, where PSD had fallen short of its plan targets in recent years, especially in terms of sales by field offices, the Director replied that early indications showed a modest positive growth in sales volume in almost all markets for 2004.

Staff productivity and cost elements should be considered together because staff cost structures differ across duty stations, in particular between field and Headquarters locations.

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).

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Salary scale for staff in the Field Service category showing annual gross salaries and net equivalents

It was important to strengthen UNIDO's field representation while taking into account budgetary costs for example, through appropriate redeployment of staff from Headquarters to the field.

ST IC 2005 43 Corr.1 Information circular Pensionable remuneration for staff in the Professional and higher categories and for staff in the Field Service category F

The use of 100 series appointments for functions of a continuing nature would also help to harmonize, to an extent, the conditions of service between different groups of staff in field missions and to promote the harmonization of conditions of service of Secretariat field staff with field staff of the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, thereby strengthening the ability to recruit and retain high quality peacekeeping personnel.

This will allow field and Headquarters staff to hold close consultations on pertinent substantive issues in their countries of coverage and to exchange experiences on field level operations.

In the meantime, the Procurement Service will organize a second round of the advanced field procurement training programme to upgrade skills of procurement staff in the field missions.

Field operating costs have been reduced by 1,147,800 and the new staffing structure resulted in lower staff costs.

While there, they conducted an orientation course for the field office staff in emergency response to hazardous materials.

Whenever appropriate, the staff of the field office has continued to provide logistics support to UNFICYP and UNAMI.

One of the College's main functions had been training United Nations staff in the field, which should continue.

c Includes 177 temporary electoral support positions for a six month period (1 P 4, 1 P 3, 20 P 2, 6 Field Service, 120 national staff, including 8 national officers, and 29 United Nations Volunteers) funded under general temporary assistance (Mission headquarters 1 P 4, 3 P 2, 4 Field Service, 25 national General Service staff and 1 United Nations Volunteer field 1 P 3, 17 P 2, 2 Field Service, 95 national staff, including 8 national officers, and 28 United Nations Volunteers).

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.

With regard to staff safety, UNHCR increased the total number of its field safety staff in Africa by six, to Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan.

UNRWA agrees with the recommendation and is focusing particularly on the needs of the procurement staff in the field locations, in addition to the headquarters staff, for the upcoming year.

The new Chairperson of the Global Staff Association (GSA) said that he was the first head of the GSA who was a national staff member and worked in the field.

Use of appointments under the 100 and 300 series of the Staff Rules in the staffing of field missions

Two joint workshops on MOUs were held, in Accra and Cairo, to enhance field staff awareness regarding operational practices.

(qq) Report of the Secretary General on the greater use of national staff in field missions (A 58 765)

Headquarters advisers, in consultation with field staff, will play a similar role in support of global research and evaluation.

The General Assembly had expressed concern that some field staff were not covered by the malicious acts insurance policy.

Therefore, a ratio of four General Service staff members for each Professional staff member could constitute a best practice standard in centralized procurement services at Headquarters since the ratio would likely tilt significantly towards more General Service staff in field locations.

(c) Trading shipping costs, sales price negotiation, terms of sales (Somalia)

United Nations staff members continue to face serious and often escalating threats in carrying out their duties in the field.

The Plan is maintained by premiums from field staff and proportional contributions from UNHCR, as well as by interest income.

1998 field staff data reported by OIOS in its report on the review of procurement reform (A 52 813, para.

While two thirds of professional staff at Headquarters have attended one or more of these training workshops, the Department faces a considerable challenge in ensuring adequate training for staff in the field.

In addition to over 300 staff members who attended training sessions in 2004, a second round of training sessions will train a minimum of 150 field staff during the first half of 2005.

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14. Decides to maintain the limitations established by the General Assembly for the assignment of General Service staff to field missions

Two Shipping Assistants, 1 Field Service and 1 national General Service staff are to be redeployed to the Movement Control Section.

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.

In 2004, the Human Resources Management Service dispatched experts to field offices to provide training and support, as well as to listen to staff concerns, in the interest of integrating headquarters' and field perspectives.