(b) Professional fees of counsel and advocates for written and oral pleadings

These include 113 Professional and 108 General Service posts at headquarters, 2 Professional and 1 General Service posts in Geneva and 324 Professional and 424 local General Service posts in the field.

Development of a professional police service.

Of the 761 currently approved posts (470 Professional, 288 General Service and 3 Security Service), as at 31 March 2005, a total of 718 were encumbered (445 Professional, 270 General Service and 3 Security Service).

For example, Sichuan required the local police stations or commissioned community service agencies shall strictly enforce the approved fees and charges standard and resolutely prohibit over range, over standard fees or ride fees.

National competitive examination and General Service to Professional examination

The Advisory Committee sought clarification as to the high ratio of General Service to Professional posts (76 General Service and 80 Professional posts are proposed for 2006 2007).

It employs 34 Professional and 17 General Service staff members.

Conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories

Conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories

Conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories

Conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories

Proportion of General Service staff to Professional staff in the regional commissions

A. Conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories

Both Glint and Convercent offer their software as a service, charging companies recurring fees to use their products.

Where the securities service organ adopts the professional opinions of other securities service organs or personnel in the opinions it gives, it shall still conduct due diligence, prudently examine the content of the professional opinions adopted, and assume responsibility for the conclusion formed using the professional opinions of the other securities service organs or personnel.

The Tribunal continued the recruitment process for both Professional and General Service staff.

Of the 59 new posts proposed, 48 are in the field (10 International Professional and 38 National Professional posts), while 11 are at headquarters (10 International Professional and 1 General Service).

Of the 539 posts currently approved for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (336 Professional and 203 General Service), the Committee was informed that, as at 31 March 2005, there were 27 vacancies (16 Professional and 11 General Service).

It is proposed to increase the number of posts financed through the support account from 41 in the 2004 05 budget (22 Professional and 19 General Service) to 56 for 2005 06 (33 Professional and 23 General Service).

As at 30 June 2005, the UNHCR Audit Service had a total of 16 posts, 13 professional and 3 at the General Service level.

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.

This reclassification entails the transfer of two Professional posts and five General Service posts to infrastructure.

(b) That the Mission, to the extent possible, recruit National Officers and national General Service staff locally to fill international Professional and General Service posts

At the time of the preparation of the present report, a total of 37 posts (33 Professional and 4 General Service) remained unencumbered, reflecting actual vacancy rates of 17.2 per cent and 8.3 per cent for Professional and General Service posts respectively.

At the time of the preparation of the present report, a total of 67 posts (22 Professional and 45 General Service) remained unencumbered, reflecting actual vacancy rates of 9.9 per cent for Professional posts and 7.8 per cent for General Service posts.

As a means of trade facilitation, limited licensing systems for foreign professional service suppliers could be promoted.

The Participation, Entitlements and Contributions Section comprises 13 posts 3 Professional and 10 General Service (Other level).

The Finance and Information Systems Section comprises 7 posts 2 Professional and 5 General Service (Other level).

As indicated in table 4 of document DP FPA 2005 13, the total number of proposed posts for 2006 2007 is 1,031 (234 International Professional, 263 National Professional and 534 General Service and other categories of staff), reflecting an increase of 59 posts (20 International Professional, 38 National Professional and 1 General Service and other categories of staff), as compared with the 972 approved posts for 2004 2005.

(a) Delayed recruitment factors for both New York and Geneva for 2006 and 2007 have been applied to continuing Professional posts (95.1 per cent), new Professional posts (50.0 per cent), continuing General Service posts (98.5 per cent) and new General Service posts (65.0 per cent)

By its decision 23 COP.6, The Conference of the Parties the COP approved 43 posts (30 Professional and 13 General Service) under the General FundC for the bBiennium 2004 2005. in its decision 23 COP.6, (30 Professional posts and 13 General Service Posts).

Job descriptions, classification and vacancy announcements for Professional and General Service posts were completed by 1 May 2005.

The head of the Division also provides a professional head for the United Nations uniformed security service personnel.

The subprogramme is also supported by 26 posts (19 Professional and 7 General Service) funded by extrabudgetary resources.

The subprogramme is also supported by 241 posts (107 Professional and 134 General Service) funded by extrabudgetary resources.

The subprogramme is also supported by 28 posts (23 Professional and 5 General Service) funded by extrabudgetary resources.

(ii) Staff in the General Service and related categories and Professional and higher categories under the regular budget

As shown in table 13.4 (A 60 6 (Sect. 13) Add.1), the proposed number of regular budget posts for ITC for 2006 2007 is 156 (80 Professional and 76 General Service), compared with 153 posts authorized for 2004 2005 (77 Professional and 76 General Service).

As regards medium to long term issues, the General Service to Professional ratio continues to be subject to review.

A consultant has been engaged to review the issue of the proportion of General Service staff to Professional staff.

The Advisory Committee notes that numerous factors have an impact on General Service to Professional ratios, including technological innovations.

23.46 The subprogramme is also supported by 37 posts (28 Professional and 9 General Service) funded by extrabudgetary resources.

While it is relatively easy to acquire modern technologies by paying appropriate fees and costs, it is very difficult to maintain them without related service providers.