One General Service (Principal level) post, Senior Administrative Assistant

A senior level administrator scientist will be needed to direct the programme.

Senior officials from about 30 organizations participated in the High level Meeting.

Fifty per cent of the advertised senior level posts (D 1 and above), were filled by women, resulting in an increase in female representation in senior level positions from 5 to 21 per cent (figure 3)

In 1991, there were only 41.2 women per 100 men at senior management level.

The current under representation of women, particularly at the senior level, was a cause for concern.

A meeting of senior level experts will be organized in order to finalize the issue papers.

Two high level meetings were held, in Rome and Geneva, between the Assistant High Commissioner and the WFP Senior Deputy Executive Director and senior staff of the two organizations.

The new posts include a Senior Conflict Management Officer at the P 5 level, an Information Advocacy and Outreach Officer at the P 3 level and two General Service (Other level) support staff.

UNICEF continues to strengthen partnerships, both at the level of senior leadership and in programme collaboration in the field.

In 2002 2000, the number of school enrollments reached 18 million with girls making up almost an equal share of 47.49 for primary level, 47.26 for junior secondary level and 47.36 for senior secondary level.

At the junior high school level, the percentage of drop outs was 4.1 percent while at senior high school level it was 3.4 percent, the majority of whom were girls.

Consequently, two smaller senior level committees, a Policy Committee and a Management Committee both chaired by the Secretary General have been created.

Precisely as a result, it sought assurances from the Government of Egypt, at a senior level, as to the complainant's proper treatment.

In addition to grappling with the challenges of senior level recruitments, ongoing revitalization programmes also have to deal with issues of diversity.

Although women comprise 38 percent of the civil service, they account for only 16 percent of civil servants at senior level positions.

31. Requests the Secretary General to discontinue the practice of paying higher subsistence rates to middle and senior level United Nations staff members

At the same time, a broader induction programme for senior level recruits is being developed in the rest of the United Nations Secretariat.

The under representation of women in the United Nations Secretariat, in particular at the senior level, is, therefore, a serious cause for concern.

The lack of a senior management layer at the D 2 level is acutely felt and strains the efficient management of the Office.

(b) The postponement of a training course for senior managers in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations owing to difficulties in releasing sufficient staff at the senior level to attend, given the increased workload resulting from the surge in peacekeeping activities

The post of Chief would be established at the D 1 level to allow the incumbent to have a dialogue at an appropriate level with senior management and to ensure the confidence of all staff.

We welcome the commitment of the Secretary General to secure a just gender balance in the staffing of the Organization, including at the senior level.

This mechanism ensures more expeditious implementation of recommendations and provides a platform where high level information can be brought to the attention of senior management.

Welcoming also the subregional initiatives within the framework of transboundary cooperation and the convening, in Kolmården, Sweden, in September 2002, of the senior level review meeting,

Mechanisms were often created at the senior Government level and sometimes involved several national ministries under the leading role of the authority concerned with family matters.

The Pakistan Administrative Staff College, the premier high level training institution in Pakistan, organized a human rights education workshop for 25 senior college teachers in 2002.

Currently, at the senior management level in the Office, developing countries are well represented since four out of seven posts subject to geographical distribution at the D 1 level and above are encumbered by staff from developing countries.

Although more than 1 3 of the senior officials and managers are women, less than 1 5 of the highest level leadership positions are held by women.

For the Senior Civil Service, which is responsible for top level public service appointments, the representation of women is a focus of attention, particularly in the recruitment phase.

(e) The Protocol Officer (revised downward from P 4 to P 3) provides guidance and advice to the senior management of the Mission on all protocol matters, and coordinates the participation of the Mission's senior management in official functions in liaison with the host authorities, the diplomatic corps and high level representatives of international and regional governmental and non governmental organizations, including the Core Group and other high level contacts.

Since the establishment of this new procedure, several senior level posts have been filled via the new system, including those of UNDP, the Office of Internal Oversight Services and UNHCR.

The Government has initiated an exercise to increase minority communities' employment in the public sector (a priority) by identifying possible senior level vacancies for minorities for a special recruitment drive.

A. Senior Management Service

C. Senior Management Network

C. Senior Review Group

Senior Administrative Personnel Officer

Senior Advocate and Representative

Senior External Relations Adviser

7. Decides to convene a World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005, at the senior official level, designed to foster specialized discussions and produce concrete changes and results, with the following objectives

The Secretary General has constituted a Senior Review Group as a standing advisory body to make recommendations to the Secretary General on appointment and promotion to posts at the D 2 level.

(a) It is proposed to establish a Joint Mission Analysis Cell staffed with one Senior Political Affairs Officer (P 5), one Analyst (P 3) and one Administrative Assistant (General Service (Other level)).

Recognizing the value in having the ability to take high level decisions on a timely basis and in an effort to ensure that mechanisms would be in place to hold senior management accountable for follow up action, the Secretary General established a Senior Management Group as part of his initial reform programme in 1997.

OIOS continued its review of the level of compliance of UNHCR field offices with UNHCR's security policy, with the aim of bringing any areas of concern to the attention of UNHCR senior management.

(iii) Senior Standing Liaison Group