Services Unit

General Services Unit

Facilities and Camp Management Services Unit

(To be completed by the Special Services Unit)

One of the areas critically affected by the suspension of recruitment is the messenger sub unit of the Mail Operations Unit in the Office of Central Support Services.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services recommended the establishment of a separate budget unit within the Executive Office.

Prosecution of money laundering crimes through a special dedicated unit established within the General Department of Special Investigation Services.

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The Unit will now resume discussions with the Office of Internal Oversight Services on possible coordinated evaluations and other joint projects.

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During 2004, WFP's Aviation Unit has provided short term air services at the request of United Nations agencies and has collaborated with UNHCR to agree on arrangements for long term air services.

The Information Technology Operations Unit has also established enhanced disaster recovery services and absorbed an increased workload in procurement and training activities.

The principal recommendation of the report calling for the establishment of a single common administrative services unit to be managed by UNOV should, when implemented, also pool procurement services at this duty station.

The Board also coordinates its work with the Joint Inspection Unit and the internal audit services of the United Nations and the funds and programmes.

The Chief of the Information Systems Unit supports the computer application systems that service the Fund's operations in the areas of financial services, client services, participation and separations, and also supports certain projects in the Investment Management Service.

Abbreviations WT 732, Notice that bank credit has been received WT 812, Recording of credit item received on bank account by Accounts Unit, Financial Services Section.

It also seeks to identify individuals and businesses that provide alternative remittance services, including those that have not engaged with the Unit as required by law.

a Includes Office of Aviation Safety Unit, Budget and Cost Control Unit, Administrative Planning and Policy Unit, Board of Inquiry Unit and United Nations Volunteers Support Unit.

Responsibility for maintaining the accounting manual and the procedures of the Financial Services Section together with other units and in conjunction with the business analyst of the Financial Services Section as necessary, would also be ascribed to the Unit.

In paragraph 29 of that resolution, the Assembly noted that the Administrative Law Unit had the multiple functions of administrative review, appeals, disciplinary matters and advisory services.

It was noted that issues of diseconomies of scale are directly related to high unit costs of producing goods and services, which result in non competitive prices.

The Chief of the Common Services Unit, Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, read out a statement of the programme budget implications of the revised draft decision.

Mr. Toh (Assistant Secretary General for Central Support Services) said that, in addition to the usual security checks, commercial vehicles were subject to inspection by the Canine Unit.

7. Urges the Unit, as the only system wide external oversight body, to continue to focus primarily its work and reports, whenever possible, on issues of system wide interest, value and relevance to the efficient and effective functioning of all organizations to which the Unit provides services

Includes the Immediate Office of the Director of Administration, Aviation Safety Unit, Budget and Cost Control Unit, Administrative Coordination Unit and Administrative Planning and Policy Unit.

From June 2004 to June 2005, the Critical Incident Stress Management Unit provided services to 4,387 staff worldwide, 878 of whom received direct counselling in response to critical incidents.

4. Welcomes the increasing focus of the programme of work of the Unit on issues of system wide relevance, and urges the Unit, as the only system wide external oversight body, to continue to focus its work and reports, whenever possible, on issues of system wide interest, value and relevance to the efficient and effective functioning of all organizations to which the Unit provides services

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The last optional parameter unit sets the unit for the coordinate system.

Administration Unit

Translation Unit

Fuel Unit

Communications Unit

Equipment Unit

Fuel Unit

Technology Unit

Equipment Unit

Administrative Unit

8. Expresses deep concern at the high vacancy rates in interpretation and translation services at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and especially the chronic difficulty in staffing the Arabic Interpretation Unit

(b) Staffing for the Contingent owned Equipment Verification Unit (four international and six United Nations Volunteers) is proposed by redeploying 10 posts from the Office of the Chief of Integrated Support Services