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that the choice of a commercial contract rather than a consultancy contract was a management decision which did not call into question the procedure followed for the selection of bids, and, moreover, that the choice of a consultant represented certain risks: it was difficult to challenge his or her work since all that a consultant had to do in order to be paid was to make him or herself available to the Organization

Credible reports indicate that children begin carrying out tasks for armed groups from approximately 13 years of age, which may include acting as lookouts, spraying graffiti messages and destroying State property.

From the moment you step off the plane at the airport, your personal butler is at your service, to check you in, unpack your bags, organise your stay, prepare breakfast and tea in the Villa, book your Spa sessions, organise your excursions and babysitting services, and whatever else you may require.

[...] [...] of secondment of scientists, researchers, [...]

[...] [...] detention and deportation of irregular [...] [...]

[...] [...] conducting contingent-owned equipment [...] [...]

[...] [...] top 10 providers of military personnel [...]

This begs a fundamental review at UNESCO Headquarters in its recruitment and nomination policy, to ensure that staff deployed to cluster and national offices have the expertise to carry out technical support required and to earn the respect of the government and United Nations counterparts.

[...] [...] the educational gap that exists between Afro-Ecuadorians and the wider population; the introduction of ethno-education for people [...] [...]

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

These included the social disparities between non-Maori [...] [...]

Each of the 13 Occupational Group Managers would continue the responsibilities for reviewing applications, identifying candidates for further assessment by subject matter experts, that is, expert panels, serving as Secretary for the expert panel under his or her purview and consolidating findings and interview reports from the panel for presentation to the Field Central Review Bodies, monitoring incumbency rates in the field operations for positions in his or her occupational group, managing his or her assigned roster, developing shortlists for programme managers in the field operations and determining when outreach activities should be conducted to address gaps in the roster, especially in gender and geographic representation, and determining the mobility opportunities for staff members currently serving in the field so as to rotate staff among relevant duty stations.