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External sources (not reviewed)

Later on, in a new context of staff cuts, this decision of 1999 led to an increase in the number of staff in between assignments.

[...] are important gaps in data, especially [...] [...]

The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions requested the Board, in paragraph 9 of its report A/60/387, to provide it with up-to-date data on the situation of staff in between assignments.

The Trial Chamber has continued to take rigorous measures to ensure the expeditiousness of the proceedings by, inter alia, limiting the time within which the Defence teams may present their evidence; liaising with the Conference and Language Services Section to ensure the timely translation of documents; engaging with the parties to efficiently schedule witnesses to prevent breaks in the trial schedule; obtaining waivers from ill accused so that the trial can continue in their absence; encouraging the Defence to present evidence in written form; strictly enforcing time limits on examination of witnesses; discouraging duplicative evidence; and entertaining Defence motions for the admission of documents from the bar table rather than requiring each document to be tendered through a witness on the stand.

Among staff awaiting assignment, UNHCR identified those who could be considered not to be working; they were either awaiting reassignment, on maternity or sick leave, or preparing to leave employment, as presented in table II.5.

For the eight recommendations that were under implementation, the Board noted that in certain cases, implementation depended on the introduction of medium-term projects involving in-depth reforms (in respect of matters such as funding of after-service and post-retirement liabilities and number of staff in between assignments).

[...] [...] utilizing gaps that may appear in the courtroom schedule owing to illness of the accused or counsel, [...] [...]

However, in order to prevent a gap between the end of the DESD at the end of 2014 and the beginning of a possible follow-up, UNESCO Governing Bodies may wish to present the recommendation for the way forward for the consideration of the United Nations General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session (autumn 2014).

To reduce the number of staff in between assignments, UNHCR took various measures in 2007 and 2008: revising the comparative analysis mechanism to reduce the impact of job losses on the number of staff in between assignments, a voluntary separation plan and promulgation of an instruction dated 16 October 2008 providing that staff in between assignments who refused appropriate offers would be placed on leave without pay.

Although space and preservation conditions for the archives have been improved [...] [...]

[...] and oversight gaps are likely to [...]

[...] [...] integrated delivery of air transportation services in field missions, under which Headquarters is responsible for the oversight of the air transportation programme, including the standardization of operating practices and procedures, specialist training, quality assurance and contract compliance functions; the Strategic Air Operations Centre is responsible for cost-effective operational air tasking; and, [...] [...]

[...] development on air quality modelling and to oversee air quality modelling studies for providing support to policy development, enforcement of air pollution control [...] [...]

[...] [...] regulating the space activities of governmental and non-governmental entities; procedures for authorizing and licensing national space activities; liability and indemnification procedures; registration of objects launched into outer space and establishment of national registries; and regulatory frameworks for national space agencies or other national entities mandated to carry out and supervise space activities.

[...] maintenance of the air quality monitoring network, the assessment of monitored data, the reporting of hourly Air Pollution Indices and the preparation of reports on the Territory’s air quality.