A/HRC/7/57 page 2 2. In section I of the present report, information is provided on the composition of OHCHR as at 31 December 2007. It includes data on staff members in posts subject to geographical distribution, as well as data on staff members in temporary posts funded from extrabudgetary resources or in technical cooperation project posts, neither of which are included in the definition of posts subject to geographical distribution. 3. Section II contains a description of the measures for improvement taken by the High Commissioner aimed at addressing the geographical composition issues identified by the Commission in its resolution 2005/72, while fully observing Secretariat human resources policies, in particular, its recruitment and contractual policies. II. COMPOSITION OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 4. The recruitment of staff members to posts subject to geographical distribution is governed by the system of desirable ranges at the Secretariat level. For that purpose, Member States are grouped into four categories: unrepresented, underrepresented, within range and over-represented. A Member State is considered unrepresented when none of its nationals, throughout the entire Secretariat, is serving in a post subject to geographical distribution and filled in accordance with the established selection process. It is underrepresented when the number of its nationals appointed to such posts throughout the entire Secretariat is below the lower limit of the desirable range. It is within range when the number of its nationals appointed to such posts is between the upper and lower limits of the desirable range, and it is over-represented when the number of its nationals appointed to such posts within the entire Secretariat exceeds the upper limit of the desirable range. The representation status of Member States is affected by many factors, notably turnover of staff, changes in the scale of assessments and changes in the total number of Member States. 5. The official report on the composition of the Secretariat is submitted annually by the Secretary-General to the General Assembly in accordance with a number of resolutions, the most recent of which are 57/305 of 15 April 2003; 59/266 of 26 December 2004; 60/238 of 23 December 2005 and 61/244 of 22 December 2006. 6. The latest report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat (A/62/315) was issued in 2007. OHCHR is part of the Secretariat and the breakdown of its geographical composition has to be seen against the breakdown of the overall distribution within the Secretariat. 7. Table A1 (annex I) provides a breakdown of all OHCHR staff in the Professional category and above who have been selected through the established recruitment process against both regular budget and extrabudgetary posts by nationality, grade and gender as at 31 December 2007.