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8.
Table A2 (annex II) provides a breakdown of the following categories of additional
OHCHR staff in the Professional category and above not included in table 1 by nationality, grade
and gender as at 31 December 2007:
(a)
Staff holding appointments of less than one year;
(b)
Staff charged to general temporary assistance funds;
(c)
Staff employed as technical cooperation project personnel.
9.
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 53/221, section IX, paragraph 4, the
practice of showing the representation of staff according to major geographical groupings has
been discontinued. The information is provided by country, listed in alphabetical order.
10. OHCHR has 419 staff members in the Professional category and above, of which 304 are
considered regular staff. Of the 419 staff members, 49.4 per cent are female. One staff member is
an Under-Secretary-General, one is an Assistant Secretary-General, three staff members are at
the D-2 level and eight staff members are at the D-1 level. A total of 13 per cent of staff fall into
the P/L-5 category, 23 per cent in the P/L-4 category, 46 per cent are P/L-3, 14 per cent are
P/L-2 and 1 per cent are P/L-1 staff.
11. Nationals from 93 countries are represented in the Professional and above category; one
more staff member is from Palestine. Of these 93 nationalities, 15 are underrepresented in the
Secretariat,1 64 are considered within range (36 below midpoint2 and 28 above midpoint3),
while 14 nationalities are overrepresented4 in the Secretariat.
1
Underrepresented (at 30 November 2007): Angola, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chad, Iran
(Islamic Republic of), Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia,
Sierra Leone, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of
America.
2
Within range, below midpoint (at 30 November 2007): Algeria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Burundi, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Guatemala, Haiti,
Indonesia, Ireland, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mongolia, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey,
Viet Nam.
3
Within range, above midpoint (at 30 November 2007): Albania, Austria, Benin, Colombia,
Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, India, Jordan,
Lebanon, Mali, New Zealand, Pakistan, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan.
4
Over-represented (at 30 November 2007): Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon,
Chile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda.
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