A/HRC/7/57 page 5 OHCHR. This is clearly an improvement, particularly when noting that of the 50 selections from the regions well represented within OHCHR, 32 were internal staff members who had been transferred or promoted, thus having no net impact on the geographic balance of the Office. There has been similar progress with regard to senior (P-5 and above) posts. A total of 28 selection decisions have been made for senior posts since the procedures were introduced. Of these, 16 (58 per cent) were from regions requiring improved representation within OHCHR. 17. These improved selection figures have resulted in significant progress in the overall geographic diversity of the Office. An analysis of the data contained in table 1 below using the methodology employed by the Joint Inspection Unit clearly shows that the Office has significantly increased the percentage of staff from regions identified as requiring better representation within OHCHR. Table 1 31 December 2006 Africa Asia Latin America and Caribbean Eastern Europe Western Europe and Other No. 44 47 38 13 253 395 Per cent 11.1 11.9 9.6 3.3 64.1 100 OHCHR All OHCHR All 30 June 2007 31 December 2007 No. Per cent No. Per cent 51 12.3 55 13.1 52 12.6 53 12.6 45 10.9 50 11.9 17 4.1 20 4.8 248 60 241 57.5 413 100 419 100 18. This underlines the issue, of what constitutes geographic balance for the Office. It is important to note that the Office, while being criticized for its geographic imbalance, has yet to receive any indication of what would be considered an appropriate level of representation for each region, apart from the system of desirable ranges mandated by the General Assembly. In the absence of any such recommendation and in order to establish indicative goals, the Office analysed the current desirable ranges approved by the Assembly and extrapolated the levels of representation by region that this would entail, to allow comparison with the statistics presented in the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit. 19. Reviewing the composition of the Office on this basis reveals a different picture to that presented in the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit, which cast OHCHR as a United Nations office with a particularly serious geographic imbalance. Table 2 below indicates that OHCHR has higher representation from three regions (Africa, Latin America and Western Europe) than is targeted by the system approved by the Assembly. It is also worth noting that OHCHR draws a higher proportion of its staffing from Latin America and the Caribbean than the Secretariat itself.