A/HRC/4/93 page 2 3. Chapter I of this report provides information on the composition of OHCHR. At the request of the Council, it includes data on staff in posts subject to geographical distribution, as well as data on staff 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. 4. Chapter II is a description of the measures for improvement taken by the High Commissioner aimed at addressing the geographical composition issues identified by the Commission on Human Rights in resolution 2005/72 and aimed at fully observing United Nations Secretariat human resources policies, in particular, its recruitment and contractual policies. I. COMPOSITION OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 5. The recruitment of staff to posts subject to geographical distribution is governed by the system of desirable ranges at the global United Nations Secretariat level. For that purpose, Member States are grouped into four categories: unrepresented, underrepresented, within range and overrepresented. A Member State is considered unrepresented when not a single one of its nationals, throughout the entire Secretariat, is serving in a post subject to geographical distribution and having been 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 overrepresented 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. 6. OHCHR is part of the United Nations Secretariat and the breakdown of its geographical composition has to be seen against the breakdown of overall distribution within the Secretariat. In the case of OHCHR, the departmental data shows that developing as well as developed countries are to be found among both over- and underrepresented countries. 7. The official report on the composition of the United Nations 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; and 60/238 of 12 September 2005. 8. The latest report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat is contained in document A/61/257. 9. Table 1 provides a breakdown of OHCHR regular staff in the Professional and above categories by nationality, grade and gender as at 31 December 2006.