PWB Chapter 5: Support Services

Major Programme 5.1: Information and Publications Support

Regular Programme		US$000
	Programme of Work	16,080
	Adjustments to Programme of Work arising out of Budgetary Transfers	50
	Final Programme of Work	16,130
	Expenditure against Final Programme of Work	16,175
	Variance of Expenditure (Over)/Under Final Programme of Work	(45)
	Budgetary Transfers as percent of Programme of Work	0.3%
Field Programme		US$000
	Extrabudgetary TF and UNDP delivery	418
	Extrabudgetary emergency project delivery	0
	TCP delivery	0
	Total Field Programme delivery	418
	Ratio of Field to Regular Programme delivery	0.0
	Technical Support Services, professional staff cost	69

Achievements

617.      This Major Programme, implemented by the Information Division (GII), assists in communicating to member governments, development partners and the general public information about the work of the Organization, including messages about FAO's mandate, priorities and technical programmes.

618.      FAO's approach to public information and publications activities is guided by the Cross-Organizational Strategy "Communicating FAO's Message" as elaborated in the Organization's Corporate Communication Policy and Strategy. This calls for an integrated approach to communication which emphasizes the involvement of technical departments in planning and implementation. During the 2002-03 biennium, the Information Division was restructured, resulting in the creation of a News and Multimedia Service organized into three groups - News, Communication & Design and Multimedia Production - to give greater focus to outreach activities.

619.      Media relations. A new, dynamic Newsroom page on the FAO Web site was launched to disseminate news about the Organization more widely in official languages. Media outreach was guided by the strategic vision contained in the annual Corporate Communication Plan, approved by the Corporate Communication Committee. The overall impact of FAO's media relations was significant, as evidenced by the increasing volume of media coverage in local and international print media. Press releases were distributed simultaneously in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. In the broadcast area, the emphasis of activities shifted from feature and documentary work to "hard" news. This was apparent in a reduction in the number of finished documentary productions and an increase in the distribution of video news releases and background footage to global broadcast organizations (see table 5.1-1).

620.      Greater emphasis was placed on radio as a vital communication channel, particularly with rural populations in developing countries, and a large number of radio interviews were carried out. Increasingly, radio distribution was effected through the World Wide Web and a valuable partnership was established with UN Radio. These efforts resulted in a notable improvement in the radio coverage of material on FAO field programmes and projects, including TeleFood.

621.      Increased attention was directed towards results-oriented partnerships with television broadcast and satellite operators, with the aim of increasing television airtime for communicating FAO's messages to key audiences worldwide. These efforts resulted in the airing of public service announcements in key markets, international distribution of FAO-produced videos, live broadcasts and satellite transmissions of awareness-raising TeleFood events, and media workshops.

TABLE 5.1-1. MEDIA OUTREACH (SELECTED INDICATORS)

	1998-99	2000-01	2002-03
Press releases, news stories and news & highlights/ news briefs	151	170 (plus 31 regional)	314
Regional Press releases			136
Feature articles (including Director-General byliners, and focus on the issues, )	17	69	39
Press conferences - headquarters	15	21	16
Press conferences - elsewhere	3	11	65
DG interviews arranged			39 + 34 regional
Video productions	73	80	22
Radio reports, interviews, etc.	550	580	686
Coproductions with broadcast partners	na	18	22

622.      Multimedia production. The number of information materials produced continued to increase with a focus on FAO's programmes and priorities. In addition to traditional printed materials, production spanned the full multimedia range: videos, CD-ROMs, special features for the FAO Web site, etc. Development of an integrated approach to the presentation of the World Food Day/TeleFood campaign continued with the production of brochures, booklets and interactive multimedia CD-ROMs. An integrated package of 19 CD-ROM multi-media presentations and supporting fact sheets covering a broad range of FAO’s key areas of work was prepared and widely distributed in all working languages, plus Italian, Russian and Japanese.

623.      As shown in table 5.1-2, the number of Internet pages produced directly by the Multimedia Group continued to decline due to the use by technical departments of tools and systems developed in collaboration with the Information Systems and Technology Division (AFI).

624.      Special exhibits featuring attractive displays were prepared in the FAO atrium to launch the International Year of Rice, and to accompany the Committees on Forestry, Fisheries and Agriculture. Exhibit support was also provided at meetings organized by the technical departments, and for FAO participation in important international events such as the World Forestry Congress in Quebec, and the Salon international de l'agriculture in Paris.

625.      The Photo Laboratory supported 362 official events at headquarters and a number of photographic missions were undertaken. More than 20,000 requests for images were filled by the Photo Library. With the shift of photography from traditional film to digital, the Photo Laboratory was closed.

TABLE 5.1-2. MULTIMEDIA (SELECTED INDICATORS)

Description	2000-2001	2002-2003
Exhibits and displays	41	51
Public information materials (excluding multimedia presentations)	181	582
Multimedia presentations (all working languages, plus Italian and Japanese)	0	130
Internet pages generated	3056	2440

626.      The newly constituted Publishing Management Service used the multilingual capacity of the unit for the editing and production of FAO’s high-profile publications and, at the same time, assisted technical departments to publish other technical material. In line with the corporate visual identity concept, the Publishing Management Service GIII, in cooperation with selected technical units, developed a series of templates for technical reports which could be used by originators with appropriate desktop publishing software to facilitate document production. GIII made available information on matters relating to FAO’s publishing process through a range of Intranet web pages.

TABLE 5.1-3 PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED INDICATORS)

Description	2000-01	2002-03
Major publications
Books and monographs (all languages)	481	679
Booklets, brochures and leaflets (all languages)	362	683
Electronic products (all languages)	37	56
Periodicals (individual titles)	4	8
Yearbooks (trilingual)	11	6
Yearbooks (multilingual)		9

627.      On the basis of proposals received from technical departments, 19 copublishing agreements were negotiated with commercial publishers. Copublishing allows FAO publications to reach markets that FAO might not be in a position to access and continues to be a cost-effective way of increasing the visibility of FAO titles. In addition, 30 agreements were put in place during the biennium for the publication of FAO titles in non-official languages, specifically Bangla, Farsi, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Malaylam, Oriya, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

628.      Free dissemination to member countries of FAO publications and other information products was implemented during the biennium according to the approved quota distribution system.

629.      Considerable effort was made to turn around the sale of FAO's information products through the Information Products Revolving Fund (IPRF) in the biennium, resulting in a surplus in 2003. The overall biennial result was a deficit of US$ 236,000, which was less than the previous biennium. The merger, during the biennium, of the IPRF and the Money and Medals Programme (MMP) resulted in significant synergies and savings in terms of human resources.

Major Programme 5.2: Administration

Regular Programme		US$000
	Programme of Work	43,835
	Adjustments to Programme of Work arising out of Budgetary Transfers	(1,290)
	Final Programme of Work	42,545
	Expenditure against Final Programme of Work	42,353
	Variance of Expenditure (Over)/Under Final Programme of Work	192
	Budgetary Transfers as percent of Programme of Work	(2.9%)
Field Programme		US$000
	Extrabudgetary TF and UNDP delivery	0
	Extrabudgetary emergency project delivery	0
	TCP delivery	0
	Total Field Programme delivery	0
	Ratio of Field to Regular Programme delivery	0.0
	Technical Support Services, professional staff cost	1

Achievements

630.      The Major Programme covers the Organization's accounting, financial control and reporting systems; assists programme managers and technical staff in the use of modern information technology; and develops and administers personnel policies, ensuring that FAO is served by competent and motivated staff.

631.      The financial systems that were originally launched in 1999 were enhanced through the introduction of the new Web-based Budget Maintenance Module (eBMM) and the development of eTravel. Several corporate technical and administrative information systems were developed and enhanced, and a major upgrade of Oracle Applications was successfully implemented in 2002. Support also continued to be provided to the corporate decentralization policy with the rollout of the upgraded FAO Wide Area Network (WAN).

632.      The Management Support Service (MSS) provides a range of central administrative support services, advice and management information to division directors and departmental managers in the areas of finance, budget, procurement requisitioning, personnel and travel, in accordance with the established rules and regulations of the Organization. The MSS also carries out, on behalf of the Assistant Director-General of AF, corporate responsibilities in other assigned areas of administrative services.

633.      The following key indicators reflect the main categories of MSS output.

TABLE 5.2-1. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (SELECTED INDICATORS)

Description	2001 **	2002	2003	Total 2002-2003
Average number of staff at FAO headquarters serviced by MSS	2,045	2,048	2,095	2,072
Number of servicing actions processed by MSS	*	7,994	7,960	15,954
Number of travel entitlement actions processed by MSS	*	1,470	1,838	3,308
Appointments
Number of short-term and fixed-term staff appointments processed	338	496	435	931
Number of consultants and Personal Services Agreements processed	5,260	5,380	5,892	11,272
Separations
Number of staff separations processed	382	1,357	871	2,228
Financial services provided
Requests for financial system assistance received	6,976	5,813	5,085	10,898
Number of staff trained in financial systems	*	53	257	310
Overtime processed	4,279	3,894	4,304	8,288
Journal vouchers processed	3,856	4,967	6,381	11,348
Letters of agreement processed	516	472	474	946
* statistics not available for the previous biennium** Figures cover only 2001, following the creation of the MSS in September 2000

Programme 5.2.1: Financial Services

634.      The programme covers the financial services in support of FAO's Regular Programme and extrabudgetary operations. It includes advising on financial and related policy issues; designing and managing the Organization's financial and cost accounting systems and procedures; maintaining the accounts; and, preparing the financial statements of the Organization for certification by the External Auditor. The programme involves management and accounting for about US$ 1.4 billion in funding per biennium.

635.      As part of the work on further strengthening the control environment, a new Finance Division intranet site was created to communicate authoritative policy and procedural documentation to user groups both in headquarters and decentralized offices.

636.      The new Web-based Budget Maintenance Module (eBMM) provides improved budget management functionality, and the development of eTravel has simplified the processing and certification of lump sum entitlement payments. The upgrade of Oracle Applications to the Web-based version provides opportunities for further streamlining of the business processes in the Organization.

TABLE 5.2-2. FINANCIAL SERVICES (SELECTED INDICATORS)

		2000-01	2002-03
Staff on payroll (monthly average)		4,200	4,190
Travel authorizations processed		25,500	31,500
Payments processed (excluding payroll)		*	74,000
Receipts processed		*	14,000
Vendor accounts managed		*	16,000
Support to FAOR and Project offices	Replenishment requests processed	*	371
	Number of offices supported	140	137
Projects	Projects opened	*	1,900
	Project budget revisions processed	*	2,100
Investments managed	(US$ million)	169	452
Systems access requests processed		*	8,000
*statistics not available for the previous biennium

637.      An in-depth review of the how the Organization manages cash and investments was performed leading to the introduction of significant changes in the management of the investment portfolio. Two new investment management contracts were negotiated and the portfolio was diversified.

638.      To take advantage of synergies with the other administrative support functions, at the end of the biennium the Travel Group was moved from the Finance Division to the Management Support Service.

Programme 5.2.2: Information Systems and Technology Services

639.      The biennium saw further consolidation of the Oracle Financials Phase I implementation. Major improvements were achieved by the upgrade of Oracle Applications featuring more user-friendly screens and a stabler environment. Improvements have been made to the Data Warehouse, which now provides an increasing variety of data and reports to permit decentralized managers to remain aware of their financial position and improve budget management. An enhanced Budget Maintenance Module based on Web technology was released in early 2003 and made available to a wider group of users including some decentralized offices.

640.      The Organization's technical information systems grew substantially in terms of the number of systems developed and additional substantive information available for dissemination through the WAICENT Framework where evidence of increased use of FAO's data is apparent from the indicators in table 5.2-3. Common and reusable components and system frameworks were developed in the key demand areas. Particular emphasis has been placed on collaboration with other agencies and regional and country entities in information system support of programmes such as the Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS), the Global Plan of Action (GPA), and the Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES).

641.      The Programme contributed to other major areas, such as FAO Intranet and Extranet, Divisional Web Publishing System, Field Programme Management Information System and Dynamic Database Publication System. For the World Food Summit: five years later the participant registration system was enhanced. User support for the many visitors was provided on an extended-hours basis.

642.      The WAN project executed during the biennium has improved the capabilities of decentralized offices and aided the decentralization process, by providing access to FAO Intranet systems, standard FAO Email accounts, and reliable access to administrative applications. All Regional and Subregional Offices were connected to the WAN by the end of 2003, as were 63 FAO Representations and 3 Liaison Offices. Implementation has been deferred in a small number of offices which have regulatory or technical obstacles to overcome. A follow-on project was approved by the Information Management and Technology Committee (IMTC) at the end of 2003, its scope being to connect the remaining FAO Offices to the WAN.

643.      Information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure was significantly enhanced with the migration to current versions of Windows. This was initiated during 2003 and will be progressively implemented during 2004-05. A number of projects in the information systems (IS) and ICT areas, funded from US arrears, commenced in 2003, including the relocation and renovation of the Computer Centre. Outsourcing of the legacy “mainframe” processing environment to the UN International Computer Centre in Geneva was implemented in January 2004, as part of the efforts to consolidate the ICT environments to enable better strategic focus and efficiency gains.

644.      Security of information and information systems was a concern for management, and an information security policy development was initiated. Continued efforts were undertaken to combat cyber attacks (viruses, worms, etc.) and remedial action applied (system patches, etc.). User guidelines were developed and user education based on them is on-going.

TABLE 5.2-3. INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY (SELECTED INDICATORS)

Description	2000-01	2002-03
Support of administrative and technical applications
Financial and human resources systems (change requests)	545	717
Administrative system support (person years - staff and consultants)	65	61
Technical systems support (person years - staff and consultants)	38	70
Technical information systems	59	85
Number of FAOSTAT statistical data collections	48	57
Use of administrative and technical applications
Data warehouse reports produced (in thousands)	177	305
Transactions posted in general ledger (in millions)	5.9	5.5
Number of Oracle users	1,794	2,510
FAOSTAT records downloaded by external users (in millions)	442.4	866.8
Internet, average number of hits per month (in millions)	16.6	40
Intranet, average number of hits per month (in millions)	1.5	1.62
User support
Help desk calls per month	700	585
Use of headquarters infrastructure, servers and network services
Total number of servers (OS390, UNIX, Windows)	145	180
Total disk space on servers (GB)	8,800	10,050
Use of telephone exchange (PABX) and audiovisual services
PABX new installations, moves and de-installations	5,345	9213
Video conferences	319	550
Assistance to audio-visual or interpretation equipment in meeting rooms	2,506	4,445
Use of messaging services
Headquarters e-mail accounts	3,800	4,400
E-mail accounts in decentralized offices	1,063	1,300
Number of messages sent to or received from the Internet (per day)	25,300	70,000
Incoming and outgoing telexes	12,714	7,200
Incoming and outgoing faxes from the central facility (pages)*	69,951	76,711
* Many divisions in HQ have their own fax machines and traffic from them is not included.

Programme 5.2.3: Human Resources Services

645.      The Programme, carried out by the Human Resources Management Division (AFH), covers the development of human resources (HR) policies and procedures; management studies and job classification; position management and control; support to recruitment of staff; salaries and allowances administration; social security provisions; staff training; administration of appeals procedures and consultation with staff representative bodies; and overseeing and monitoring the administration and servicing of staff.

646.      The development of several policies was initiated concerning the introduction of innovative human resources management practices that sought to promote a more supportive work/family environment. These included, inter alia, policies on spouse employment and paternity leave. Following a trial period, a teleworking policy was adopted that provides staff members the possibility of a greater degree of flexibility in their working hours, work location and leave planning.

647.      The Organization was also actively involved in promoting innovative human resources policies through UN inter-agency bodies, including the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), the Human Resources Network and the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) of the CEB. The policies being reviewed under such bodies include inter-organization mobility, a common senior management service, the pay and benefit system, gender balance in organizations and hazard pay for locally-recruited staff.

648.      AFH organized workshops with line managers to develop a broader approach to human resources planning. Recommendations that provide a basis for a workforce planning system were developed relating to job profiles, recruitment, selection, promotion and succession planning, development, training, mobility and the use of consultants. With a view to improving the quality of vacancy announcements and raising awareness on the recruitment process in the Organization, recruitment guidelines were made available internally and a new vacancy announcement format, introducing the use of selection criteria, was implemented in 2003. A number of steps were initiated to address the issue of limited number of applicants from under- and non-represented countries. Consideration has been given to recruitment missions in non- and severely under-represented countries in 2003. In addition, efforts have been made to target Web sites in those countries when posting FAO Vacancy Announcements.

649.      The non-staff Personal Services Agreement (PSA) was introduced in 2002 to standardize, as well as to reduce, the number of non-staff contractual instruments used by the Organization. The PSA has provided AFH and other FAO stakeholders a clearer definition of the circumstances under which all types of non-staff resources should be used.

650.      FAO actively participated in the sessions of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (UNJSPB) and its Standing Committee. Tools were developed in collaboration with the Pension Fund secretariat to enhance the self-servicing modules for Fund participants and retirees, both at headquarters and in the field. AFH continued to provide social security benefits to the staff and achieved reductions in premiums of various benefits through a regular competitive tendering process among international companies.

651.      The Language Skills Programme continued to promote the development of multi-lingualism in the five official languages and Italian for newcomers, including new standardized Arabic and Chinese language programmes and proficiency assessment opportunities made available for staff. AF and GI Departments collaborated to deliver communication skills training in key areas to staff and to promote a “communication culture”. The Computer Skills Programme continued to support the Oracle system and standardized information technology tools. The FAO Staff Orientation Programme was offered on a regular basis to enable new staff to learn about the Organization so as to help them to effectively perform their duties as quickly as possible upon arrival at FAO. The Project Cycle Overview Course was delivered in English to staff from the decentralized offices and updated with inputs and collaboration from stakeholder departments.

652.      AFH continued to review and respond to staff grievances and monitor disciplinary cases. The division also provided timely advice to line managers regarding work-related disputes, with a view to resolving such disputes at an early stage and keeping the number of administrative appeals and grievances as low as possible. A revised Policy on the Prevention of Harassment was issued in June 2003, with provisions for addressing cases of harassment by way of mediation.

653.      In order to provide support to all these initiatives, the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) project started in 2002 with the development of the Project Charter and its endorsement by Senior Management. Current business processes in the areas of Appointment and Administration, Consultants, Personnel Files, Payroll, Recruitment, Staff Development, HR Planning, Post Management, Policy and Procedures and Legal Matters were documented. A User Group including representatives of all HQ departments and Regional Offices was formed and regular meetings have been started. Availability of arrears to fund the implementation phases was confirmed.

654.      The Medical Service continued to carry out its routine functions as well as the additional services which were introduced in the previous reporting period, In-House Physiotherapy and Work Station Assessments, which contributed significantly to reduction of loss of time at work and compensation costs. Focusing on prevention and health promotion, the Medical Service has successfully introduced a programme on cardiovascular risk factor prevention and headache/migraine reduction in addition to the already available cancer screening programmes.

TABLE 5.2-4. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICES (SELECTED INDICATORS)

Description	2000-01	2002-03
Staff with fixed-term/continuing appointments (as at end of biennium)
Headquarters	2102	2161
Decentralized offices	1251	1258
Total	3353	3419
Staff training days (participants x duration)
Professional and career development courses	2483	2340
Orientation, average course duration 1 day	72	495
Computer skills, average course duration 1 day	4601	3616
Language skills, average course duration 5 days	15537	20809
Communication skills, average course duration 1.5 days		724
Retirement, average course duration 2 days		773
Project Cycle, average course duration 6 days		194
Insurance and compensation claims
Medical insurance claims handled	184537	188098
Staff compensation claims handled	267	220
Staff Separations & Pensions
Number of new retirement pension payments	445	371
Number of new disability pension payments	29	20
Pension separation queries	5200	5400

PWB Chapter 6: Common Services

Regular Programme		US$000
	Programme of Work	42,922
	Adjustments to Programme of Work arising out of Budgetary Transfers	(490)
	Final Programme of Work	42,432
	Expenditure against Final Programme of Work	42,178
	Variance of Expenditure (Over)/Under Final Programme of Work	254
	Budgetary Transfers as percent of Programme of Work	(1.1%)

Achievements

655.      This chapter of the PWB covers the cost of common services – communications, procurement, building maintenance and security at Headquarters and decentralized offices – under the management of the Administrative Services Division (AFS).

656.      Overall, purchasing operations experienced a tremendous increase during the biennium with emergencies reaching a high of 96.5% of all purchasing. In addition, by virtue of the provisions of Security Council Resolutions No. 1472 and 1483, the Procurement Service handled contracts related to the 59% component of the “Oil for Food” programme, as well as for Locally Generated Funds for Northern Iraq, for an amount of US$ 810,580,194, which was unprecedented in the history of the Organization.

657.      The Italian Ministry of Public Works started renovation works in Building A to meet the European Fire Safety and Evacuation laws. The works included the restructuring of the David Lubin Library and the construction of three new emergency evacuation stairs to meet the requirements posed by the occupancy of the conference rooms present in building A. The emergency stairs were delivered in time for the 2003 Conference, while the new David Lubin Library is scheduled for delivery in early 2005.

658.      Following the attack against the UN building in Baghdad in August 2003, the UN System adopted new minimum operating security standards. FAO has increased its safety and security, by taking a number of steps including new access control procedures, an increase in the number of guards at Headquarters and anti-intrusion equipment.

659.      Efficiencies in communications, records and archives are emerging as the Digital Records Management System is being developed and further applied.

TABLE 6.0-1.COMMON SERVICES (SELECTED INDICATORS)

Description	2000-01	2002-03
Contractual services
Contracts awarded/revised	1,688	1,796
Total value, US$ million	40.1	856.7
Purchasing
Purchase orders handled, including field	4,916	4,562
Total value, US$ million	271.1	309
Communications
Incoming pouch bags	10,356	8.647
Outgoing pouch bags	21,780	(*) 25,520
Incoming mail (letters/parcels)	60,500	52,000
Outgoing mail (letters/parcels)	1,426,000	1,250,000
Building maintenance
Maintenance interventions	21,000	20,046
(*) FAO has increased the use of courier-based pouch, resulting in smaller individual dispatches.

Annex I

Completion of 2002-03 Outputs by Programme

660.      The 2002-03 PWB identified outputs for implementation under the technical and economic programmes. In the course of programme implementation it is sometimes necessary for modifications to be made in outputs, while others may be postponed or cancelled. New outputs may also be introduced to meet changing circumstances and specific requests. The following table summarizes changes that occurred by output type during the biennium. The rest of the Annex provides similar information by programme. Information on all planned and unplanned outputs is available in the PIR Outputs Database on the FAO Internet site at (http//www.fao.org/pir).

IMPLEMENTATION OF OUTPUTS, 2002-03

Description	Approved in PWB	Cancelled/ postponed	Unplanned delivered	Total delivered	Delivered unmodified	Delivered modified	Percentage delivered
Coordination and information exchange	414	(33)	41	422	399	23	101.9%
Direct advice to Members and field programme support	305	(14)	41	332	324	8	108.9%
Information (products, systems, databases)	293	(26)	44	311	294	17	106.1%
International undertakings, agreements/conventions and standards	65	(4)	11	72	69	3	110.8%
Methodologies and guidelines (including pilot testing and demonstration)	240	(35)	19	224	200	24	93.3%
Studies and analyses	240	(22)	28	246	220	26	102.5%
Training (including training courses and materials)	125	(12)	4	117	107	10	93.6%
Notional total	1,682	(146)	188	1,724	1,613	111	102.5%

DELIVERY OF BIENNIAL OUTPUTS BY PROGRAMME

Type of Output	Approved in PWB	Cancelled/ Postponed	Unplanned Delivered	Total Delivered	Delivered Unmodified	Delivered Modified	Percent Delivered
210 Intra-departmental Programme Entities for Agricultural Production and Support Systems
Coordination and Information Exchange	14	(2)	17	29	27	2	207%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	6	(1)	0	5	5	0	83%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	4	0	0	4	4	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	5	(2)	0	3	3	0	60%
Studies and Analyses	6	0	0	6	3	3	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	2	(1)	0	1	1	0	50%
210 Total	37	(6)	17	48	43	5	130%
211 Natural Resources
Coordination and Information Exchange	12	(1)	0	11	11	0	92%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	7	(1)	0	6	6	0	86%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	15	0	0	15	15	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	18	(3)	0	15	15	0	83%
Studies and Analyses	21	(2)	0	19	18	1	90%
Training (including training courses and materials)	7	0	0	7	7	0	100%
211 Total	81	(7)	0	74	73	1	91%
212 Crops
Coordination and Information Exchange	32	(4)	0	28	27	1	88%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	20	(1)	0	19	19	0	95%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	13	0	0	13	11	2	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	12	0	0	12	12	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	15	(2)	0	13	11	2	87%
Studies and Analyses	8	0	1	9	6	3	112%
Training (including training courses and materials)	9	(2)	0	7	7	0	78%
212 Total	109	(9)	1	101	93	8	93%
213 Livestock
Coordination and Information Exchange	18	0	0	18	17	1	100%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	7	0	0	7	7	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	12	(2)	0	10	10	0	83%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	1	(1)	0	0	0	0	0%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	20	(4)	0	16	16	0	80%
Studies and Analyses	8	0	0	8	6	2	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	3	(1)	0	2	1	1	67%
213 Total	69	(8)	0	61	57	4	88%
214 Agricultural Support Systems
Coordination and Information Exchange	11	(2)	0	9	8	1	82%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	10	0	0	10	9	1	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	14	0	0	14	12	2	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	11	0	2	13	9	4	118%
Studies and Analyses	21	(2)	0	19	13	6	90%
Training (including training courses and materials)	19	(3)	0	16	14	2	84%
214 Total	87	(7)	2	82	66	16	94%
215 Agricultural Applications of Isotopes and Biotechnology
Coordination and Information Exchange	3	0	0	3	3	0	100%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	6	0	0	6	6	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	5	0	0	5	4	1	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	6	0	0	6	6	0	100%
Studies and Analyses	4	0	0	4	4	0	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	6	0	0	6	6	0	100%
215 Total	30	0	0	30	29	1	100%
21 Total	413	(37)	20	396	361	35	96%
221 Nutrition
Coordination and Information Exchange	26	(5)	1	22	20	2	85%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	13	(2)	0	11	11	0	85%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	11	0	1	12	10	2	109%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	13	0	0	13	12	1	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	17	(2)	2	17	11	6	100%
Studies and Analyses	6	(2)	0	4	4	0	67%
Training (including training courses and materials)	14	0	0	14	8	6	100%
221 Total	100	(11)	4	93	76	17	93%
222 Food and Agricultural Information
Coordination and Information Exchange	29	(4)	0	25	25	0	86%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	49	(1)	3	51	50	1	104%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	73	(8)	15	80	77	3	110%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	8	0	0	8	8	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	22	(4)	1	19	17	2	86%
Studies and Analyses	3	(1)	1	3	2	1	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	7	(2)	0	5	5	0	71%
222 Total	191	(20)	20	191	184	7	100%
223 Food and Agricultural Monitoring, Assessments and Outlooks
Coordination and Information Exchange	19	0	1	20	19	1	105%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	1	0	1	2	2	0	200%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	25	0	5	30	29	1	120%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	5	0	0	5	5	0	100%
Studies and Analyses	15	0	0	15	15	0	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
223 Total	66	0	7	73	71	2	111%
224 Agriculture, Food Security and Trade Policy
Coordination and Information Exchange	22	0	6	28	26	2	127%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	12	0	0	12	12	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	3	0	0	3	3	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	3	(1)	0	2	0	2	67%
Studies and Analyses	33	(3)	2	32	26	6	97%
224 Total	75	(4)	8	79	69	10	105%
22 Total	432	(35)	39	436	400	36	101%
231 Fisheries Information
Coordination and Information Exchange	13	0	1	14	14	0	108%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	9	(2)	0	7	7	0	78%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	31	(9)	5	27	22	5	87%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	4	(1)	0	3	2	1	75%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	5	(2)	0	3	3	0	60%
Studies and Analyses	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	3	(1)	1	3	2	1	100%
231 Total	67	(15)	7	59	52	7	88%
232 Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture
Coordination and Information Exchange	26	(5)	8	29	29	0	112%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	7	0	9	16	15	1	229%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	8	(1)	11	18	18	0	225%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	6	(2)	0	4	4	0	67%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	25	(7)	6	24	21	3	96%
Studies and Analyses	9	(2)	10	17	17	0	189%
Training (including training courses and materials)	3	0	0	3	3	0	100%
232 Total	84	(17)	44	111	107	4	132%
233 Fisheries Exploitation and Utilisation
Coordination and Information Exchange	10	(1)	2	11	11	0	110%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	19	(5)	5	19	19	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	13	(1)	4	16	16	0	123%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	0	0	3	3	3	0	0%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	21	(4)	5	22	20	2	105%
Studies and Analyses	10	(2)	4	12	12	0	120%
Training (including training courses and materials)	2	0	2	4	4	0	200%
233 Total	75	(13)	25	87	85	2	116%
234 Fisheries Policy
Coordination and Information Exchange	23	(2)	0	21	20	1	91%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	10	(1)	7	16	16	0	160%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	2	0	8	10	9	1	500%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	3	0	0	3	3	0	100%
Studies and Analyses	13	(2)	6	17	14	3	131%
Training (including training courses and materials)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
234 Total	53	(5)	21	69	64	5	130%
23 Total	279	(50)	97	326	308	18	117%
241 Forest Resources
Coordination and Information Exchange	23	(1)	0	22	17	5	96%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	17	0	0	17	16	1	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	7	0	0	7	7	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	10	0	0	10	9	1	100%
Studies and Analyses	12	0	0	12	12	0	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	3	0	0	3	3	0	100%
241 Total	74	(1)	0	73	66	7	99%
242 Forest Products
Coordination and Information Exchange	21	(1)	0	20	20	0	95%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	11	(3)	0	8	8	0	73%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	3	0	0	3	3	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	7	(2)	0	5	5	0	71%
Studies and Analyses	8	(1)	0	7	7	0	88%
Training (including training courses and materials)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
242 Total	53	(7)	0	46	46	0	87%
243 Forestry Policy and Planning
Coordination and Information Exchange	13	0	0	13	10	3	100%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	8	0	0	8	8	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	9	0	0	9	7	2	100%
Studies and Analyses	21	(2)	0	19	19	0	90%
Training (including training courses and materials)	8	0	0	8	8	0	100%
243 Total	60	(2)	0	58	53	5	97%
244 Forest Programmes Coordination and Information
Coordination and Information Exchange	24	0	0	24	24	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	5	0	0	5	5	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Studies and Analyses	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
244 Total	33	0	0	33	33	0	100%
24 Total	220	(10)	0	210	198	12	95%
251 Research, Natural Resources Management and Technology Transfer
Coordination and Information Exchange	16	(3)	1	14	12	2	88%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	12	0	1	13	13	0	108%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	14	(1)	2	15	15	0	107%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	8	(1)	0	7	7	0	88%
Studies and Analyses	13	(3)	0	10	10	0	77%
Training (including training courses and materials)	6	(1)	0	5	5	0	83%
251 Total	70	(9)	4	65	63	2	93%
252 Gender and Population
Coordination and Information Exchange	14	0	0	14	13	1	100%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	13	0	0	13	13	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	4	0	0	4	4	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	9	0	0	9	9	0	100%
Studies and Analyses	6	0	0	6	6	0	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	10	0	0	10	10	0	100%
252 Total	58	0	0	58	57	1	100%
253 Rural Development
Coordination and Information Exchange	5	(1)	4	8	8	0	160%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	8	0	5	13	12	1	162%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	6	0	0	6	6	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	16	(1)	3	18	18	0	112%
Studies and Analyses	3	0	3	6	6	0	200%
Training (including training courses and materials)	5	0	1	6	6	0	120%
253 Total	43	(2)	16	57	56	1	133%
256 Food Production in Support of Food Security in LIFDCs
Coordination and Information Exchange	9	0	0	9	9	0	100%
256 Total	9	0	0	9	9	0	100%
25 Total	180	(11)	20	189	185	4	105%
311 Coordination of Policy Assistance and Field Programme Development
Coordination and Information Exchange	13	0	0	13	13	0	100%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	2	0	0	2	2	0	100%
Methodologies and Guidelines (including Pilot Testing and Demonstration)	4	0	0	4	4	0	100%
Training (including training courses and materials)	6	(1)	0	5	5	0	83%
311 Total	25	(1)	0	24	24	0	96%
312 Policy Assistance to Various Regions
Coordination and Information Exchange	18	(1)	0	17	16	1	94%
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	72	(1)	10	81	78	3	112%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	14	0	1	15	14	1	107%
Studies and Analyses	16	0	1	17	16	1	106%
Training (including training courses and materials)	9	0	0	9	9	0	100%
312 Total	129	(2)	12	139	133	6	108%
313 Legal Assistance to Member Nations
Direct Advice to Members; Field Programme Support	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Information (Products, Systems, Databases)	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
International Undertakings, Agreements/Conventions and Standards	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
Studies and Analyses	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%
313 Total	4	0	0	4	4	0	100%
31 Total	158	(3)	12	167	161	6	106%

Annex II

Report on Unscheduled and Cancelled Sessions

(1 January 2002 - 31 December 2003)

661.      In Resolution 21/67, adopted in November 1967, the Conference had authorized the Director-General to convene sessions of FAO bodies and expert consultations other than those approved in the Programme of Work and Budget (PWB), provided that such sessions be reported to the next Council session. Subsequently, the Council agreed at its 102nd Session (November 1992) that information on unscheduled and cancelled sessions should henceforward be provided in successive Programme Implementation Reports (PIRs). This PIR reports on unscheduled and cancelled sessions for the biennium from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2003.

662.      The starting-point of reporting for the 2002-03 biennium is the List of Scheduled Sessions given in Annex III of the PWB 2002-03 (C 2001/3).

663.      The following data summarizes the movements during the reporting period 2002-03 which included 26 unscheduled sessions and 6 cancellations.

664.      Details of these sessions are provided in the following pages, which follow the format of previous reports. Meetings that have no intergovernmental character, such as consultations of the FAO secretariat with stakeholders, as well as informal briefings of Permanent Representatives and non-FAO meetings held on FAO premises, are not included in this list.

UNSCHEDULED SESSIONS APPROVED IN 2002-03 (26)

Programme entity	Session number	Title, location, date and remarks	Estimated direct cost (US$)	Article of const. and category
211P8	AGL 801	International Conference on Technical and Institutional Aspects of Irrigation Water Management	3,200	VI-4 (3)
212A3	AGP 819	Expert Consultation on Biotechnology: The Perspectives from Developing Countries and their Partners: Towards a Global Strategy in Plant Biotechnology for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation	NIL	VI-4 (3)
212P2	AGP 818	Technical Consultation on the Revised Version of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides	28,000	VI-5 (2)
213A7	AGA 813	Expert Consultation on Community-based VPH Systems	1,300	VI-4 (3)
214A4	AGSP 801	Expert Consultation on Strengthening Farm-Agribusiness Linkages in Africa	28,000	VI-4 (3)
221P2	CX 701-25	FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission – 25th (Extraordinary) Session	NIL	VI-1 (1)
221P2	CX 701-26	FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission – 26th (Extraordinary) Session	NIL	VI-1 (1)
221P2	CX 702-51	Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission – 51st (Extraordinary) Session	NIL	VI (1)
221P2	CX 702-52	Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission – 52nd (Extraordinary) Session	NIL	VI (1)
221P2	CX 716-19	Codex Committee on General Principles	NIL	VI (1)
221P6	ESN 814	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Incorporating Quantitative Risk Assessment in the Development of Microbiological Food Hygiene Standards	500	VI-4 (3)
221P6	ESN 816	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Acrylamide in Food	NIL	VI (3)
222P3	RAF 811	Agricultural Statistics Development	4,000	VI -4 (3)
222P3	RAP 826	Expert Consultation on Livestock Statistics	3,000	VI -4 (3)
222P3	RAP 903	Workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in the Pacific in Support of Food Security and Poverty Reduction Strategies and Programmes	5,000	(4)
222S1	RAP 703-19	Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APACS) – 19th Session	24,000	VI -1 (1)
234P3	FI 840	Expert Consultation on the Development of International Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products	40,000	VI-4 (3)
234S1	RAP 824	APFIC Executive Committee – 69th Session	2,500	XIV (1)
241P1	FO 901	Training of National Correspondents on Assessing and Monitoring Forest Land Use and Changes	75,000	(4)
242A1	FO 819	Follow-up to the Expert Meeting on Harmonizing Forest-related Definitions for Use by Various Stakeholders	4,000	VI-4 (3)
242P2	FO 816	Expert Consultation on Forest-related Definitions	4,000	VI-4 (3)
242P2	FO 820	Expert Consultation on Developing an Action Programme Towards Improved Bamboo and Rattan Statistics	3,000	VI-4 (3)
242S1	FO 734-44	44th Session of the Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products	5,000	VI-4 (3)
243P1	RNE 901	Workshop on Forest Policies and the National Forest Programme in RNE	50,000	(4)
244S1	FO 709-14	14th Session of the AFWC Working Party on the Management of Wildlife and Protected Areas	30,000	VI-1 (1)
244S1	FO 728-23	23rd Session of the EFC Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds	32,000	VI-1 (1)

PLANNED SESSIONS CANCELLED IN 2002-03 (6)

Programme entity	Session number	Title and scheduled location	Estimated direct cost (US$)	Reason for cancellation
212P1	RAP 809	Expert Consultation on Strengthening Land Border Plant Quarantine Facilities in Asian Countries. Bangkok, 3 w.d. August 2002	3,000	Shift in priorities within limited funds
212P2	RAP 812	Expert Consultation on the Formulation of Plant Pest Management Curriculum Module Towards the Streams of Bachelor Degree. Bangkok, 4 w.d. November 2002	3,000	Shift in priorities within limited funds
212P2	RAP 814	Expert Consultation on the Development of Bio-Pesticides Use in Plant Pest Management. Bangkok, 4 w.d. April 2003	3,000	Superseded by the International Conference of Bio-Pesticides in Pest Management Systems held in April 2002
213A5	AGA 712-3	Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (3rd Session). Rome, 12-13 November 2003	32,500	Postponed to 2004
213A7	AGA 803	Expert Consultation on Early Warning Systems for Transboundary Animal Diseases. Rome, 3 w.d. October 2003	18,000	One of the two sessions was replaced by a regional Technical Advisory Meeting on GREP
234S1	RAP 807	Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts in Integrated Aquaculture Systems. Bangkok, 4 w.d. June 2002	3,500	Not approved by Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Annex III

C 2005/8-Corr.1

Geographical Representation of Professional Staff

665.      The principles of geographic representation of Member Nations followed by the Organization were established by the 27^th session of the FAO Council in 1957. The proportion of a country's representation is based on the percentage of its contribution to the Regular Programme and the staff funded from the Regular Programme with continuing or fixed-term appointments are included⁷. The following tables show the countries that were not within the range of equitably represented countries as at 31 December 2001 (110 of 180 Member Nations) and 31 December 2003 (123 of 183 member nations), and the number of staff subject to geographical distribution policy by nationality and grade.

COUNTRIES NOT WITHIN RANGE BY REGION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2001

Region	Countries that have exceeded the top of their range	Under-represented countries	Non-represented countries
Africa	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Swaziland, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia	South Africa	Lesotho
Asia	Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam	China, Japan, Republic of Korea	Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Mongolia
Europe	Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro*, Slovakia	Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland	Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Malta, San Marino, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Latin America and Caribbean	Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela	-	Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Grenada
Near East	Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Sudan, Syria	-	Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
North America	Canada	United States of America
South-West Pacific	Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea	-	Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands
* Previously Yugoslavia.

COUNTRIES NOT WITHIN RANGE BY REGION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2003

Region	Countries that have exceeded the top of their range	Under-represented countries	Non-represented countries
Africa	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Swaziland, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe	South Africa	Namibia
Asia	Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam	China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Thailand	Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Mongolia
Europe	Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro*, Slovakia	Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland	Armenia, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Latin America and Caribbean	Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela	Brazil	Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Grenada
Near East	Afghanistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Somalia, Sudan	Syrian Arab Republic	Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan
North America	Canada	United States of America
South-West Pacific	Papua New Guinea, Tonga	-	Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands
* Previously Yugoslavia.

PROFESSIONAL AND ABOVE STAFF SUBJECT TO GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION POLICY BY NATIONALITY AND GRADE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2003

National of	DDG	ADG	D-2	D-1	P-5	P-4	P-3	P-2	P-1	Grand Total
Afghanistan				1			1			2
Albania							2			2
Algeria			1	1	1			1		4
Angola					1		1			2
Argentina			1	2	10		2	1		16
Australia			1	2	7	10	1			21
Austria						1	1	1		3
Azerbaijan							1			1
Bahamas					1					1
Bangladesh				1	1			1		3
Barbados				1						1
Belgium			1	2	7	11	2			23
Belize						1				1
Benin					2					2
Bhutan						1				1
Bosnia and Herzegovina							1			1
Botswana					1	1				2
Brazil				1	8	6				15
Bulgaria							2			2
Burkina Faso				1	1	1				3
Burundi							3			3
Cambodia				2						2
Cameroon				2		2				4
Canada				3	17	11	9	2		42
Cape Verde					1					1
Central African Republic					1					1
Chad					1			1		2
Chile			1	2	1					4
China		1	1	2		2	2			8
Colombia				1		2	2			5
Comoros						1				1
Congo		1		1		1				3
Cook Islands							1			1
Costa Rica				1	1			1		3
Cote d'Ivoire					2		1			3
Croatia						1	1			2
Cuba					1	2				3
CzechRepublic							1	1		2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea						1				1
Democratic Republic of the Congo					1	1	1			3
Denmark			1		1	3	1			6
Djibouti				1						1
Dominica					1	1				2
Dominican Republic						2				2
Ecuador					1					1
Egypt		1				1		1		3
El Salvador					2					2
Equatorial Guinea				1						1
Eritrea			1	1						2
Ethiopia				1	1	1	2			5
Fiji					1					1
France		2	2	7	17	39	9	4		80
Gabon					1					1
Gambia					2					2
Georgia							1			1
Germany		1	3	4	15	28	23	2		76
Ghana						1				1
Greece			1	1	2	1	1			6
Guatemala						2	1			3
Guinea					1	1				2
Guinea-Bissau					1					1
Guyana					3	1		1		5
Haiti					1					1
Honduras						2				2
Hungary				1	1	1				3
Iceland			1							1
India			1	2	3	1		1		8
Iran				1		1				2
Iraq						1	2			3
Ireland				1		1	2	1		5
Israel						1				1
Italy		1	1	5	16	22	31	19		95
Jamaica		1		1		1				3
Japan		1	2	4	2	9	6	4		28
Jordan					1					1
Kazakhstan							1			1
Kenya			1				1	1		3
Kuwait					1					1
Lebanon			1			3				4
Lesotho					1					1
Liberia			1	1		1		1		4
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya				1	1	1	1			4
Lithuania							1			1
Luxembourg						1	1			2
Madagascar							1	1		2
Malawi				1	1	1				3
Malaysia				1	1	2				4
Mali					4	1	1			6
Mauritania					2		1			3
Mauritius							2			2
Mexico		1		1	5	5	1			13
Moldova							1			1
Morocco				4	3	1				8
Mozambique					1					1
Myanmar				1						1
Nepal					1	1				2
Netherlands		1		4	7	12	2			26
New Zealand				1	1	1				3
Nicaragua							2			2
Niger				1	1	1				3
Nigeria					2	1				3
Norway			1				3	1		5
Pakistan		1		2	1					4
Papua New Guinea						1	1			2
Paraguay								1		1
Peru				1	1	2		1		5
Philippines					1	4	1			6
Poland					1	1	1			3
Portugal					2	3	1			6
Republic of Korea				1		1		1		3
Romania						1	1			2
Rwanda					1	1				2
Saint Kitts and Nevis							1			1
Saint Lucia							1			1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines						1				1
Samoa					1					1
Sao Tome and Principe					1					1
Saudi Arabia		1		1		1				3
Senegal			1	1	5					7
Serbia and Montenegro						1		1		2
Seychelles					1					1
Sierra Leone						1				1
Slovakia				1			1	1		3
Slovenia							1			1
Somalia					1	1				2
South Africa					1	1	1	1		4
Spain				4	7	3	5	5		24
Sri Lanka					2					2
Sudan				1	4	1				6
Suriname						1				1
Swaziland			1				1			2
Sweden			1	2	2	3	1			9
Switzerland			1		2	6				9
Syrian Arab Republic							1			1
Thailand			1							1
Togo					1					1
Tonga				1			1			2
Trinidad and Tobago				2		1				3
Tunisia				3	1	2	1			7
Turkey			1	1	1					3
Uganda			2		2	1				5
United Kingdom			2	9	32	28	10	6		87
United Republic of Tanzania		1	1				1			3
United States	1	1	5	16	37	45	20	10	1	136
Uruguay					3	2	1			6
Vanuatu							1			1
Venezuela			1	1	1	1				4
Viet Nam					2	1				3
Yemen						1				1
Zambia						2		1		3
Zimbabwe						2				2
Grand Total	1	15	40	123	285	330	188	74	1	1,057