27/18 Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights*

* The annexes to the present report are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only.

I. Introduction

1. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 22/2, requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a comprehensive and updated report to the Council at its twenty-seventh session, in accordance with its annual programme of work, following the structure and scope of her report and with a special focus on further measures to correct the imbalance in geographical composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR). The present report addresses the composition of the staff of the Office as at 31 December 2013.

2. Chapter II of the present report includes data on staff members in regular budget posts subject to geographical distribution, as well as data on staff in temporary posts funded from general temporary assistance and extrabudgetary resources or in technical cooperation project posts, neither of which are included in the definition of posts subject to geographical distribution.

3. Chapter III contains a description of the measures for improvement taken by the High Commissioner bearing in mind the issues identified by the Human Rights Council in resolution 22/2, while fully observing United Nations Secretariat human resources policies, in particular, its recruitment and contractual policies.

II. Composition of the staff 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 overrepresented. 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 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, in particular the turnover of staff and changes in the scale of assessments.

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 being Assembly resolutions 59/266, 60/238, 61/244, 63/250, 65/247, 66/234, 67/255 and 68/252.

6. The latest report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat (A/68/356) covers the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. 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. As stated in the report of the Secretary-General, paragraphs 4 to 7, in August 2011, the Office of Human Resources Management launched an online reporting tool, “HR Insight”, available to all permanent missions. The tool is based on the human resources data warehouse and enables users to retrieve information from other human resources systems. The first release of the tool provided permanent missions with reports on desirable ranges, a staff list and staff details for their respective nationals, such as composition by sex or type

of appointment. Those online reports are updated on a monthly basis (with an approximate three-month time delay) and may be downloaded; permanent missions thus have convenient, instant access to often-requested data or reports. The full list of staff of the Secretariat is now available exclusively on this platform. Since the first release of the tool, the Office of Human Resources Management has made a number of enhancements, such as adding reports that show Member States the separations, appointments and forecasted retirement of their nationals, as well as the forecasted retirement of all P-5 to D-2 staff members. Pursuant to the request of the General Assembly contained in paragraph 48 of its resolution 67/255, a new table showing data on representation of developing countries for geographical staff per quarter has been published online. With HR Insight, Member States therefore have access to information similar to that contained in a Secretariat report (or in the present one), but at the level of staff members, unlike composition reports, which show the information at the aggregated level and are only issued annually. At the time of preparation of the latest report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat, there were more than 300 users in permanent missions who, in the reporting period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013, had used the tool to produce nearly 4,500 reports.

8. The table in annex I provides a breakdown of all OHCHR staff members in the Professional category and above who have been selected through the established recruitment process (“regular” staff) against both regular budget posts subject to geographical distribution and extrabudgetary posts, by nationality, grade and sex as at 31 December 2013.

9. The table in annex II provides a breakdown of the following categories of additional OHCHR staff in the Professional category and above not included in the table in annex I by nationality, grade and sex as at 31 December 2013:

(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.

10. It should be recalled that, in paragraph 14, section IX, of its resolution 63/250, the General Assembly re-emphasized that the system of geographical ranges was designed to apply to countries rather than to regions or groups. This principle was recently reiterated by the Joint Inspection Unit in a comparative analysis and benchmarking framework on staff recruitment in United Nations system organizations, focusing on gender balance and geographical distribution (JIU/NOTE/2012/3). The data in the present report are therefore provided by country and listed in alphabetical order.

11. As at 31 December 2013, OHCHR had a total of 579 staff members in the Professional category and above, of whom 503 are considered regular staff.

12. Nationals from 117 countries are represented in the Professional and above workforce, in both geographical and non-geographical posts. The latter comprise extrabudgetary posts that are not included under the system of desirable ranges (see paragraph 4 above). Of these 117 nationalities, 14 are underrepresented,1 81 are considered within range,2 while 22 nationalities are overrepresented3 in the Secretariat. OHCHR also has nationals from the State of Palestine on staff.

1 Underrepresented at 31 December 2013: Afghanistan, Brazil, Chad, China, Czech Republic,

Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Turkey and the United States of America.

2 Within range at 31 December 2013: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Benin,

Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus,

13. Despite the confirmation made by the General Assembly that the system of geographical ranges to be applied to the Secretariat is based on individual countries rather than regions, the Human Rights Council has repeatedly requested that statistics on a regional basis be provided. The table below complies with that request, showing the distribution of OHCHR staff by regional group. It shows a slight change in the percentages from the various regions compared with 2012, although the overall trend since 2006 is quite clear. This can be explained by the mobile and dynamic nature of OHCHR staff members and thus the changes from year to year.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights by region (Percentages at 31 December 2013)

Region 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Africa 11.1 13.1 13.9 13.8 14.5 16.0 16.7 15.8 Asia 11.9 12.6 13.3 13.6 15.8 16.7 15.7 14.0 Latin America and Caribbean 9.6 11.9 11.5 13.2 13.7 12.5 13.3 13.0 Eastern Europe 3.3 4.8 5.0 5.7 6.9 7.5 7.0 8.2 Western Europe and others 64.1 57.5 56.3 53.7 49.1 47.3 47.3 49.0

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

III. Efforts made to achieve equitable geographical representation and gender balance

14. Enhancing the geographical diversity of OHCHR staff remains one of the High Commissioner’s priorities. In accordance with that objective, OHCHR has continued to vigorously implement the High Commissioner’s procedures and framework for improving geographical diversity, in full compliance with Secretariat human resources policies, which were explained in detail to the Commission on Human Rights in February 2006.4 Current measures have included expanding the pool of qualified candidates from the widest possible range of countries and backgrounds, and developing recruitment outreach activities with United Nations country teams, OHCHR field offices, permanent missions in Geneva, other United Nations entities and local partners in the field. The 2010 National Competitive Recruitment Examination, which included the human rights occupational group, yielded another group of candidates from unrepresented and underrepresented Member States from which OHCHR was able to recruit. OHCHR has also requested the Office of Human

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Yemen.

3 Overrepresented at 31 December 2013: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Philippines, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Uruguay.

4 E/CN.4/2006/103.

Resources Management to hold another round of the examination, now called the Young Professionals Programme, in 2014. This should also assist in the recruitment of young professionals from States that are unrepresented and underrepresented in the Secretariat.

15. While seeking to improve further its geographical distribution, OHCHR will continue to pay special attention to the issue of balance between female and male staff members at all levels, an area in which determination and concerted effort have already brought success. As at 31 December 2013, women accounted for 54.6 per cent of all Professional and above staff at OHCHR.

16. Similarly, OHCHR will continue its commitment to meet the goals and obligations placed upon it under the system of desirable ranges mandated by the General Assembly. This is reflected in the departmental target relating to the recruitment of nationals from unrepresented and underrepresented Member States established in the Secretariat Human Resources Scorecard and in the High Commissioner’s Compact. At the time of submission of the present report, the percentage of recruitments from unrepresented and underrepresented Member States and Member States at risk of becoming underrepresented compared with all geographical appointments in OHCHR, excluding P-2 posts, was 50 per cent, which is encouraging, given that the Secretariat target is 20 per cent for such recruitments.

IV. Conclusion 17. The implementation and results to date of the High Commissioner’s procedures and framework to improve geographical diversity reflect the priority that the High Commissioner continues to give to this issue. Noticeable and sustained progress has been achieved in increasing the geographical diversity of OHCHR staff through these measures. The Office remains attentive to the need to maintain emphasis on the broadest possible geographical diversity of its staff, and will continue its efforts in this regard.

Annex I

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Regular staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Professional and higher categories, by nationality, grade and sex (as at 31 December 2013)

Total staff USG ASG D-2 D-1 P-5 P-4 P-3 P-2 P-1

Country of nationality All F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

Afghanistan 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Albania 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Algeria 4 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 2 - 1 - - Argentina 12 5 - - - - - - - - - 2 3 - 4 3 - - - - Armenia 6 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 2 1 - - - - Australia 11 5 - - - - - - - 1 4 2 2 2 - - - - - - Austria 7 4 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 2 3 - - - - Bahamas 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Bangladesh 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - Belgium 7 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 - 1 - - - Benin 4 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 3 - - - - - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Botswana 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Brazil 6 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 4 1 - - - - Bulgaria 6 3 - - - - - - - - 2 - 1 - - 3 - - - - Burkina Faso 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Burundi 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - Cambodia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - Cameroon 5 1 - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 1 1 - - - - Canada 18 10 - - - - - - 1 - 3 1 3 4 1 5 - - - - Central African Republic 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Chile 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - China 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 - - - - - - Colombia 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 - 2 - - - - Congo 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - Costa Rica 2 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - Côte d’Ivoire 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - Croatia 3 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - Cyprus 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Czech Republic 4 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - -

Total staff USG ASG D-2 D-1 P-5 P-4 P-3 P-2 P-1

Country of nationality All F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 1 1 - - - - Denmark 6 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 2 - 1 - - - - Ecuador 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - 1 - 1 - - Egypt 4 0 - - - - - - 2 - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - Eritrea 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Estonia 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Ethiopia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Finland 3 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - France 39 26 - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 6 6 5 17 1 - - - Gambia 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Germany 20 12 - - - - - - - - 1 2 4 3 3 7 - - - - Ghana 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - Guatemala 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - Guyana 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - Haiti 4 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - India 5 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 1 1 - - - - Indonesia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - Iraq 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - Ireland 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3 - - - - Italy 28 15 - - - 1 - - 1 - 5 2 5 10 2 2 - - - - Japan 13 8 - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 1 1 5 1 2 - - Jordan 4 3 - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 2 - - - - - - Kazakhstan 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - Kenya 3 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 2 - - - - Kyrgyzstan 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Latvia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Lebanon 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - Lesotho 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Liberia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Lithuania 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Madagascar 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - Malawi 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - Malaysia 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - Maldives 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - Mali 4 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 1 - - - - - - Malta 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Mauritania 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - -

Total staff USG ASG D-2 D-1 P-5 P-4 P-3 P-2 P-1

Country of nationality All F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

Mauritius 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - Mexico 7 5 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 4 - 1 - - Mongolia 3 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - Morocco 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Myanmar 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Nepal 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - Netherlands 6 3 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 2 1 - - - - Nigeria 6 4 - - - - - - - - 1 2 1 1 - 1 - - - - Norway 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 1 - - Panama 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Paraguay 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - Peru 7 2 - - - - - - - - 2 1 2 1 1 - - - - - Philippines 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - Poland 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - Portugal 4 2 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 - - - - Republic of Korea 4 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2 - - - - Republic of Moldova 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - Russian Federation 6 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - 1 1 - 1 - - Senegal 3 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - Serbia 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - Singapore 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - Slovenia 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - South Africa 5 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - Spain 24 16 - - - - - - - - - 2 4 3 4 9 - 2 - - Sri Lanka 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Sudan 2 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - Sweden 8 5 - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 3 1 2 - - - - Switzerland 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 1 12 - - - - Thailand 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Togo 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - - - - - Tonga 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Tunisia 3 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - - - - - Turkey 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Uganda 4 2 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 - - - - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16 6 - - - - - - - - 3 1 4 3 2 2 1 - - -

Total staff USG ASG D-2 D-1 P-5 P-4 P-3 P-2 P-1

Country of nationality All F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

United States of America 18 8 - - - - - - 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 - - Uruguay 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - - Uzbekistan 6 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Viet Nam 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Yemen 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - -

Subtotal 500 275 - 1 1 1 2 - 9 4 43 24 80 86 82 134 10 24 - -

State of Palestine 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - Stateless 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - -

Total 503 275 - 1 1 1 2 - 9 4 44 24 81 86 83 134 10 24 - -

Annex II

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Non-regular staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Professional and higher categories, by nationality, grade and sex (as at 31 December 2013)

Total staff USG ASG D-2/L-7 D-1/L-6 P-5/L-5 P-4/L-4 P-3/L-3 P-2/L-2 P-1/L-1

Country of nationality All F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

Algeria 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Argentina 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Belgium 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - Cameroon 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Chad 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - China 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Colombia 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - Czech Republic 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - Egypt 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - El Salvador 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Ethiopia 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - France 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - Germany 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - 1 - - India 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Israel 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Italy 6 4 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - 1 1 1 - - Jordan 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Mauritania 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Mauritius 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Mexico 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - Nepal 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - Netherlands 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Nigeria 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Poland 2 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - Portugal 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Republic of Korea 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Sierra Leone 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Spain 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 - 2 - - Sudan 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Sweden 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -

Total staff USG ASG D-2/L-7 D-1/L-6 P-5/L-5 P-4/L-4 P-3/L-3 P-2/L-2 P-1/L-1

Country of nationality All F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

Switzerland 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - Togo 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Uganda 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Ukraine 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10 5 - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 3 3 - 1 - - United States of America 6 2 - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 - - 1 1 - -

Total 76 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 9 19 21 6 11 0 0