Examples of using Extension of contracts in English and their translations into Arabic
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Extension of contracts.
A number of members and observers contributed to the debate on the extension of contracts for exploration.
Extension of contracts beyond retirement age for staff assigned to specific cases.
Mr. ABELIAN(Armenia) said that it would be helpful to know on what basis 31 July1997 had been selected as the deadline for extension of contracts expiring before that date.
The extension of contracts of staff on board up to the age of 62 has been the subject of staff-management consultation.
During the past year, the Registry implemented, in partnership with staff representatives,a procedure to be used for the extension of contracts in the context of the downsizing exercise.
These include extension of contracts beyond retirement age, payment of special post allowance and early repatriation.
Finally, during the past year, the Registry successfully implemented, in partnership with staff representatives,a procedure to be used for the extension of contracts in the context of the downsizing exercise.
The extension of contracts without performance evaluation increases the risk of retaining underperforming staff.
Various non-monetary measures may have helped to reduce the flow(e.g.,the 2007 extension of contracts mentioned above has had a considerable impact as a temporary level of security).
The Centre justified extension of contracts for consultants for whom there were continuing need by the necessityof providing required services at the lowest cost.
Welcomes the establishment by the Executive Director of a combined management body which reviews on a regularbasis the need to fill vacant positions, the extension of contracts and the redeployment of staff;
United Nations staff rules limit the extension of contracts of experts recruited to work on projects, and this was considered to be a problem for programme delivery by one of the technical agencies employing highly specialized experts.
Many Member States stated that the staff of the Unit, as well as its activities,should be funded by regular budget resources so that the extension of contracts would not be dependent on the goodwillof UNODC senior management.
The overexpenditure is due to the extension of contracts of staff charged against general temporary assistance positions, whose services were required beyond 30 June 2011 because of a change in the judicial calendar until the end of the current biennium.
This has resulted in considerable delays in the recruitment and deployment of emergency personnel in recent crisis situations, such as in Kosovo and East Timor,as well as in the extension of contracts of staff already deployed in the field.
The Tribunal, while welcoming the above measure, is of the view that the extension of contracts by itself will not be sufficient to mitigate the high rate of attrition expected during the last years of the Tribunal.
In the light of the above, the Commission may wish to take the opportunity in the context of the summary report of the Chairman of the Commission to draw theattention of the Council to the implications of anticipated applications for extension of contracts.
These include the establishment of rosters,educating and training key players involved in the recruitment process, extension of contracts beyond retirement age and the use of the Field Service category for posts at the P-2 and P-3 levels.
As a result, the extension of contracts for Kosovo-Albanian teachers and the processing of funding for road construction, electricity capacity extension and the purchase of supplies and equipment for the 3 health facilities in Kosovo-Albanian villages in Zvecan were handled in a timely manner.
One of the recommendations has been implemented, and action has been initiated toimplement the remaining recommendations concerning matters such as the extension of contracts, the calculation of rental subsidies, the control of documents and the processing of staff travel claims.
Effective measures must also be taken to put an end to the widespread use of ex post facto approvals for large contracts, the inviting of bids exclusively frompre-qualified vendors without recourse to tender by advertisement, and the extension of contracts without bidding.
The importance of the December 2008 Assembly resolution 63/256,which encouraged the extension of contracts" in accordance with the relevant prevailing trial schedules, in order to remove uncertainty with regard to future employment"(resolution 63/256, para. 5), can therefore not be overestimated.
In view of the delay that had occurred in recruitment to senior management positions in ICTR, the Secretariat and the Tribunal should act on the General Assembly 's call for greater delegation of authority regarding recruitment and the extension of contracts of core staff for longer periods.
The increase under other staff costs is due to the extension of contracts of staff charged against general temporary assistance positions, whose services were required for the provision of uninterrupted judicial, legal and administrative services because of changes in the judicial calendar until the end of the current biennium.
The lack of a comprehensive data bank on procurement in the Purchase and Transportation Division, the continuing widespread use of ex post facto approval for large contracts, the inviting of bids exclusively from pre-qualified vendors without advertising, and the extension of contracts without bidding must be corrected.
However, the most common complaint by the clients centred on what is considered to be the lack of“service-orientation” within the Office of Human Resources Management and the undue delays related to day-to-day administrative processes,for example, extension of contracts, the circulation of vacancy announcements, responses to telephone and personal inquiries and assistance in handling staff/management issues.
The Group supported the recommendations for action to reduce lead times in the procurement cycle, ensure timely submission and effective use of procurement plans by peacekeeping missions, pre-qualify vendors before placing them on the roster, evaluate the most recent financial information of prospective vendors andprevent the renewal or extension of contracts in the absence of vendor evaluations.
The report covered activities of the contractors, including the status of prospecting and of contracts of exploration, consideration of the annual reports of contractors, the periodic review of implementation of plans of work for exploration for polymetallic nodules, extension of contracts for exploration and implementation of training programmes and allocation of training opportunities.
It also noted with satisfaction the promulgation and posting on the Intranet of the revised Procurement Manual. It trusted that those measures would help to reduce the excessive lead times in the procurement cycle, ensure the timely submission and effective use of procurement plans,facilitate prequalification of vendors and prevent the renewal or extension of contracts in the absence of vendor evaluations.