Examples of using Backstopping functions in English and their translations into Russian
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All other backstopping functions were defined as"non-core.
The Director of APCICT acknowledged the support that the Division had provided the Centre in carrying out its backstopping functions.
The backstopping functions provided by the various units within the Secretariat are summarized below.
It would also facilitate the ability to recruit andretain the highly qualified personnel needed for backstopping functions.
Mr. Yamada(Japan) said that backstopping functions for peacekeeping operations should be viewed comprehensively.
Furthermore, in the Committee's view,the question of the presentation of resource requirements for backstopping functions should be addressed comprehensively.
In order to maintain the backstopping functions of peacekeeping operations, it was critically important that gratis personnel should be replaced in a timely manner.
It would also facilitate the Secretariat's ability to attract, recruit andretain the best-qualified personnel for backstopping functions.
Backstopping functions that fluctuated with the size and number of operations would continue to be funded from the support account.
In this regard,it continues to be the Secretary-General's position that the effective coverage of such backstopping functions at Headquarters involves three elements, namely.
It also performs backstopping functions relating to its substantive activities and provides records management, secretarial and telephone services and information services for visitors.
The proposed budget for the Base set out a three-phase approach for that reprofiling, with five backstopping functions to be transferred from Headquarters in the first phase.
Backstopping functions are also performed by other departments or offices in the political, humanitarian, legal, financial, personnel, logistical and other administrative areas.
Xiii Working methods, functions and productivity standards within the Department of General Assembly Affairs andConference Services and on the backstopping functions within the Secretariat(para. 84);
Backstopping functions were not only the responsibility of the Department of Peace-keeping Operations, but were provided by a number of other Secretariat units, all of which were essential in providing effective support.
Coupled with the Secretariat's own administrative procedures, these factors made it extremely difficult between 1991 and 1994 to attract, hire on a timely basis andretain the best qualified personnel for backstopping functions.
Peace-keeping activities also involved backstopping functions that fluctuated depending on the operation, representing variable costs which should be financed from the support account.
As part of that process the Secretary-General, with the assistance of the AdvisoryCommittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions(ACABQ) and the Fifth Committee, had defined backstopping functions, classifying them as"core" or"non-core.
Backstopping functions that fluctuate with the number and size of peace-keeping operations would continue to be financed from the support account, representing the variable costs to the Organization.
The Committee was further informed that the future service delivery model would involve the consolidation of certain transactional administrative backstopping functions into shared service centres that might require relocation of staff.
While the regular budget should cover core backstopping functions, the mechanism of the support account should enable the Organization to finance the non-core needs for backstopping of peacekeeping operations at any given moment.
Mr. Kaegi(Switzerland), speaking also on behalf of Liechtenstein, said that the support account, which had grown substantially in the previous five years,no longer covered simple backstopping functions but had evolved into an overarching centre for support services with greater focus on oversight and strategic management.
The Administration acknowledged the need to delineate backstopping functions between the Department of Peace-keeping Operations and the Office of Human Resources Management and envisages that that would be done in the context of the ongoing comprehensive review of support account post requirements for 1996.
The Committee was informed, during its consideration of the fifth progress report on the enterprise resource planning project,that the future service delivery model would involve the consolidation of certain transactional administrative backstopping functions into shared service centres that might require the relocation of staff.
At the same time, the core resource allocation for the Branch-- for providing the specialized expertise and carrying out the core backstopping functions-- has remained the same since 2003, making it necessary for resource requirements to be met through voluntary assistance, which has significant operational drawbacks.
In the view of the Secretary-General, backstopping functions that are central or"core" to peace-keeping, irrespective of the number and size of operations,should be financed from the regular budget, and backstopping functions that fluctuate with the number and size of peace-keeping operations would continue to be financed from the support account, representing the variable costs to the Organization.
The General Assembly also approved the amount of $3,845,200 to fund 22 general temporary assistance positions for backstopping functions at Headquarters for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 under the support account for peacekeeping operations.
A number of what could be considered backstopping functions had been transferred, or were proposed for transfer, from Headquarters to the Logistics Base and had consequently been moved, or were due to be moved, from the budget of the support account for peacekeeping operations to the budget of the Logistics Base.
Peacebuilding offices with structures similar to those of peacekeeping missions were proposed under cluster II; regional offices with the appearance of permanentstructures were being established in West Africa and Central Asia; and the backstopping functions for UNAMI and UNAMA were carried out by different departments without rational distinction.
The increase of $17,000 under this heading is attributable to increased specialized training requirements in administrative backstopping functions to update the skills of UNFICYP staff in the areas of communications, procurement, personnel functions(job classification and local salary survey), generator training and vehicle logbook training.