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ELEVENTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA

Composition and structure of the staff

1. This paper is submitted in accordance with the practice established at the 184th Session of the Governing Body. It contains statistical information, effective 31 December 1998, or relating to the period 1 January-31 December 1998, concerning the composition and structure of ILO staff, broken down as follows:

Table I.	Distribution of staff according to place of assignment, category, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1998.
Table II.	Composition of staff appointed between 1 January and 31 December 1998 in the Professional category and above.
Table III.	Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality (1 January-31 December 1998): (a) Non-linguistic staff; (b) Linguistic staff.
Table IV.	Number of Professional and higher category officials, by region of origin and by sex, 31 December 1964-31 December 1998.
Table V.	Breakdown by region of origin and by type of contract of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998.
Table VI.	Distribution by age, sex and grade of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998.
Table VII.	Distribution by grade, sex and type of contract of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998.
Table VIII.	Changes from fixed-term to without-limit-of-time (WLT) contracts and changes of grade between 1 January and 31 December 1998.
Table IX.	Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1998.
Table X.	Distribution of established officials (WLT) by major programme and by grade as at 31 December 1998.
Table XI.	Distribution of Professional and higher category of staff by place of assignment, 31 December 1980-31 December 1998.
Table XII.	Distribution of General Service category of staff by place of assignment, 31 December 1980-31 December 1998.

Geneva, 3 February 1999.

Table I. Distribution of staff according to place of assignment,
category, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1998

Place of assignment and category of staff		Officials employed							Total
		Regular budget resources				Extra-budgetary resources
		WLT*	FT**	Subtotal		WLT*	FT**	Subtotal
(a) Headquarters
Professional category and above		241	218	459		22	21	43	502
General Service category		280	231	511		41	55	96	607
Subtotal (a)		521	449	970		63	76	139	1 109
Total (a)		521	449	970		63	76	139	1 109
(b) Field offices (other than Branch and Correspondence Offices) and multidisciplinary teams
Professional category and above		60	105	165		1	5	6	171
General Service category		132	233	365		9	53	62	427
Subtotal (b)		192	338	530		10	58	68	598
TOTAL (a) + (b)		713	787	1 500		73	134	207	1 707
(c) Branch and Correspondence Offices
Professional category and above		3	13	16		1	0	1	17
General Service category		12	32	44		3	17	20	64
Subtotal (c)		15	45	60		4	17	21	81
Total (a) + (b) + (c)		728	832	1 560		77	151	228	1 788
(d) Technical cooperation
Professional category and above		0	5	5		0	246	246	251
General Service category		0	3	3		0	216	216	219
Subtotal (d)		0	8	8		0	462	462	470
Grand total		728	840	1 568		77	613	690	2 258
* WLT = Without limit of time. ** FT = Fixed term.

Table II. Composition of staff appointed between 1 January and
31 December 1998 in the Professional category and above

Part 1. Recruitment, including linguistic and non-linguistic staff				Total: 56
(a) Non-linguistic staff subject to geographical distribution:
(i) Number of officials recruited from member States with less than the adequate number of nationals on the staff:
	Country	Number
		M	F
	Comoros	0	1
	Japan	0	4
	Korea, Republic of	0	1
	Sweden (1 off.*)	1	1
	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	0	1
	United States	3	7
	Yemen	1	0
	Total: 20	5	15

(ii) Number of officials recruited from member States with
with an adequate number of nationals on the staff:

	Country	Number
		M	F
	Bulgaria	0	1
	Canada	0	2
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	0
	Germany (2 off.*)	4	0
	Israel	1	0
	Italy	1	2
	Morocco	1	0
	Niger	1	0
	Portugal	0	1
	Russian Federation	1	0
	Spain	0	1
	Turkey	1	1
	United Kingdom	2	0
	Zimbabwe	1	0
	Total: 22	14	8

(iii) Number of officials recruited from member States with
more than an adequate number of nationals on the staff:

	Country	Number
		M	F
	Algeria	1	0
	Belgium	1	0
	Benin	1	0
	France	2	1
	India (1 off.*)	1	1
	Lebanon	0	1
	Pakistan	1	0
	Senegal (1 off.***)	2	0
	Total: 12 Grand total: 54	9 28	3 26

(b) Linguistic staff not subject to geographical distribution :

	Country	Number
		M	F
	Belgium (1 off.**)	1	0
	Canada (1 off.**)	1	0
	Total: 2	2	0
* Transfer from technical cooperation (Total = 4). ** End of loan, secondment or leave without pay (Total = 2). *** Promotion from General Service category (Total = 1).

Part 2. Distribution by sex and grade

Total: 56

Part 3: Distribution by age and sex

35 and under			36 to 45			46 to 55			Over 55
M	F		M	F		M	F		M	F
4	10		9	11		12	5		5	0
14 = 25.00%			20 = 35.71%			17 = 30.36%			5 = 8.93%

Table III. Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality
(1 January-31 December 1998)

(a) Non-linguistic staff
Nationality	(a) Staff on 31.12.97		(b) Recruited 01.01.98- 31.12.98		(c) Departures 01.01.98- 31.12.98		(d) Staff on 31.12.98
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Afghanistan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Algeria	3	2	1	0	0	0	4	2
Angola	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Argentina	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
Australia	11	4	0	0	1	0	10	4
Austria	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bahrain	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bangladesh	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Barbados	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Belgium	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
Benin	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Botswana	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brazil	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
Bulgaria	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
Burkina Faso	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Burundi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Cameroon	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Canada	12	7	0	2	1	0	11	9
Cape Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chad	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chile	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
China	5	3	0	0	0	0	5	3
Colombia	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Comoros	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Congo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Costa Rica	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Cote d'Ivoire	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Cuba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Czech Rep.	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Denmark	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	1
Djibouti	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dominica	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dominican Rep.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ecuador	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Egypt	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Ethiopia	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Finland	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
France	25	16	2	1	2	0	25	17
Germany	26	10	4	0	0	0	30	10
Ghana	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	2
Greece	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Guatemala	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Guinea	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Guyana	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Haiti	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Honduras	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hungary	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
India	8	0	1	1	0	0	9	1
Indonesia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Ireland	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Israel	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Italy	14	7	1	2	3	1	12	8
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Japan	11	11	0	4	0	0	11	15
Jordan	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Kenya	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Korea, Rep. of	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lebanon	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	3
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Madagascar	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Malaysia	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
Mali	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Malta	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mauritania	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Mauritius	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mexico	7	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
Morocco	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Myanmar	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nepal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Netherlands	14	2	0	0	0	0	14	2
New Zealand	3	2	0	0	0	1	3	1
Nicaragua	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Niger	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Nigeria	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Norway	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
Pakistan	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
Panama	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Peru	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Philippines	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Poland	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Portugal	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
Russian Federation	21	3	1	0	1	0	21	3
Rwanda	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Sao Tome and Principe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Senegal	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
Sierra Leone	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Singapore	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Somalia	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
South Africa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Spain	12	4	0	1	2	0	10	5
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Sudan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sweden	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	2
Switzerland	11	1	0	0	1	0	10	1
Tanzania, United Rep. of	4	2	0	0	1	0	3	2
Thailand	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Togo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Tunisia	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
Turkey	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
Uganda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ukraine	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
United Kingdom	16	7	2	0	0	2	18	5
United States	39	34	3	7	3	3	39	38
Uruguay	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Venezuela	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
Viet Nam	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Yemen	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Zambia	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Zimbabwe	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total by sex	438	170	28	26	29	7	437	189
Total (a) Non-linguistic staff		608		54		36		626

(b) Linguistic staff

Nationality	(a) Staff on 31.12.97			(b) Recruited 01.01.98- 31.12.98			(c) Departures 01.01.98- 31.12.98			(d) Staff on 31.12.98
	M	F		M	F		M	F		M	F
Algeria	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	1
Argentina	2	0		0	0		0	0		2	0
Belgium	0	0		1	0		0	0		1	0
Canada	0	1		1	0		0	0		1	1
Chile	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
China	2	2		0	0		0	0		2	2
Egypt	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
France	4	9		0	0		0	0		4	9
Germany	2	2		0	0		0	1		2	1
Greece	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	1
Jamaica	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	1
Jordan	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
Lebanon	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	1
Madagascar	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	1
Mexico	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
Panama	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
Russian Federation	4	0		0	0		0	0		4	0
Spain	3	2		0	0		0	0		3	3
Switzerland	0	2		0	0		0	0		0	2
Syrian Arab Republic	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
Thailand	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
Tunisia	1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0
United Kingdom	8	3		0	0		0	0		8	3
United States	1	1		0	0		0	0		1	1
Uruguay	0	2		0	0		0	0		0	2
Total by sex	34	29		2	0		0	1		36	29
Total (b) Linguistic staff	63			2			1			65
Grand total Table III	671			56			37			690

Note: The number of staff in service (figures shown in columns (a) and (d) does not include staff on extended leave without pay or on secondment to other organizations (leave or secondment for one year or more)). Additions to the Professional category staff may result from internal promotions from the General Service category, and occasionally the reverse may occur.

The following nationalities were unrepresented on non-linguistic posts as at 31 December 1998:

Afghanistan	Georgia	Papua New Guinea
Albania	Grenada	Paraguay
Antigua and Barbuda	Guinea-Bissau	Qatar
Armenia	Iceland	Romania
Azerbaijan	Iraq	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bahamas	Kazakhstan	Saint Lucia
Belarus	Kuwait	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Belize	Kyrgyzstan	San Marino
Cambodia	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
Central African Republic	Lesotho	Seychelles
Croatia	Liberia	Slovakia
Cyprus	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Slovenia
El Salvador	Lithuania	Solomon Islands
Equatorial Guinea	Malawi	Suriname
Eritrea	Moldova, Republic of	Swaziland
Estonia	Mongolia	Tajikistan
Fiji	Mozambique	Turkmenistan
Gabon	Namibia	United Arab Emirates
Gambia	Oman	Uzbekistan
		Yugoslavia

Table IV. Number of Professional and higher category officials, by region
of origin and by sex, 31 December 1964-31 December 1998

Region	31.12.64			31.12.74			31.12.84			31.12.94			31.12.98
	M	F		M	F		M	F		M	F		M	F
Africa	28	1		57	2		76	7		84	19		78	20
Middle East	9	1		19	2		21	3		15	5		11	7
Asia	53	9		71	9		81	21		68	34		69	36
Europe	291	68		376	71		322	67		240	85		210	83
Latin America and the Caribbean	50	6		61	9		60	8		53	22		53	22
North America (US and Canada)	56	12		88	17		62	17		52	35		52	49
Total	487	97		672	110		622	123		512	200		473	217
Percentage	83.4	16.6		85.9	14.1		83.5	16.5		71.9	28.1		68.6	31.4

Table V. Breakdown by region or origin and by type of contract
of  Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998

Region	WLT*	FT**	Total	Change as from 1 January 1998
Africa	39	59	98	3
Asia	38	67	105	6
Europe	157	136	293	5
Latin America and the Caribbean	37	38	75	-2
Middle East	11	7	18	1
North America (US and Canada)	46	55	101	6
Total	328	362	690	19
*Without limit of time. **Fixed-term.

Table VI. Distribution by age, sex and grade of Professional and
higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998

Grade	35 and under			36 to 45			46 to 55			Over 55			Total			% of women
	M	F		M	F		M	F		M	F		M	F
DG	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0		1	0		0.0
DDG	0	0		0	0		1	1		0	1		1	2		66.7
ADG	0	0		0	0		2	0		7	1		9	1		10.0
D.2	0	0		1	0		3	2		16	0		20	2		9.1
D.1	0	0		0	0		29	4		24	3		53	7		11.7
P.5	0	0		13	5		99	26		58	8		170	39		18.7
P.4	1	1		44	32		67	34		30	6		142	73		34.0
P.3	7	9		25	30		20	18		5	6		57	63		52.5
P.2	6	15		4	6		0	1		0	0		10	22		68.8
P.1	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	0		1	0		0.0
Subtotal	14	25		88	73		221	86		141	25		464	209
Director (Branch Office)	0	0		0	0		1	1		6	0		7	1		12.5
Deputy Director (Branch Office)	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0		1	0		0.0
Branch Officer	0	0		0	4		1	0		0	3		1	7		87.5
Subtotal	0	0		0	4		2	1		7	3		9	8
Total by sex	14	25		88	77		223	87		148	28		473	217
Percentage	35.9	64.1		53.3	46.7		71.9	28.1		84.1	15.9		68.6	31.4
Total M & F		39			165			310			176			690
Percentage of total		5.65			23.91			44.93			25.51			100.00

Table VII. Distribution by grade, sex and type of contract of Professional
and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998

Grade	Contracts without limit of time				Fixed-term contracts				Total	% by grade
	Male	Female	Subtotal		Male	Female	Subtotal
DG	0	0	0		1	0	1		1	0.1
DDG	0	0	0		1	2	3		3	0.4
ADG	1	0	1		8	1	9		10	1.5
D.2	11	2	13		9	0	9		22	3.3
D.1	38	5	43		15	2	17		60	8.9
P.5	98	22	120		72	17	89		209	31.1
P.4	70	38	108		72	35	107		215	31.9
P.3	20	18	38		37	45	82		120	17.8
P.2	0	1	1		10	21	31		32	4.8
P.1	0	0	0		1	0	1		1	0.1
Subtotal	238	86	324		226	123	349		673
Director (Branch Office)	0	0	0		7	1	8		8	47.1
Deputy Director (Branch Office)	0	0	0		1	0	1		1	5.9
Branch Officer	1	3	4		0	4	4		8	47.1
Subtotal	1	3	4		8	5	13		17
Total	239	89	328		234	128	362		690
Percentage	72.9	27.1			64.6	35.4