guided in his efforts to achieve a more equitable geographical distribution, within the general framework of his report, by the following principles and factors :
a
In the recruitmen_t of all staff, ~ue reisar? s~all be paid to securing as wide a geqgraphical d1stnbut10n as possible ;
( b) In the Secretariat proper, an equitable geographical distribution should ta~e i!1to account _the fact of membership, Members' contnbuhons and their populations as outlined in the Secretary-General's report, particularly paragraph 69 ( b) thereof; no Member State should be considered "over-represented" if it has no more than five of its nationals on the staff by virtue of its membership;
( c) The relative importance of posts at different levels;
d
The need for a more balanced regional composition of the staff at levels of D-1 and above;
( e) In career appointments, particular account should be taken of the need to reduce "under-representation" ;
2
Requeststhe Secretary-General ta review periodically the geographical distribution of the staffs of the Technical Assistance Board, the Special Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, and to report annually to the General Assembly on this matter;
3
Requeststhe Secretar~•-General to report to the General Assembly at its eighteenth session on the progress achieved in the geographical distribution of the staff of the Secretariat.
