A/RES/49/222 Page 4 II. Composition of the Secretariat Bearing in mind the report of the Working Group on the equitable geographical representation of Member States in the Secretariat, 6/ Reiterating the need for the full implementation of the principle of equitable geographical distribution when appointing staff in the Secretariat, Concerned that the Secretary-General did not resume the annual publication of the list of staff of the United Nations as at 30 June 1993, 1. Reaffirms that no post should be considered the exclusive preserve of any Member State or group of States, and trusts that the Secretary-General respects this principle when appointing staff members, including at the highest level; 2. Recognizes that the system of desirable ranges is the principal guideline for the recruitment of staff for geographical representation of Member States in posts subject to geographical distribution in accordance with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations; 3. Urges the Secretary-General, whenever making appointments at all levels to posts subject to geographical distribution, to continue his efforts to ensure that all Member States, in particular the unrepresented and underrepresented Member States, are adequately represented in the Secretariat, bearing in mind the need to increase the number of staff recruited from Member States below the mid-point of their desirable ranges; 4. Requests the Secretary-General in this regard to exercise flexibility in the application of desirable ranges in individual recruitment cases, keeping in view all parts of the present resolution; 5. Also requests the Secretary-General to sustain the present ratio between career and fixed-term appointments, and to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session specific proposals on what proportion of appointments should be made on a fixed-term basis; 6. Welcomes the publication of a comprehensive list of staff of the Secretariat as at 30 September 1994, 7/ and requests the Secretary-General to update it annually for the regular session of the General Assembly; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to increase his efforts in improving the composition of the Secretariat by ensuring a wide and equitable geographical distribution of staff in all departments; 8. Decides to continue its consideration of this issue at the resumed forty-ninth session, inter alia, in the light of the report to be submitted by the Joint Inspection Unit; III. Status of women in the Secretariat Recalling Articles 8 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibility for administrative, budgetary and human resources management matters, including, inter alia, the 6/ A/C.5/48/45. 7/ See A/C.5/49/L.8. /...