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February, 1997
(Source: ICA in Asia and the Pacific -Annual Report 1996)


				Staff Changes
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1.	   Mr. Malte Jonsson, Senior Development Adviser, 
	  with the ICA ROAP returned to Sweden on 23 
	  June 1996 after completion of a 3-year term.

2.	  Mr. K.L. Nalwaya, on secondment from the National 
	  Co-operative Union of India (NCUI), worked as 
	  Membership Officer with the ICA for one year term 
	  and returned to NCUI on 4th July 1996.

3.	  Mr. G.K. Sharma, after serving the ICA Regional Office 
	  for Asia and the Pacific as its Regional Director for more 
	  than 9 years, relinquished his assignment on 7th October
	  1996.  In December 1996, he took over the position of 
	  Senior Adviser to Director-General, posted at New Delhi.

4.	  Mr. Robby Tulus took over the Regional Director's position 
	  in the retirement of Mr. G.K. Sharma on 7th October 1996. 
	  Earlier, Mr. Tulus has been working with the ICA ROAP
	  as Senior Policy Adviser since last three years.

5.	  The Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union (JCCU), 
	  one of the member organisations of the ICA, has deputed 
	  Ms. Yukiko Yamamoto, a Japanese national, to work
	  as Gender Programme Adviser at ICA ROAP for a 
	  period of three years in addition to the present Gender 
      Adviser, Ms. Akiko Yamauchi.

6.	 Ms. Akiko Yamauchi  will be completing her tenure 
	 with the ICA ROAP in May 1997 when Ms. Yukiko 
	 Yamamoto will take over charge from Ms. Akiko Yamauchi.

7.	 In pursuance of the policy to decentralise the work of ICA 
	 in Geneva, Mr. Ram Prakash was assigned to the 
	 Membership Department as well as Global Data Bank 
	 from 1st July 1996, in addition to his present work
	 as Technical Officer, ICA ROAP Data Bank.