There is a total of three officers on the payroll of the Department of Foreign Affairs who are currently working with outside bodies. Details are set out in the following table. However, the information does not include officers on sick leave, for instance.
Grade
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Location
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Assignment
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First Secretary
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Vienna
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Temporary secondment to the Austrian Foreign Ministry in connection with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union
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Third Secretary
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Brussels
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Temporary secondment to a seconded national expert post in the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission
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First Secretary (unestablished)
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Brussels
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Temporary assignment to the Stability Pact for South-East Europe, a body set up to co-ordinate the work of international organisations in the western Balkans
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