Use of 300-Series and 100-Series Appointments

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 140 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2008.

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Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Vacancy Management

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At its 109th plenary meeting, on 20 June 2008, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee:54

(a) Decided to continue to suspend the application of the four-year maximum limit for appointments of limited duration until 31 December 2008;

(b) Authorized the Secretary-General, bearing in mind paragraph (a) above, to reappoint, under the 100 series of the Staff Rules, those mission staff whose service under 300-series contracts reached the four-year limit by 31 December 2008, provided that their functions were reviewed and found necessary and their performance was confirmed as fully satisfactory;

(c) Requested the Secretary-General to continue the practice of using 300-series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new staff.

47 A/62/676.

48 A/62/781.

49 A/62/281 (Part II) and Add.1.

50 A/62/563/Add.3, para. 9.

51 A/62/538 and Add.1 and 2.

52 A/62/7/Add.36. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 7A.

53 A/62/538.

54 A/62/600/Add.1, para. 14.

Allocation of agenda items

The following item, which had been allocated to the Second Committee, was also considered directly in plenary meeting during the resumed sixty-second session of the General Assembly, under heading B (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences):b

56. Globalization and interdependence:

Globalization and interdependence;

Science and technology for development;

Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets, in particular to the countries of origin, consistent with the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

The following item, which had been allocated to the First Committee, was also considered directly in plenary meeting during the resumed sixty-second session, under heading G (Disarmament):b

98. General and complete disarmament:

Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament.

The following item, which had been allocated to the Fifth Committee and to the Sixth Committee, was also considered directly in plenary meeting during the resumed sixty-second session, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters):b

137. Administration of justice at the United Nations.

The following additional item was considered directly in plenary meeting, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), during the resumed sixty-second session:b

168. Extension of the terms of the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994.c

a Organized under headings corresponding to the priorities of the Organization.

b See decision 62/503 B in section IV.B of the present volume. c A/62/250/Add.3.

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