Composition of Staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/36/1View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2010–2019

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/42/1

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2019	A/HRC/RES/42/1	Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	339	39%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/36/1	Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	806	79%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/31/1	Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	896	57%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/28/1	Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	1,158	72%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/22/2	Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	1,079	65%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Geographical Distribution Personnel Management Professional Staff Staffing Top Echelon Staff

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Expresses concern at the imbalance in the geographical representation in the composition of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;

Expresses serious concern at the continuous prominent imbalance in the geographical representation of senior management personnel of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Requests the High Commissioner, within his administrative responsibilities, to redouble his efforts with a view to redress the current imbalance in the geographical composition of the staff of the Office, paying particularly attention to the senior management level and the posts not subject to geographical distribution;

Welcomes the decision to continue to pay special attention to the achievement of a gender balance in the composition of the staff;

Underlines the importance of continuing to promote geographical diversity in recruitment and promotion in the Professional category and, in particular, in senior management positions as a principle of the staffing policies of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Recognizes that efforts to achieve savings and the efficient utilization of resources should not adversely affect the full implementation of mandated programmes and activities and the measures taken for improving the geographical composition of the staff;

Reaffirms the vital importance of geographical balance in the composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner, taking into account the significance of national and regional specificities and various historic, cultural and religious backgrounds and of different political, economic and legal systems to the promotion and protection of the universality of human rights;

Recalls the provisions contained in section IX, paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 63/250 of 24 December 2008, on human resources management, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ensure as wide a geographical distribution of staff as possible in all departments, offices and levels, including the Director level and higher levels, of the Secretariat;

Underlines the priority importance with which the General Assembly should continue to provide support and guidance to the High Commissioner in the ongoing process of improving the geographical balance in the composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Stresses that extrabudgetary resources, in particular when they are related to the establishment of new posts, shall be used in a manner consistent with the mandates, programmes and activities of the Organization, including the principle of equitable geographical distribution of the staff, and in compliance with the existing budgetary rules and regulations;

Requests the High Commissioner to continue to improve his interaction with Member States, including within the framework of President’s statements PRST/15/2 of 1 October 2010, PRST/18/2 of 30 September 2011 and PRST/19/1 of 22 March 2012, and giving particular attention to the composition of the staff;

Also requests the High Commissioner to submit a report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session on the geographical composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner and the actions taken within the current staff selection system to achieve an equitable geographical representation of the Office, as requested by the Council in the present and past resolutions;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

The delegation of Albania subsequently informed the Human Rights Council secretariat that it had intended to abstain.

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