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

A/HRC/RES/7/2View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2007–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/10/5

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/HRC/RES/10/5	Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	—	—
2008	A/HRC/RES/7/2	Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	852	32%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/159	Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	553	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Geographical Distribution Personnel Management Professional Staff Recruitment Resources Allocation Staffing Top Echelon Staff

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note with interest of the statement made by the High Commissioner in her report that achieving geographical balance in the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will remain one of her priorities, and requests the High Commissioner and her successors to undertake all measures needed to redress the current imbalance in geographical distribution of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Takes note of the various measures proposed and already taken to address the imbalance in geographical distribution of the staff, while stressing that the imbalance in geographical distribution is still prominent;

Also takes note of the commitment of the High Commissioner to develop additional measures to improve the geographical balance of the Office of the High Commissioner, as stated in the conclusion of her report;

Requests future High Commissioners to continue enhancing the ongoing efforts in the fulfilment of the goal of a geographical balance in the composition of the staff of the Office;

Underlines the importance of continuing promoting geographical diversity in the recruitment of high-level and Professional posts, including senior managers, as a principle of the staffing policies of the Office of the High Commissioner;

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

Recalls the provisions contained in section X, paragraph 3, of General Assembly resolution 55/258 of 14 June 2001 on human resources management, in which the Assembly reiterated its request to the Secretary-General to increase further his efforts to improve the composition of the Secretariat by ensuring a wide and equitable geographical distribution of staff in all departments;

Encourages the General Assembly to consider further measures for promoting desirable ranges of geographical balance in the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner representing national and regional specificities, various historic, cultural and religious backgrounds, as well as the diversity of political, economic and legal systems;

Welcomes the significant increase in the human and financial resources allocated to the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Recognizes the importance of the follow-up to and implementation of General Assembly resolution 61/159 of 19 December 2006 and underlines the priority importance that the Assembly continue providing support and guidance to the High Commissioner in the ongoing process of improvement of the geographical balance in the composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Requests the High Commissioner to submit a comprehensive and updated report to the Council in 2009 in accordance with its annual programme of work, following the structure and scope of her report and with a special focus on further measures taken to correct the imbalance in geographical composition of the staff of the Office.

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