Composition of the Secretariat

A/RES/39/245View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116a Composition of the Secretariat, published in 1985.

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22 documents · 1967–1985

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/39/245	Composition of the Secretariat	1,070	–
1984	A/RES/38/231	Composition of the Secretariat	269	–
1978	A/RES/32/17[B]	Composition of the Secretariat	—	–
1978	A/RES/32/17A-B	Composition of the Secretariat resolutions	—	–
1978	A/RES/32/17[A]	Composition of the Secretariat	—	–

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13 subjects

Career Development Competitive Examinations Developing Countries Dispute Settlement Education Grant General Service Staff Geographical Distribution Personnel Management Recruitment Rules and Regulations Staff Composition Women's Advancement Women's Status

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Reaffirms the principles embodied in its resolutions 33/143, 35/210, 37/235 and 38/231;

Requests the Secretary-General to make special efforts to pursue an active recruitment policy in order to accelerate recruitment from unrepresented Member States and to increase the number of staff recruited from underrepresented Member States and from Member States below the mid-point of their desirable ranges, to the extent possible towards their mid-point, and further to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on the results of these efforts to achieve a balanced and equitable geographical distribution of staff throughout the Secretariat;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures in order to ensure that the recruitment procedures are completed with all due speed within a reasonable time frame, bearing in mind the need for the co-operation of the substantive departments and offices with the Office of Personnel Services of the Secretariat, and that all candidates are duly notified of the result of their applications;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to increase the representation of developing countries in senior and policy-formulating posts, while safeguarding the principle of equitable geographical distribution in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Takes note of the decision of the Secretary-General to designate, on a temporary basis, a senior official with the title of Co-ordinator for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat of the United Nations, to review the situation of women in the Secretariat and to make proposals for its improvement, in the framework of the report of the Secretary-General to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, requests that the Co-ordinator function within the Office of Personnel Services, requests further that the Office of Personnel Services ensure that the Co-ordinator is provided with all necessary assistance for the effective carrying out of all tasks assigned to the Co-ordinator and notes that the Office of Personnel Services will continue to be responsible for the implementation of General Assembly directives and the Secretary- General's policies in personnel matters, for the formulation and application of personnel policy and for the recruitment and administration of all staff;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To implement recommendations 1, 2 and 3 of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit98 to the extent possible and in such a manner that implementation will not adversely affect the flexibility of personnel policy;

To ensure to the extent possible that the creation of new posts in budgets include a reasonable proportion of P- I and P-2 posts;

To conduct an overall review of the system of competitive examinations in the United Nations, including the consequences of the proposed expansion of the competitive examinations to the P-3 level and. taking into account the recommendations of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the subject,98 to submit his views in this regard to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

To pursue his work programme on the design and implementation of a career development system, taking into account staff serving on different types of contracts and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

To strengthen the various appeals machinery, with a view to eliminating the backlog of cases;

(I) To report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on the feasibility of establishing an office of Ombudsman;

To implement recommendation 7 of the Joint Inspection Unit98 with a view to facilitating an in-depth consideration of the matter of appointment of staff in the General Service catego1y by the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

To study ways and means of applying the population factor and to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, taking into account the views expressed by Member States at its thirty-ninth session;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to strengthen the role and emphasize the authority of the Office of Personnel Services in recruitment and other personnel matters throughout the Secretariat and to report to the General Assembly al its fortieth session on measures taken to this effect;

Invites legislative bodies of all organizations of the United Nations system to examine as soon as possible the situation with regard to the implementation of the principle of equitable geographical distribution in their respective secretariats and to take measures, where appropriate, with the aim of securing its implementation throughout the system, within the framework of Article IOI, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant provisions of the rnnstitutional instruments of the other organizations;

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Recalling its decision with respect to the education grant referred to in section III. paragraph 3 (a). of its resolution 38/232 of 20 December 1983.

Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the S1aff Regulations of the United Nations. 100 Approves the amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations with effect from I January 1984, as set forth in the annex to the present resolution, to give effect to its decision with respect to the education grant.

93 A/39/733.

94 A/C.Si.W, 17.

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95 A/39/453.

98 See A .. \9/483 96 A/C.5/39/9.

99 A 39. 483/ Add. I and Corr ·,

annex 97 A/C.5/39/6 and Corr. I.

100 A ( ' 39 ~

ANNEX Amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations

Regulation 3.2 In the first paragraph, replace the third sentence by the following text:

"The amount of the grant per scholastic year for each child shall be 75 per cent of the first $6,000 of admissible educational expenses, up to a maximum grant of $4,500." In the third paragraph, replace the second sentence by the following text:

"The amount of this grant per year for each disabled child shall be equal to 100 per cent of the educational expenses actually incurred, up to a maximum of $6,000."

IOI Official Records of the General Assemhly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supplel02 Ibid., Supp/emem No .. iO (A/39130 and Corr. I and 2). ment No. 9 (A/39/9 and Corr. I).

103 A/39/608.

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