Respect for the privileges and immunities of officials of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations — A/RES/42/219 | UN Mandate Registry
Respect for the Privileges and Immunities of Officials of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations
Takes note with concern of the report submitted by the Secretary-General,52 on behalf of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, and of a number of developments indicated therein, in particular those regarding new cases of arrest and detention and those regarding previously reported cases under this category;
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Also takes note with concern of the information provided by the Secretary-General in his report regarding other questions involving the status, privileges and immunities of officials;
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Further takes note with concern of the restrictions on duty travel of officials as indicated in the report;
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Deplores the growing number of cases where the functioning, safety and well-being of officials have been adversely affected, including cases of detention in Member States and abduction by armed groups and individuals;
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Also deplores the increasing number of cases in which the lives and well-being of officials have been placed in jeopardy during the exercise of their official functions;
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Cal/s upon ali Member States scrupulously to respect the privileges and immunities of ali officials of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and related organizations and to refrain from any acts that would impede such officials in the performance of their functions, thereby seriously affecting the proper functioning of the Organization;
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Also calls uponali Member States currently holding under arrest or detention officials of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and related organizations, as spelt out in the Secretary-General's report, to enable the Secretary-General or the executive head of the organization
concerned to exercise fully the right of functional protection inherent in the relevant multilateral conventions and bilateral agreements, particularly with respect to immediate access to detained staff members;
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Further calls uponali Member States otherwise impeding officials of the United Nations, specialized agencies and related organizations in the proper discharge of their duties to review the cases and to co-ordinate efforts with the Secretary-General or the executive head ofthe organization concerned to resolve each case with ali due speed;
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Calls uponthe staff of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations to comply with the obligations resulting from the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, in particular regulation 1.8, and from the equivalent provisions governing the staff of the other agencies;
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Calls uponthe Secretary-General to use all such means as are available to him to bring about an expeditious solution of the cases still pending, which were referred to in the report;
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Also calls uponthe Secretary-General, as chief administrative officer ofthe United Nations; to continue personally to act as the focal point in promoting and ensuring the observance of the privileges and immunities of officials of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations by using all such means as are available to him;
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Urgesthe Secretary-General to give priority, through the United Nations Security Co-ordinator and his other special representatives, to the reporting and prompt follow-up of cases of arrest, detention and other possible matters relating to the security and proper functioning of officials ofthe United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General, as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, to review and appraise the measures already taken to enhance
the proper functioning, safety and protection of international civil servants and to modify them where necessary.
