Personnel Questions Resolutions

A/RES/45/239View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 126 Personnel questions, published in 1991.

What else is in this group?

41 documents · 1979–1993

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1993).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1993	A/RES/47/226[IV]	Personnel questions	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/226[III]	Personnel questions	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/226[II]	Personnel questions	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/226[I]	Personnel questions	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/226	Personnel questions	—	–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Administration of Justice Career Development Competitive Examinations Geographical Distribution Job Classification Labour Contracts Performance Appraisal Personnel Management Professional Staff Promotion Recruitment Staff Composition Staff Representation Top Echelon Staff Training Programmes Vacancy Management Women's Advancement

What’s in this document?

28 operative paragraphs

A

I

Reiterates its full support for the Secretary-General as the chief administrative officer of the Organization, and underlines its full respect for his prerogatives and responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the role and emphasize the authority of the Office of Human Resources Management of the Secretariat in accordance with recommendation 41 of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functioning of the United Nations; 28 3.

Reaffirms, in accordance with the Charter, that the paramount consideration in the appointment, promotion, granting or reviewing of permanent contracts and career development of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and that this consideration is

fully compatible with the principle of equitable geographical distribution;

Urges the Secretary-General, whenever making appointments at all levels to posts subject to geographical distribution, to make every effort to recruit nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Member States, bearing in mind also the need to increase the number of staff recruited from Member States below the mid-point of their desirable ranges;

2q N45/541.

30 N45/226.

Fifth Committee, 15th, 16th, 19th, 22nd, 24th to 28th and 51st meetings, and corrigendum.

Notes that the existing practice of holding national competitive examinations is a useful tool for recruitment, inter alia, from unrepresented and underrepresented Member States, and requests the Secretary-General to expedite the recruitment of candidates successful in national competitive examinations with a view to filling all posts committed to each examination with the shortest possible delay;

Requests the Secretary-General to take every available measure to ensure, at the senior and poli<.,)'- formulating levels of the Secretariat, the equitable representation of Member States, in particular of developing countries and Member States with inadequate representation at those levels, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and to include relevant information in future reports on the composition of the Secretariat;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to preserve the principles of equitable geographical distribution and rotation in the upper echelons of the Secretariat, to ensure that equal opportunity is given to candidates of all Member States when making appointments to all posts in the upper echelons, and not to extend, as a rule, the service of under-secretariesgeneral and assistant secretaries-general for a period exceeding ten years, in accordance with recommendation 54 of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts;28 8.

Reaffirms that no post should be considered the exclusive preserve of any Member State or group of States, and accordingly requests the Secretary-General, when making appointments to high-level and poli<.,)'- formulating posts, to give equal opportunity to all Member States through the announcement of such posts to the extent possible, with due regard to the principles of the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity and of equitable geographical distribution, bearing in mind that appointments are to be made at the discretion of the Secretary-General against specific selection criteria in accordance with Article 101 of the Charter;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts aimed at improving the composition of the Secretariat by ensuring a broad and equitable geographical distribution of staff in the Professional and higher categories in all main departments and offices, bearing in mind that the paramount consideration shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficien<.,-y, competence and integrity, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to consider measures in order to ensure, to the extent possible, the representation of the main legal systems in the Secretariat, where appropriate;

Further requests the Secretary-General, in order to ensure that equal opportunity is given to internal and external candidates, to take appropriate measures for the timely distribution of vacancy announcements to all Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General, with respect to the recruitment, transfer and promotion of staff for placement in the regional commissions, to make every effort to encourage equitable rcpr'''-entation of all

Member States in the regional commissions, in order to reduce the high vacancy rates;

Also requests the Secretary-General to include in the report on the composition of the Secretariat to be submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session statistical tables indicating the nationality of staff serving in posts financed from extrabudgetary resources in the Secretariat;*

Further requests the Secretary-General to include in future reports on the composition of the Secretariat statistical tables broken down by the current groupings of Member States as well as tables in alphabetical order and to continue to produce tables showing the representation of developing and other countries in posts subject to geographical distribution;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session a report on the implementation of a competitive examination for posts at the P-3 level in two occupational groups;

Also requests the Secretary-General to pursue efforts towards the establishment of a comprehensive career development system for all categories of staff,

bearing in mind the need to secure the highest standards of competence, efficiency and integrity and to promote mobility, and to report on this system to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue efforts to develop further and refine classification and evaluation systems and promotion procedures as an integral part of the vacancy management system, taking into account, inter alia, concepts of career ladders and linked grades, in consultation with the International Civil Service Commission, as appropriate, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its forty-sixth session, a report on the issues mentioned in paragraph 8 of its resolution 44/185 A;

Urges the Secretary-General to strengthen the training and retraining capabilities of the Secretariat at all duty stations, and requests him to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session on efforts to implement training programmes in the areas of language training, electronic data processing training, basic supervisory training and the upgrading of the professional knowledge of staff in substantive areas in conformity with recommendation 58 of the Group of Highlevel Intergovernmental Experts;28 20.

Requests the Secretary-General to continue the review of staff-management activities and of the cost of staff representation in order to establish a more coherent, transparent and cost-effective framework for staffmanagement activities and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit, in the context of all future programme budgets, specific information concerning expenditures relating to staff union activities, including staffing costs;

• This is understood not to include United Nations organs that have delegated authority in matters of appointment of the staff.

Further requests the Secretary-General, within the framework of staff-management consultations, to stress the need to solve outstanding issues through regular channels so as to ensure the functioning of the Organization;

II.Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on secondment from government service,32

Recalling Articles 100 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations,

Recognizing that there arc differences inherent in the secondment of staff from government service to the United Nations and secondment between agencies of the United Nations common system,

Noting the uncertain status of many staff members made available to the United Nations by their respective Governments under current secondment procedures vis-ii-vis their re-employment rights as government civil servants,

Taking into account the views expressed by Member States during the debate concerning secondment from government service at its forty-fifth session,

Afftnns that secondment is not in conflict with Articles 100 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations;

Reafftnns that secondment of staff from government service to the Secretariat can be beneficial to both the United Nations and Member States;

Endorses the basic approach of the Secretary- General regarding secondment as set out in his report, and requests him to review the procedures for future secondment from government service, taking into account the legitimate interests of the Organization and of the government service and the individual concerned, and to submit appropriate amendments to the Staff Regulations to the General Assembly at its fortysixth session;

Meanwhile requests the Secretary-General to deal with individual contracts on the basis of the approach described in paragraph 15 of his report, without prejudice to the rights of individuals as staff members of the Organization;

Invites Member States to continue to honour their obligations vis-ii-vis their nationals made available to the United Nations under the current secondment procedures until their status is ascertained;

l. Requests the Secretary-General to exercise flexibility in the application of the desirable ranges in individual recruitment cases keeping in view all parts of the present resolution;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session in the light of section Ill, paragraph 2, of General Assembly resolution 42/220 A on alternative options for desirable ranges, which was to have been considered at the forty-fifth session, and therefore resolves to decide

32 NC.5/45/12.

this matter on a priority basis at the forty-sixth session of the Assembly;

Further requests the Secretary-General to include in the report referred to in paragraph 2 above other possible methodological ways for the distribution of posts subject to geographical distribution among Member States.

CONTROL AND LIMITATION OF DOCUMENTATION COMPOSITION OF THE SECRETARIAT

31 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-fifth Session,

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN TIIE SECRETARIAT

IMPROVEMENT OF TIIE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SECRETARIAT 35 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-fifth Session, Sup-

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What else is in this group?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

A

I

II.Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on secondment from government service,32

Table of contents