Human Resources Management

A/RES/60/238View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 129 Human resources management, published in 2006.

What else is in this group?

22 documents · 1995–2025

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/280	Human resources management	194	–
2023	A/RES/77/278	Human resources management	4,540	–
2018	A/RES/72/254	Human resources management	501	–
2017	A/RES/71/263	Human resources management	2,644	–
2014	A/RES/68/252	Human resources management	1,762	–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2006–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/360	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/238
2015	A/70/605	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/238
2014	A/69/292	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/238
2013	A/68/356	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/238
2012	A/67/329	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/238

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

I.Composition of the Secretariat

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity serve as the paramount consideration in the employment of staff, with due regard for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in accordance with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations;

Notes that key human resources management targets are not being met by many departments;

Also notes the establishment of the Management Performance Board to replace the Accountability Panel as well as the functions and composition of the Board;⁷

⁷See ST/SGB/2005/13.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly for consideration at its sixty-first session a report on the activities of the Management Performance Board since its inception, including how it has met the request of the General Assembly, contained in section I, paragraph 10, of its resolution 59/266, that the internal system of accountability with respect to human resources policies and objectives be strengthened in order to hold programme managers accountable for their performance in achieving the objectives contained in human resources action plans;

Notes that, owing to projected retirements, many Member States may become unrepresented and underrepresented during the period 2005–2009, and requests the Secretary-General to urgently take steps to address this matter;

Recalls section IV, paragraph 8, of its resolution 59/266, and reiterates its request that the Secretary-General include an analysis of the level of underrepresentation in his report on the composition of the Secretariat;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session an assessment of recruitment to P-2 and P-3 posts, including the effect of the national competitive examinations and, if relevant, recommendations on how to improve this method of recruitment;

II.Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules

Approves the amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations⁸ contained in the annex to the present resolution;

⁸See A/60/365.

Takes note of the amendments to the Staff Rules;⁹

⁹See A/60/174.

III.Other matters

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the practice of United Nations staff members having to renounce permanent residence status in a country outside the country of their nationality, including cases where staff members have been exceptionally authorized to retain permanent residence status in accordance with section 5.7 of the administrative instruction entitled “Visa status of non-United States staff members serving in the United States, members of their household and their household employees, and staff members seeking or holding permanent resident status in the United States”,¹⁰ and the criteria used in making such exceptions;

¹⁰ST/AI/2000/19.

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the regulations governing the status, basic rights and duties of officials other than Secretariat officials and experts on mission, adopted in its resolution 56/280.

Amendments to the Staff Regulations

Regulation 1.2 Conflict of interest

For paragraph (n), substitute

All staff members at the D-1 or L-6 level and above shall be required to file financial disclosure statements on appointment and at intervals thereafter as prescribed by the Secretary-General, in respect of themselves, their spouses and their dependent children, and to assist the Secretary-General in verifying the accuracy of the information submitted when so requested. The financial disclosure statements shall include certification that the assets and economic activities of the staff members, their spouses and their dependent children do not pose a conflict of interest with their official duties or the interests of the United Nations. The financial disclosure statements will remain confidential and will only be used, as prescribed by the Secretary-General, in making determinations pursuant to staff regulation 1.2 (m). The Secretary-General may require other staff to file financial disclosure statements as he deems necessary in the interest of the Organization.

Regulation 10.2

For the existing text, substitute

The Secretary-General may impose disciplinary measures on staff members whose conduct is unsatisfactory.

Sexual exploitation and sexual abuse constitute serious misconduct.

The Secretary-General may summarily dismiss a member of the staff for serious misconduct.