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

A/RES/61/159View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 67b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2006.

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	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 20	Human rights	433

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 20	Human rights	433	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Competitive Examinations Developing Countries Experts Financing Geographical Distribution Personnel Management Professional Staff Recruitment Report Preparation Staffing

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

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To provide concrete support and guidance to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in her ongoing efforts to overcome the status quo;

To allow, in the effort to redress the specific geographical imbalance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the establishment of a temporary mechanism whereby recruitment of staff in the Office at the P-2 level would not be restricted to successful candidates from the national competitive examination;

To re-evaluate the financing of human rights activities, as noted in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, with a view to increasing the support from core resources;

Encourages participation from a broader range of Member States in the associate experts programme, and, in this respect, urges participants to increase sponsorship of associate experts from developing countries;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit to assist the Human Rights Council to monitor systematically the implementation of the present resolution, inter alia, by submitting to the Human Rights Council in May 2009 a follow-up comprehensive report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit pending their fulfilment;

Requests the High Commissioner:

To take further measures for the full and effective implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit;

To submit a comprehensive and updated report on the basis of paragraph 26 (e) of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/72 of 20 April 2005⁴ to the Human Rights Council at its fourth session and to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session;

⁴See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum (E/2005/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.

Requests the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session to bring those recommendations to the attention of the Fifth Committee, as soon as possible, for its consideration.

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