Human Resources Management

A/RES/72/254View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 141 Human resources management, published in 2017.

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.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 25	Management and support services	47
	Subprogramme 3	Human resources	13

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 25	Management and support services	47	—
	Subprogramme 3	Human resources	13	—

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.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2018–2019

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2019	A/74/82	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/72/254
2018	A/73/79	Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/72/254

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Education Grant International Civil Service Retirement

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the staff of the United Nations is an invaluable asset of the Organization, and commends its contribution to furthering the purposes and principles of the United Nations;

Pays tribute to the memory of all staff members who have lost their lives in the service of the Organization;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 subject to the provision of the present resolution;

Approves the proposed amendments to the Staff Regulations and notes the amendments to the Staff Rules set out in the report of the Secretary-General,⁵ subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

⁵A/72/129/Rev.1.

Decides that new staff rule 13.13 (c) proposed to implement the acquired right to normal retirement age shall read as follows:

The mandatory age of separation of a staff member who reaches the age of 60 or 62 on or prior to 31 December 2017 shall not be reset to 65, including if that staff member is exceptionally retained in service beyond the mandatory age of separation of 60 or 62, as applicable, beyond 1 January 2018.

Notes the commitment to review and simplify the regulatory framework, and decides to defer any changes to regulation 3.6.

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