Seconded Active-Duty Military and Police Personnel

A/RES/74/254 BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 140 Human resources management, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2020–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/292

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/78/292	Seconded active-duty military and police personnel	436	33%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/292	Seconded active-duty military and police personnel	707	—
2020	A/RES/74/254 B	Seconded active-duty military and police personnel	—	—
2020	A/RES/74/254 A	Seconded active-duty military and police personnel	—	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2020

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2020	A/75/646	Seconded active-duty military and police personnel report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/74/254 B

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conflict of Interests Military Personnel Peacekeeping Operations Police Secondment

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

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¹Resolution 74/254, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/74/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 74/254 A.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,3 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Regrets that a permanent solution to the secondment issue has not yet been found, thus compelling the General Assembly to resort to prolonging exceptional measures;

Recalls that the selection of staff members, including seconded active-duty military and police personnel, should be made in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and requests the Secretary-General to enable the participation of all Member States in seconding active-duty military and police personnel;

Takes note of paragraph 14 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and, with a view to identifying solutions to conflicts between national legislation and the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations,⁴ decides to authorize the Secretary-General to extend the exceptional measures regarding seconded active-duty military and police personnel until 31 July 2021, unless a permanent solution is implemented before that date;

⁴ST/SGB/2018/1.

Urges the Secretary-General to ensure accountability and impartiality of the seconded active-duty military and police personnel through applicable and relevant standards and supervision;

Recalls paragraph 13 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to increase outreach and engagement with Member States and to explore all viable options to resolve issues involving the engagement of seconded active-duty military and police personnel, in particular the conflicts between national legislation and the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, and to report on the development of the matter and present his proposals for its consideration at the first part of its resumed seventy-fifth session.

6 August 2020

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