Takes note of the report on the activities of the Ethics Office;
2
Stresses that early detection and timely management of potential conflicts of interest, with the necessary internal accountability framework in place, are important to keep all staff members independent and impartial as international civil servants and to ensure that international civil servants’ personal interests or positions do not interfere with the performance of their duties, and requests the Ethics Office to continue to address identified conflict-of-interest risks by issuing conflict mitigation recommendations;
3
Requeststhe Ethics Office, in the context of its next report, to provide further information on its activities related to procurement;
4
Welcomes the continued efforts of the Ethics Office to implement multilingualism;
5
Also welcomes the activities of the Ethics Office to increase awareness of ethics-related issues for all staff, and requests the Office to include further information on the measures proposed to enhance its work in this field in the context of its next report;
6
Notes the increase in participation in the voluntary financial disclosure programme, requests the Secretary-General to further encourage senior officials to make public, on a voluntary basis, a summary of their confidential financial disclosures, and requests the Ethics Office to comment, in the context of its next report, on the feasibility of extending the programme on a mandatory basis.
