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Human Resources Management

A/RES/79/280View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 144 Human resources management, published in 2025.

What else is in this group?

22 documents · 1995–2025
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText 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–

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 2Human resources management10—
Subprogramme 2Human resources management10—
Subprogramme 2Human resources management10—

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?

2 subjects
PromotionSalaries and Allowances

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Recalls paragraph 5 of its resolution 78/275 of 24 April 2024, and notes that rule 3.3 of the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations continues to read as follows:
“(a) On appointment, a staff member shall normally be placed at the first step of the level of his or her post, unless otherwise decided by the Secretary-General.
“(b) On promotion, a staff member who holds a fixed-term or a continuing appointment shall be placed at the lowest step of the level to which he or she has been promoted that provides an increase in net base salary equal to at least the amount that would have resulted from the granting of two steps at the lower level.”
2
Stresses that paragraph 66 of its resolution 79/257 of 24 December 2024 does not relate to cases of “promotions” under staff rule 3.3 (b);
3
Also stresses that any changes to the “Guidelines for determination of level and step on recruitment to the Professional category and above” by the Secretary-General shall be fully in line with resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly.

Table of contents

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 2Human resources management10
Subprogramme 2Human resources management10
Subprogramme 2Human resources management10

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.