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Appointment of Temporary Staff

A/RES/12(I)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1946.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 topic
Temporary Employment

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
The Secretary-General shall take immediate steps to establish an administrative organizatio:1 which will permit of the effective discharge of hIS administrative and general responsibilities under the Charter and the efficient performance of those functions and services required to meet the needs of the severa! organs of the United Nations.
2
The principal units of the Secretariat should be:
a
Department of Security Council Affairs.
b
Department of Economic Affairs.
e
Department of Social Affairs.
d
Department for Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Goveming Territories.
e
Department of Public Information.
f
Legal Department.
g
Conference and General Services.
( h) Administrative and Financia! Services.
3
The Secretary-General is authorized to appoint Assistant Secretaries-General and such other officials and employees as are required and to prescribe their responsibilities and duties .. Assistant Secretaries-General shall have responsibility for and supervision of Departments and Services. There shall always be one Assistant Secretary- General designated by the Secretary-Genrral to dcputize for him when he is absent or unable to perform his functions. The Secretary-General shall take whatever steps may be requircd to ,·n,un· thc necessary co-ordination between the Departments of Economic Affairs and of Social Affú,s, and the maintenance of appropriate administrative relationships between those Departments and the Econom:c and Social Council, "n th" one hand, ;i.7d

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