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Job Classification and Career Development of Language Staff

A/RES/35/225No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91Programme budget for the biennium 1980-1981, published in 1981.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1981–1983
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/37/237[XIII]
  • 1983A/RES/37/237[XIII]Job classification and career development of language staffLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1982A/RES/36/235[VIII]Job classification and career development of language staffCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/35/225Job classification and career development of language staff

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
BudgetCareer DevelopmentJob ClassificationLanguage ServicesLanguage Staff

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs

I.

Approves the proposals of the Secretary-General aimed at reclassifying language posts so that:
a
The number of posts reclassified is in proportion to the number established for each of the six languages of the United Nations;
b
The translators, interpreters, verbatim reporters, editors, copy-preparers and proof-readers benefit from the reclassification measures;
2
Requests "the Secretary-General to apply selfrevision on a provisional and experimental basis, to the extent that it does not affect the quality of United Nations documents, whatever the official or working language used;
3
Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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