Personnel Questions Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 121Personnel questions, published in 1989.

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Reiterates its full support for the Secretary-General as chief administrative officer of the Organization and his prerogatives and responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the role and emphasize the authority of the Office of Human Resources Management of the Secretariat in accordance with recommendation 41 of the Group of High-level In tergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functioning of the United Nations;6

Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to pre serve the principles of equitable geographical distribution and of rotation in the upper echelons of the Secretariat, to ensure that equal opportunity is given to candidates of all Member States when making appointments to all posts in the upper echelons, and not to extend, as a rule, the ser vices of under-secretaries-general or assistant secretaries general for a period exceeding ten years;

Urges the Secretary-General, whenever making ap pointments to posts subject to geographical distribution, to make every effort to recruit nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Member States and candidates suc cessful in the national competitive examinations, taking into consideration also paragraph 4 of resolution 41/206 A of 11 December 1986, in order to ensure that all such countries come closer to the mid-point of their desir able ranges;

Reaffirms the principle of equal opportunity, in ac cordance with the Charter, and the principle that no post should be considered the exclusive preserve of any Mem ber State or group of States, and requests the Secretary General to apply these principles faithfully, with due re gard to the principle of equitable geographical distribution, which applies to all Member States;

Urges the Secretary-General to take additional mea sures to ensure that the nationals of developing countries are duly represented at the senior levels in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Also urges the Secretary-General, in addition to the action taken under paragraph 6 above to ensure that the nationals of other countries are also duly represented at the senior levels, in accordance with the relevant resolu tions of the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to monitor closely the effects of the reduction of posts on geographical distri bution, particularly at the higher levels, and to take appro priate measures to redress any imbalances;

Also requests the Secretary-General to give special attention to the filling of posts in organizational units with high vacancy rates, particularly the regional commissions;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts aimed at the improvement of the composition of the Secretariat by ensuring a wide geographical distribu tion of staff at the Professional and higher levels in all main departments and offices;

Urges the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts towards the development of a comprehensive career devel opment plan, based, inter alia, on competitive selection, for all staff, including General Service staff, in accordance with section III of the annex to General Assembly resolu tion 35/210, Assembly resolution 37/126 of 17 December 1982 and section I, paragraph 4, of resolution 42/220 A and the relevant Staff Regulations and Rules;

Also urges the Secretary-General to intensify his ef forts towards increasing the mobility of staff and strength ening the training and retraining capabilities of the Sec retariat;

Requests the Secretary-General to complete the full realignment of internal and external examinations and to study their effect on geographical distribution and to submit proposals to the General Assembly as appropriate;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the progress achieved on personnel matters to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session.

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