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Gratis Personnel Provided by Governments

A/RES/54/264No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 118Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations and 164Human resources management, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1999–2000
  • 2000A/RES/54/264Gratis personnel provided by GovernmentsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/53/218Gratis personnel provided by Governments

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Gratis PersonnelPersonnel ManagementRecruitment

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2
2
Endorses the observations of the Advisory Committee in its report, in particular paragraphs 2 and 4, and requests that all future proposals by the Secretary-General on gratis personnel and the subsequent implementation of legislative mandates be in full compliance with relevant General Assembly resolutions and fully respect the relevant policies, procedures and regulations of the United Nations;
3
Stresses the need for an effective monitoring system in the Office of Human Resources Management of the Secretariat with regard to delegation of authority for gratis personnel to offices away from Headquarters;
4
Notes with concern the inaccurate information provided in paragraph 8 of the report of the Secretary-General and clarified in paragraph 7 of his subsequent report with regard to the type II gratis personnel not reported previously by the United Nations Environment Programme;
5
Recalls the existing mandates under the relevant General Assembly resolutions on gratis personnel;
6
Reaffirms that the circumstances in which the Secretary-General can accept gratis personnel shall be in strict compliance with the provisions of its resolution 51/243, in particular paragraphs 4 and 9, and its resolution 52/234, in particular paragraph 10;
7
Expresses its concern that detailed and comprehensive information on the use of gratis personnel in the case of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 was not provided, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to submit all future reports on gratis personnel in strict compliance with the provisions of paragraph 15 of its resolution 52/234;
8
Decides to continue, at the main part of its fifty-fifth session, its consideration of the question of gratis personnel provided by Governments.

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