Composition of the Staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/RES/61/159View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 67bHuman rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2006.

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3 versions · 2007–2009

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10 topics

Competitive Examinations Developing Countries Experts Financing Geographical Distribution Personnel Management Professional Staff Recruitment Report Preparation Staffing

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10 operative paragraphs

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To provide concrete support and guidance to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in her ongoing efforts to overcome the status quo;

To allow, in the effort to redress the specific geographical imbalance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the establishment of a temporary mechanism whereby recruitment of staff in the Office at the P-2 level would not be restricted to successful candidates from the national competitive examination;

To re-evaluate the financing of human rights activities, as noted in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, with a view to increasing the support from core resources;

Encourages participation from a broader range of Member States in the associate experts programme, and, in this respect, urges participants to increase sponsorship of associate experts from developing countries;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit to assist the Human Rights Council to monitor systematically the implementation of the present resolution, inter alia, by submitting to the Human Rights Council in May 2009 a follow-up comprehensive report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit pending their fulfilment;

Requests the High Commissioner:

To take further measures for the full and effective implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit;

To submit a comprehensive and updated report on the basis of paragraph 26 (e) of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/72 of 20 April 2005 to the Human Rights Council at its fourth session and to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session;

Requests the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session to bring those recommendations to the attention of the Fifth Committee, as soon as possible, for its consideration.

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