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Human Resources Management

A/RES/72/254View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 141Human resources management, published in 2017.

What else is in this group?

22 documents · 1995–2025
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).
  • 2025A/RES/79/280Human resources managementCompare with earlier document
  • 2023A/RES/77/278Human resources managementCompare with earlier document
  • 2018A/RES/72/254Human resources managementCompare with earlier document
  • 2017A/RES/71/263Human resources managementCompare with earlier document
  • 2014A/RES/68/252Human resources managementCompare with earlier document

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

iGrouped automatically by matching titles within the same organ.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

A dot marks an entity citing this document in its “Mandates and background” narrative rather than only its Legislative mandates list. Many do both.

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Education GrantInternational Civil ServiceRetirement

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2018–2019.

  • 2019A/74/82Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General
  • 2018A/73/79Composition of the Secretariat : staff demographics report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Reaffirms that the staff of the United Nations is an invaluable asset of the Organization, and commends its contribution to furthering the purposes and principles of the United Nations;
2
Pays tribute to the memory of all staff members who have lost their lives in the service of the Organization;
3
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 subject to the provision of the present resolution;
4
Approves the proposed amendments to the Staff Regulations and notes the amendments to the Staff Rules set out in the report of the Secretary-General, subject to the provisions of the present resolution;
5
Decides that new staff rule 13.13 (c) proposed to implement the acquired right to normal retirement age shall read as follows:
The mandatory age of separation of a staff member who reaches the age of 60 or 62 on or prior to 31 December 2017 shall not be reset to 65, including if that staff member is exceptionally retained in service beyond the mandatory age of separation of 60 or 62, as applicable, beyond 1 January 2018.
6
Notes the commitment to review and simplify the regulatory framework, and decides to defer any changes to regulation 3.6.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

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