Review of the Jurisdictional Set-Up of the United Nations Common System

A/RES/77/257View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 145 United Nations common system, published in 2023.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2023

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2023	A/78/154	Review of the jurisdictional set-up of the United Nations common system report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/257

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Administrative Courts and Tribunals Coordination Within UN System International Civil Service Judgements Jurisprudence Labour Disputes Organizational Change

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General, submitted in full accordance with the provisions of resolution 75/245 B;

Acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General in engaging with multiple stakeholders in the preparation of his report, and requests the Secretary-General to continue these consultations to find a sustainable, long-term solution with regard to the jurisdictional set-up and to preserve the unity of the United Nations common system;

Stresses the importance of preserving a single, unified and coherent United Nations common system, and recalls the respective roles of the General Assembly and the International Civil Service Commission in approving, regulating and coordinating conditions of service and entitlements for all staff serving in the organizations of the United Nations common system, as reaffirmed in paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 74/255 B of 27 December 2019;

Recalls paragraph 41 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and encourages increased informal exchanges and sustained communication between the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal and the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal;

Notes proposals 1 (facilitating submissions by the International Civil Service Commission to the tribunals during the litigation of applications or complaints arising out of Commission recommendations or decisions) and 2 (Commission guidance after tribunal judgments in cases involving Commission recommendations or decisions), as contained in the report of the Secretary-General, and requests the Commission, and encourages other relevant stakeholders, to implement them when appropriate;

Invites the Secretary-General to complete the work on the outstanding legal and practical aspects pertaining to the jurisdictional set-up of the United Nations common system, including finalizing past proposals and assessing the viability of other options, including those proposed by the stakeholders as reflected in the report of the Secretary-General, and to submit final proposals no later than the main part of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide, during the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, an informal briefing to Member States on the preparation of the final report on the jurisdictional set-up of the United Nations common system;

Decides that the Secretary-General shall conclude the review of the jurisdictional set-up of the United Nations common system by 31 December 2023.

56th (resumed) plenary meeting

30 December 2022

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