Anotated Agenda Items of the 63rd session:
123. Human resources managementAt its sixty-first session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-third session on the issues related to human resources management reform; recruitment and staffing; rostering; the staff selection system; national competitive examinations; measures to improve equitable geographical distribution; measures to recruit and appoint nationals from unrepresented and underrepresented Member States, in particular developing countries, including at such senior levels as Under-Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General; gender representation; mobility; staff development policy; human resources action plans and accountability; and implementation of the human resources information technology system; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-third session reports, as appropriate, on the results of the implementation of the resolution (resolution ). At its resumed sixty-second session, in April 2008, the General Assembly decided to continue consideration of the issue of contractual arrangements and conditions of service, including in United Nations field operations, as a matter of priority at the main part of the sixty-third session (resolution ). At the same resumed sixty-second session, in April 2008, under agenda item 126, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-third session consideration of the reports of the Secretary-General contained in documents , & ; the addendum to the report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 2006 (); and the report of the Advisory Committee ( (sect. II)) (decision 62/545 B). |
| DOCUMENTS: | ||
| a | Reports of the Secretary-General under resolution 61/244: | |
| i | Composition of the Secretariat (resolutions , sect. IX, & ); & , & | |
| ii | Recruitment and staffing in the United Nations: strategy going forward, | |
| iii | Implementation of the mobility policy, | |
| iv | Detailed proposals for streamlining United Nations contractual arrangements: a way forward, | |
| v | Human resources management reform, | |
| vi | Amendments to the Staff Regulations (staff regulation 12.3), | |
| b | Other reports of the Secretary-General: | |
| i | List of staff of the United Nations Secretariat (resolution & decision ) | |
| ii | Measures taken to address seven systemic human resources issues raised in the context of the reform of the internal system of administration of justice (resolution ), | |
| iii | Practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and possible criminal behaviour, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution , para. 16), |
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| iv | Measures to improve the imbalance in the geographical distribution of the staff in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (resolution ), | |
| v | Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly: full-time members of the International Civil Service Commission and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (resolution , (also relates to item 121)) | |
| vi | Activities of the Ethics Office (resolution ), | |
| c | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner (resolution ) (also relates to item 67 (b)), | |
| d | Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on an in-depth evaluation of the Office of Human Resources Management (resolutions & , para. 36), (also relates to item 131) | |
| e | Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | |
| REFERENCES: | ||
| ...for the sixty-second session (agenda item 126) | ||
| Report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 2006: Supplement No. 30 (addendum) () | ||
| Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the application of the best value for money principle in United Nations procurement; note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments thereon ( & ) | ||
| Reports of the Secretary-General: | ||
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Staffing of field missions, including the use of 300- and 100-series appointments () | |
| Harmonization of conditions of service () | ||
| Summary records | , & | |
| Report of the Fifth Committee | ||
| Plenary meetings | ||
| Resolutions |
| REFERENCES: | ||
| ...for the sixty-second session (agenda items 126 and 133) | ||
| Report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 2007: Supplement No. 30 and corrigendum ( & ) | ||
| Reports of the Secretary-General: | ||
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Multi-year payment plans () | |
| Amendments to the Staff Rules () | ||
| Implementation of the mobility policy () | ||
| Detailed proposals for streamlining United Nations contractual arrangements () | ||
| Comprehensive report on United Nations procurement activities () | ||
| Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions ( (sect. II) & ) | ||
| Summary records | , & | |
| Report of the Fifth Committee | & | |
| Plenary meetings | ||
| Resolutions | ||
| Decision | 62/545 B |
