Employment of retired former staff

Placing an emphasis on automated, computer based systems for procurement and revenue collection will go a long way to limit corruption.

Prudent steps, such as the use of redeployment to cover projected staff increases in growth areas, will give confidence to the donors.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to review the matter of project personnel arrangements and to issue an instruction to ensure the compliance of the deployment schemes with the above mentioned instruction on staff employment.

IFAD projects in Jordan (2002) have included the training of staff in the use of cooperative management approaches.

Her delegation also supported the Advisory Committee's recommendation that the use of local staff should be increased.

The use of military tribunals should be limited to trials of military personnel for acts committed in the course of military actions.

The Advisory Committee urges the mission to review its inventory management practice and to encourage careful use of assets by civilian and military personnel so that United Nations owned equipment can be utilized to its full life expectancy.

1. Notes with concern the continuous trend of hiring staff retirees for extended periods of time

5. Requests the Secretary General to have recourse to the employment of retired former staff only if the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by existing staff

It applauded the increased use of national staff, but a larger number of offices should not necessarily be accompanied by a proliferation of civilian personnel.

(e) The Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials

15. Requests the Secretary General to take the steps necessary to ensure that mobility is not used as an instrument of coercion against staff and to ensure that appropriate monitoring and accountability measures are in place

Information on current practices and measures to prevent the use of torture by law enforcement officials would be appreciated.

(qq) Report of the Secretary General on the greater use of national staff in field missions (A 58 765)

The paramount consideration in the employment of staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library will focus staff resources on accessibility of the unique United Nations documents collections to ensure that their unique content is put to best use.

1. Notes with concern the increased use of retired former staff members in substantive areas and in decision making positions

Allegations of excessive use of force by law enforcement officers or managerial staff are also a cause for concern.

Also requests the Secretary General to continue to ensure greater use of national staff in peacekeeping operations

1.117 To enhance the planning and evaluation capacity of the health care system, by improving methods of data collection and analysis and upgrading the skills and capabilities of health personnel in use of evidence based information, including use of IT, for improved management and response.

The need to develop staff and train them in the use of new products is hampered when any such effort is regarded as an opportunity cost in terms of daily operations.

Requests the Secretary General to continue the practice of using 300 series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new staff

12. Encourages Member States and United Nations organizations to further explore with the Fund possible innovative representational arrangements, including through the use of seconded staff, project offices and other means

In other words, as long as a person is able to resist the use by law enforcement officials of the degree of force legitimately required by the exigencies of the situation, the use of force falls outside the scope of the prohibition of CIDT.

8. Requests the Secretary General to consider the use of incentives with a view to encouraging staff to move to duty stations with chronically high vacancy rates

The proposition is ultimately simple use computers not just to find good employees, but also to help people become better employees.

Requests the Secretary General to continue the practice of using 300 series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new mission staff

With incommunicado detention continuing to be used by Government personnel, political activists are often arrested and detained without the knowledge or notification of their families.

4. Requests the Secretary General to continue the practice of using 300 series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new staff

The Group welcomed the increased use of national staff in MONUC, which contributed to capacity building and to the transfer of know how.

However, the Committee recommends that a leaner administrative and support structure be considered, including maximum use of national staff.

17. Further requests the Secretary General to continue to consider the use of incentives with a view to encouraging staff to move to duty stations with chronically high vacancy rates

10. Encourages Member States and United Nations organizations to explore with the Fund possible innovative representational arrangements, including through the use of seconded staff, project offices and other means

Notes with satisfaction the willingness of the Secretariat to encourage staff members, in formal meetings with interpretation services, to use any of the six official languages of which they have a command

(i) Using personal information supplied by corrupt government or company employees to make forged documents (e.g. false driver's licences) or obtaining false identification documents from such employees.

Encourages Member States and United Nations organizations to explore with the Fund possible innovative representational arrangements, including through the use of seconded staff, project offices and other means

7. Requests the Secretary General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty first session on the use of retired former staff and to develop clear criteria for the selection of the retired former staff, in particular in the Professional category

As a result of the suspension, competition for staff among departments had been intense and staff turnover had been high.

Further requests the Secretary General, cognizant of the continuously high international staff vacancy rates in many missions, to consider, when formulating budget submissions, greater utilization of national staff, as appropriate, commensurate with the requirements of the mission and its mandate

626 1994 (article 87) requires relevant facilities to establish and update a register indicating the staff carrying out activities with biological agents listed in groups 3 and 4.

Our review of IOG working papers and enquiries from staff revealed that the use of computer assisted audit techniques (CAATS) was limited and that CAATS software was not used in the execution of engagements.

(c) To cooperate with the agencies of the United Nations system in the establishment and operation of suitable machinery for the settlement of disputes arising in connection with the employment of personnel and related matters.

In paragraph 534, the Board recommends that the Administration maximize use of the features of the requisition tracking system in regard to staff movements.

Instead of using full time WASH professionals, most country offices will rely on other staff to serve as WASH focal points.