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II. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM
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the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the performance
and the relevant section of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
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1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2
2. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to refine and simplify the performance
appraisal system, in particular its administrative aspects;
3. Reiterates that it is important that the performance appraisal system be implemented consistently
throughout the Secretariat so as to achieve an effective and fair performance management and staff
development tool, and requests the Secretary-General to monitor the application of the system and to
report thereon to the General Assembly;
III. SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS OR BONUSES
Having reviewed the report of the Secretary-General on a system of performance awards or bonuses,3
1. Approves, and urges the Secretary-General to adopt a step-by-step approach to, the introduction,
in full consultation with the staff, of a system of performance awards or bonuses, taking into account the
comments and recommendations of the International Civil Service Commission on this matter, as
contained in its report;6
2. Requests the Secretary-General to keep under review the introduction of the system of
performance awards or bonuses and to report to the General Assembly, in accordance with the step-bystep approach, at its fifty-third session;
3. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session
for decision policy proposals to deal systematically and effectively with underperformance,7 taking into
account the comments and recommendations made by the Commission in paragraph 213 of its report;6
IV. AMENDMENTS TO STAFF RULES
Having reviewed the report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the Staff Rules,4
Takes note of the amendments to the 100 and 200 series of the Staff Rules contained in the report
of the Secretary-General;
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 7 (A/52/7), paras.
107-112.
6
Ibid., Supplement No. 30 (A/52/30), chap. VI, sect. B.
7
See A/52/439, para. 17.
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