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staff representatives to engage in a consultative process with a view to resuming the
participation of staff representatives in the work of the central review bodies;
22. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to expedite the selection
process through virtual meetings of the central review bodies;
23. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all applicants are informed
of the results of their applications;
24. Also requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with Member States,
to increase awareness of job opportunities in the Organization, including through
more extensive outreach, with a view to identifying eligible and qualified candidates
to fill vacancies, in particular those which have been vacant in excess of the
120-day benchmark;
25. Decides that associate experts shall continue to be considered as external
candidates with no preferential treatment;
26. Reaffirms the need to respect the equality of each of the two working
languages of the Secretariat, also reaffirms the use of additional working languages in
specific duty stations as mandated, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General
to ensure that vacancy announcements specify the need for either of the working
languages of the Secretariat unless the functions of the post require a specific working
language;
27. Recalls paragraph 27 of the report of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions,5 and reiterates its request that the SecretaryGeneral ensure that the Office of Human Resources Management continues to
strengthen its monitoring of delegated authority for human resources management,
including compliance with geographical and gender targets, while ensuring that the
highest standards of efficiency, competency and integrity serve as the paramount
consideration in the recruitment of staff;
28. Requests the Secretary-General to include in the human resources
management scorecard an additional operational indicator on excess unutilized leave;
29. Notes the progress made in the implementation of Inspira, and welcomes
all efforts made by the Secretary-General to review and remedy unintended
consequences and to minimize inconveniences, especially before its application in
the area of peacekeeping missions;
30. Urges the Secretary-General to ensure the timely realization of the wide
range of benefits that the system is expected to bring;
31. Requests the Secretary-General, in this respect, to ensure the effective
roll-out of Inspira with a view to filling positions in field missions without further
delay;
32. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure a seamless and wellfunctioning interface between Inspira and the enterprise resource planning system,
Umoja;
33. Further requests the Secretary-General to include, in Inspira website
tutorials, tips relating to personal history profiles and competency-based interviews
and other materials helpful for external candidates in applying and being considered
for vacancies, no later than the end of the sixty-fifth session of the General
Assembly, and to report his achievements in that regard to the Assembly at its sixtyseventh session;
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