A/RES/57/305
United Nations
Distr.: General
1 May 2003
General Assembly
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 118
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/771)]
57/305. Human resources management
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions 49/222 A and B of 23 December 1994 and 20 July 1995,
51/226 of 3 April 1997, 52/219 of 22 December 1997, 52/252 of 8 September 1998, 53/221
of 7 April 1999 and 55/258 of 14 June 2001 and its decision 56/462 of 24 December 2001,
as well as its other relevant resolutions and decisions, subject to the provisions of the
present resolution,
Having considered the relevant reports on human resources management questions
submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration1 and the related reports of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2
I
Principles and role of the Office of Human Resources Management
of the Secretariat
1.
Reaffirms the principles set out in section I of resolutions 53/221 and 55/258
concerning human resources management and the role of the Office of Human Resources
Management of the Secretariat;
2.
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that United Nations staff members
adhere fully to the United Nations code of conduct as approved by resolution 52/252, in
conformity with staff regulation 1.2 of the Staff Regulations of the United Nations and the
principle set out in section I, paragraph 6, of resolution 53/221 concerning the integrity and
independence of the international civil service;
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1
A/55/451, A/56/227, A/56/512 and Corr.1, A/56/701, A/56/816 and A/56/834; Official Records of the
General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/57/16) and ibid., Supplement No. 30
(A/57/30); A/57/126, A/57/276, A/57/293, A/57/310, A/57/413, A/57/414, A/57/726; A/C.5/56/3,
A/C.5/56/L.7 and A/C.5/57/L.3.
2
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 7 (A/56/7), paras. 130–135;
A/56/846 and A/57/469.
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