A/HRC/RES/42/1
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 October 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-second session
9–27 September 2019
Agenda item 2
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 26 September 2019
42/1.
Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling paragraph 5 (g) of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
in which the Assembly decided that the Human Rights Council should assume the role and
responsibilities of the Commission on Human Rights relating to the work of the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as decided by the Assembly in
its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993,
Taking note of all relevant resolutions on this issue adopted by the General
Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the importance of continuing ongoing efforts to address the imbalance
regarding the regional representation of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner,
including in senior management positions,
Underlining that the paramount consideration for employing staff at every level is
the need for the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, taking into
account Article 101, paragraph 3 of the Charter of the United Nations, and expressing its
conviction that this objective is compatible with the principle of equitable geographical
distribution,
Recognizing that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the
General Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters,
1.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, within
her administrative responsibilities, to continue her efforts with a view to redress the current
imbalance in the geographical composition of the staff of the Office of the High
Commissioner, paying particularly attention to the senior management level and the posts
not subject to geographical distribution;
2.
Emphasizes the importance of continuing to pay special attention to the
achievement of a gender balance in the composition of the staff, and recognizes the High
Commissioner’s commitment in that regard;
3.
Requests the High Commissioner to submit a report on the geographical
composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner to the Human Rights
Council at its forty-fifth session;
GE.19-16890(E)