A/RES/73/273
United Nations common system
4.
Recalls articles 10 and 11 of the statute of the Commission, and reaffirms
the central role of the Commission in regulating and coordinating conditions of
service and entitlements for all staff serving in the organizations of the United Nations
common system;
5.
Reminds executive heads and governing bodies of the United Nations
common system that failure to fully respect the decisions taken by the General
Assembly on the Commission’s recommendations could prejudice claims to enjoy the
benefits of participation in the common system, including organizations ’ participation
in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, as stated in article 3 (b) of the Fund’s
regulations;
6.
Notes with concern that with regard to the mandatory age of separation for
staff having joined the organizations prior to 1 January 2014, while many of the
organizations have implemented the mandatory age of separation as approved, some
organizations have decided to use different implementation dates;
7.
Reiterates its request to the Commission to recommend appropriate
measures that would deal with those organizations not in compliance with the
Commission’s decisions and recommendations and to report thereon to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fourth session;
8.
Expresses serious concern at the decision of the World Intellectual
Property Organization to pay an organizational performance bonus to all staff
members, and urges organizations to fully and faithfully implement dec isions of the
General Assembly and the Commission in a timely manner;
9.
Reaffirms paragraph 1 of section I.B of its resolution 72/255, in which it
approved the principles and guidelines for performance appraisal and management
for the recognition of different levels of performance, urges the organizations to abide
by these principles and guidelines, and requests the Commission to report on their
implementation to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session;
10. Invites the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chair of the United
Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to ensure that decisions of
the General Assembly are implemented in full and without undue delay across the
common system;
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Conditions of service applicable to both categories of staff
A.
Review of pensionable remuneration
Approves, with effect from 1 January 2019, the recommendations of the
Commission contained in paragraph 47 of its report;
B.
Framework for human resources management
Recognizing the importance of the organizations of the common system having
a workforce that truly represents and benefits all the people served by those
organizations,
1.
Welcomes the work undertaken by the Commission regarding the updated
human resources management framework and the decision of the Commission,
contained in paragraph 76 of its report, to approve the inclusion of the workforce
diversity component in the human resources management framework;
2.
Requests the Commission to continue to provide information to the
General Assembly on the progress made by organizations of the United Nations
common system in the implementation of existing gender policies and measures
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