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retired staff, a report on the hiring and use of consultants, following the
format of past reports on the subject;16
VII. REPORTING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, under
the appropriate agenda items, reports on the following questions:
(a)
As soon as possible
A family leave programme for United Nations staff;
(b)
At its resumed fifty-first session
The findings of the review of the first cycle of the performance
appraisal system;
(c)
At its fifty-second session
(i)
The appropriate action taken against personnel responsible for
malpractices identified by the Board of Auditors;
(ii)
Comprehensive policy guidelines on consultants, to be submitted
through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions;
(d)
At its fifty-third session
(i)
Information on measures taken to ensure equitable representation
of Member States at the senior and policy-making levels of the
Secretariat, to be included in the report on the composition of
the Secretariat;
(ii)
The full implementation of the strategy for the management of the
human resources of the Organization;
(iii)
Delegation of authority;
(iv)
The simplification and streamlining of all personnel rules and
procedures;
(v)
Staff-management consultative mechanisms;
(vi)
The practices of Member States relative to national staff
representation;
(vii)
Proposals on the introduction of a probationary period for
successful candidates in the competitive examination for
promotion to the Professional category of staff members from
other categories;
(viii) The question of geographical imbalance resulting from promotions
of successful candidates in the competitive examination for
promotion to the Professional category of staff members from
other categories;
(ix)
16
Career development policy;
A/51/533, para. 44.
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