Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that equal opportunity is given to candidates of all Member States when making appointments to all posts in the upper echelons of the Secretariat, and not to extend, as a rule, the services of under-secretaries-general or assistant-secretaries-general for a period exceeding 10 years; urges the Secretary-General, whenever making appointments to posts subject to geographical distribution, to make every effort to recruit nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Member States and candidates successful in the national competitive examinations; reaffirms the principle of equal opportunity and the principle that no post should be considered the exclusive preserve of any Member States or group of States; urges the Secretary-General to take additional measures to ensure that the nationals of developing countries are duly represented at the senior levels; urges the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts towards the development of a comprehensive career development plan, based on competitive selection; also urges the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts towards increasing the mobility of staff and strengthening the training and retraining capabilities of the Secretariat; requests the Secretary-General to complete the full realignment of internal and external examinations and to study their effect on geographical distribution.

Adopted without vote, 84th meeting

Adopted at the 84th plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 265-267. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).