Revisions to art. 1 of the Staff Regulations and ch. 1 of the 100 series of the Staff Rules of UN

Adopts the revised text of art. 1 of the Staff Regulations, and takes note of the revised text of ch. 1 of the 100 series of the Staff Rules applicable to UN staff members; decides also that the amendments to the Staff Regulations adopted in the present resolution and the related amendments to the Staff Rules shall become effective on 1 Jan. 1999; emphasizes that managers, as staff members, are bound by the duties and obligations set out in new art. 1 of the Staff Regulations and ch. 1 of the 100 series of the Staff Rules, and that their higher-level functions and responsibilities entail increased accountability for the proper performance of all their duties in managing the human and financial resources entrusted to them; requests the Secretary-General to expedite the submission to the General Assembly, by its 54th session, of appropriate regulations and rules governing the status, basic rights and duties of the Secretary-General, officials other than Secretariat officials and experts on mission; also requests the Secretary-General to prepare, as a matter of priority, additional rules for particular groups of staff such as finance officers, procurement officers and staff of separately funded organs; further requests the Secretary-General to prepare for consideration by the General Assembly at its 54th session a text of the Staff Regulations drafted in gender-neutral terms.

Adopted without vote, 92nd meeting

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Adopted at the 92nd plenary meeting, 8 Sept. 1998.