Rights and obligations of Staff

  • UN Charter
  • Abolition of obsolete issuances
  • Financial Regulation and Rules
  • Index of issuances
  • Staff Regulations
  • Staff Rules
  • Conflict of interest
  • Delegation of Authority- Human Resources
  • Financial responsibility
  • Honours, gifts or remuneration
  • Liability insurance
  • Notification/obligation to supply information
  • Organizational structure of the UN Secretariat
  • Outside employment and activities
  • Privileges and Immunities
  • Proprietary rights
  • Rights and obligations of Staff
  • Staff member's beneficiaries
  • Status of Staff
  • Use of property and assets
  • Appeals
  • Informal resolution and Ombudsman
  • Management evaluation
  • Suspension of action
  • United Nations Appeals Tribunal
  • United Nations Dispute Tribunal
  • Authority to appoint
  • Change of official duty station
  • Competitive examinations
  • Consideration of candidates
  • Family relationships
  • Geographical distribution
  • Inter-organization movements
  • Internal candidates and Internal vacancies
  • Junior Professional Officers
  • Medical examination
  • Medical standards
  • Nationality of staff member
  • Principles of selection
  • Re-employment
  • Reinstatement
  • Senior review bodies and central review bodies
  • Staff in posts subject to international recruitment
  • Staff in posts subject to local recruitment
  • Staff selection system
  • Types of Appointment
  • Annual leave
  • Home leave
  • Hours of work (leave-related)
  • Night differential
  • Official holidays
  • Overtime and compensatory time off
  • Parental Leave and Family Leave
  • Rest and recuperation (leave-related)
  • Sabbatical leave programme
  • Sick leave
  • Special leave
  • Unauthorized absence
  • Classification of posts
  • Administrative leave pending investigation and the Disciplinary process
  • Disciplinary measures
  • Due process in a Disciplinary process
  • Misconduct
  • After-service Health insurance
  • Death, injury or illness attributable to service
  • Life insurance
  • Loss or damage to personal effects attributable to service
  • Medical evacuations
  • Medical insurance
  • Occupational safety and Health
  • Parental Leave and Family Leave
  • Participation in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
  • Review of Medical decisions or recommendations
  • Sick leave benefits
  • Career development
  • Learning
  • Consultants and individual contractors
  • Experts on mission
  • Fellowship programme
  • Government provided personnel (military, police, corrections, civilian)
  • Gratis personnel
  • Informal resolution and Ombudsman
  • Internship programme
  • Mission subsistence allowance
  • Non-reimbursable loans of personnel services
  • One-dollar-a-year contracts
  • Participants in advisory meetings
  • Travel of other personnel (non-staff)
  • United Nations Volunteers
  • When-actually-employed contracts
  • Danger pay
  • Dependency allowances
  • Education grant
  • Hardship allowance
  • Language allowance
  • Mobility incentive
  • Non-Family service allowance
  • Overtime and compensatory time off
  • Post adjustment
  • Recruitment incentive
  • Rental subsidy
  • Repatriation grant
  • Representation allowance
  • Salary increments
  • Salary policy
  • Special Post allowance
  • Entitlements upon Separation
  • Types of Separation
  • Field Joint Negotiation Committee
  • Joint Negotiation Committee
  • Joint Staff-Management machinery
  • Staff representatives bodies and Staff representatives
  • Staff-Management Committee
  • Travel and relocation expenses
  • Daily subsistence allowance
  • Dates, mode, route and standard of travel
  • Education grant travel
  • Excess luggage
  • Family visit travel
  • Home leave travel
  • Illness or injury during Travel on official business
  • Insurance
  • Loss of entitlement to unaccompanied shipment or relocation shipment
  • Miscellaneous Travel expenses
  • Official Travel
  • Purchase of tickets
  • Travel and relocation rest and recuperation
  • Security and evacuation related allowances
  • Travel and relocation settling-in-grant
  • Shipments and relocation grant
  • Travel and relocation terminal expenses
  • Travel and relocation transportation of decedents
  • Travel and relocation travel advances
  • Travel and relocation travel by motor vehicle
  • Travel of other personnel (non-staff)
  • Visa and Travel documents
  • Breastfeeding
  • Emergency preparedness planning
  • Flexible working arrangement
  • Hours of work
  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Support to survivors and families
  • Performance of Staff
  • Transitional measures

    • Rights and obligations of Staff

    Staff and Financial Regulations and Rules

    Rights and obligations of staff are governed by the following Staff Regulations and Rules:

    Staff Regulation, 1.2

    Staff Rule, 1.2

    For more detailed provisions please refer to the administrative issuances related to this topic.

    Secretary-General's Bulletin(s)

    ST/SGB/2024/4 United Nations Values and Behaviours Framework
    ST/SGB/2023/3 Gender Focal Points in the Secretariat
    ST/SGB/2020/4 United Nations Flag Code
    ST/SGB/2019/8 Addressing discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority
    ST/SGB/2019/5 Institutional use of social media
    ST/SGB/2017/2/Rev.1 Protection against retaliation for reporting misconduct and for cooperating with duly authorized audits or investigations
    ST/SGB/2016/9 Status basic rights and duties of United Nations staff members
    ST/SGB/2008/5 Prohibition of discrimination harassment including sexual harassment and abuse of authority
    ST/SGB/2007/11/Amend.1 Amendment to the Secretary-General's bulletin ST/SGB/2007/11 on United Nations system-wide application of ethics: separately administered organs and programmes
    ST/SGB/2007/11 United Nations system-wide application of ethics: separately administered organs and programmes (Consolidated)
    ST/SGB/2007/11 United Nations system-wide application of ethics: separately administered organs and programmes
    ST/SGB/2006/5 Acceptance of pro bono goods and services
    ST/SGB/2003/13 Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
    ST/SGB/2003/9 Non-smoking policy at United Nations Headquarters New York
    ST/SGB/1999/13 Observance by United Nations forces of international humanitarian law
    ST/SGB/1999/9 Steering Committee for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat
    ST/SGB/1999/4 Family and child support obligations of staff members
    ST/SGB/282 Policies to achieve gender equality in the United Nations
    ST/SGB/198 Security Safety and Independence of the International Civil Service

    Administrative Instruction(s)

    ST/AI/2021/4/Rev.1 Performance Management and Development System
    ST/AI/2020/5 Temporary special measures for the achievement of gender parity
    ST/AI/2019/5 Authority of United Nations security officers
    ST/AI/2010/6 Road and driving safety
    ST/AI/2003/2 Testing in the Security and Safety Service at Headquarters for use of illegal drugs and controlled substances
    ST/AI/2000/12 Private legal obligations of staff members
    ST/AI/1998/1 Payment of Income Taxes to United States Tax Authorities
    ST/AI/387 Security Arrangements for Admission to United Nations Headquarters
    ST/AI/333 Personal Identification Cards - Headquarters
    ST/AI/292 Filing of adverse material in personnel records
    ST/AI/299 Reporting of arrest or detention of staff members other agents of the United Nations and members of their families
    ST/AI/108 Annual Inspection of Official Status File
    ST/AI/105 Maintenance of Personnel Record Cards
    ST/AI/104 Solicitation of Voluntary Contributions within the Secretariat

    Information Circular(s)

    ST/IC/2019/7 Availability of official documents to Secretariat officials
    ST/IC/2018/23 Arrangements for admission to United Nations Headquarters during the seventy-third session of the General Assembly
    ST/IC/2016/25 Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Framework of the United Nations Secretariat
    ST/IC/2016/10 No smoking policy at United Nations Headquarters premises
    ST/IC/2016/8 Imposition of fees associated with the privileges and benefits provided by the Office of Foreign Mission for non-United States citizens
    ST/IC/2014/29 Revised procedures for obtaining a driver's licence and testing requirements for licences with a motorcycle endorsement for non-United States citizens
    ST/IC/2013/34 United States revised policies and procedures concerning the authorization of utility tax exemption for the United Nations Secretariat and its eligible staff members
    ST/IC/2012/11 United States income tax requirements as they relate to employment authorizations for dependent family members
    ST/IC/2004/39 Procedures regarding citations for motor vehicle infractions

    Policy Guidelines

    Forms

    Miscellaneous