Article XII
The present Regulations may be supplemented or amended by the General Assembly, without prejudice to the acquired rights of staff members.
Such staff rules and amendments as the Secretary-General may make to implement the present Regulations shall be provisional until the requirements of regulations 12.3 and 12.4 below have been met.
The full text of provisional staff rules and amendments shall be reported annually to the General Assembly. Should the Assembly find that a provisional rule and/or amendment is inconsistent with the intent and purpose of the Regulations, it may direct that the rule and/or amendment be withdrawn or modified.
The provisional rules and amendments reported by the Secretary-General, taking into account such modifications and/or deletions as may be directed by the General Assembly, shall enter into full force and effect on 1 January following the year in which the report is made to the Assembly.
Staff rules shall not give rise to acquired rights within the meaning of regulation 12.1 while they are provisional.
Chapter XII
Staff rules 1.1 (Status of staff) to 13.6 (Repatriation grant) are applicable to all staff members appointed by the Secretary-General.
Gender of terms
(a) In the text of the Staff Rules, reference to staff members in the masculine gender shall apply to staff members of both sexes, unless it is clearly inappropriate from the context to do so.
(b) In the text of the Staff Rules, reference to the Secretary-General in the masculine gender shall apply to Secretaries-General of both sexes, unless it is clearly inappropriate from the context to do so.
Amendments of and exceptions to the Staff Rules
(a) Subject to staff regulations in article XII (General provisions), the Staff Rules may be amended by the Secretary-General in a manner consistent with the Staff Regulations.
(b) Exceptions to the Staff Rules may be made by the Secretary-General, provided that such exception is not inconsistent with any staff regulation or other decision of the General Assembly and provided further that it is agreed to by the staff member directly affected and is, in the opinion of the Secretary-General, not prejudicial to the interests of any other staff member or group of staff members.
Effective date and authentic texts of rules
Except as otherwise indicated and subject always to the provisions of staff regulations in article XII (General provisions), staff rules 1.7, 3.17, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.4, 8.2, 9.1, 9.4, 12.2 and 13.5 and appendices A and C as published in the present bulletin shall be effective on 1 January 2023. All other staff rules as published in the present bulletin shall be provisionally effective on 1 January 2023. The English and French texts of the Staff Rules are equally authoritative.