UNITED A ue'neral Assembly nistr" GKN~RAL lV'15/6 10( 1990.U) ORIGINAL: RNGLISH r Forty ....-fiftn s~ssion PROGRAMME X.ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PrograJlllrt€l 41. CONTENTS A.Prograrnme 41.1 ~.41.25 2 1.General orientation 41.1-41.10 2 2.Overall strategy . 3.Subprogramme structure andpriorities . 4.Medical andemployee assistance .2.Recruitment, placement andcareer development .6 9664. 7 1241.11 -41.23 41.24-41.25 41.26 "'""41.64 41.26 -41.29 41.30-41.37 41.38-41.53 41.54 -41.64Staffadministration andtraining 3.1.Policy planning andanalysis .B.Subprogrammes ..........................................•. *Thepresent document. contains programrt,(,! 41ofth"jpropol>od ri1€i,d1 UJ11·l@n" planfortheperiod 1992-1997. Thecomplete medium-term planwill M tlybo issued infinalprinted formasOfLLclcfll_RsLcQrds of lliJS-fifth Session, S_ill2E.J...?m~rLtJlo,J) (A/45/6/Rev.1). 90-12185 1542f (E) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library1.Ger~ral orie~tation 41.1 Th~ge~eral r~andat.e fort.heprer;:ent proqrOlT,c6e derives fromArticles 8,100 and101oftheChart.er oft.heUnited l<iations andtheStaffRegulations andRulesof theelh:11ted Fiat-ions estahlilflhed bytheGeneral Assembly. Itderives alsofroma SOl(ielilof$UbfiH~quent relflolut.ions adopted annually bytheAssembly onpersonnel quet:1tions andcmthereview oftheefficiency oftheadministrative andfinancial functioning oftheUr.ited Hatlong; themostrecentbeingAss€n'.bly resolutions 44/185 of19Decei'J":.Der 19a9and44/200 of21Decefl':ber 1989,respectively. 41.2Thernliiitlobjli}ctive oftheprograll7.me istoplan,attract, develop andretain a con6~lV€i ii!'ldproductive workforcethattheUnited Nations Secretariat requires in order t~odischarge itr!lrespon.sibilities undertheCharter. 41.'1During thelai\ijtdecClde, thegradual expansion insizeoftheOrganization and the:widt1lning of.itaiscopeofworkhagcreated theneedforanewapproach to penwnnel nUlnagem.eHlt, whereby theemphasis hastobeshifted fromapolicy of per~onn~l management tothedevelopment ofadyna~ic humanresources management phmandpoliCIli;G •F'ollowing thli;adoption bytheGeneral Assembly ofresolution 41/213 of19DeCeIIlbt1lr 1986,containing itsdecisions ontherecommendations ofthe GnHlpofHigh·~·level Intergovernrliental Experts toReview theEfficiency ofthe Adfl\it!i$tr8tiv~ ~ndFinancial Functioning oftheUnited Nations, contained inits report, th@m,Mlagement ofhumanresources hasbecome acritical activity inthe Organization, especially inthelightoftherestructuring oftheSecretariat and Lh.po.t-reduction exercise. 41.4Amajorpersonnel policy reform wasinitiated consolidating allrecruitment andplacement activities, 50thatfuture humanresources needscouldbeforecast moreaccur.lltely andthoseactivities planned moreeffectively. Atthesametime, activities related tocompensation andclassification werecombined sothatgreater control couldbeexercised overtheadministration ofallowances andbenefits and the a(~v.lopment ofjobClliissification standards. Adynamic training programme, geared toth~changing needsoftheOrganization, waslaunched withaviewto increasing theeffectiveness andefficiency ofthestaff. Withtheneedfor rovedmanagement skills, career development prospects andtheincreased usageof cOn'!putl'Jtr proclll::lsing andoffice automation, thosetraining programmes havebeenof particular importance. Finally, activities related tomedical services and employ••assistance werealsobrought underonecommon management direction. 41.5Rapidshifts ininternational structures, relationships andpolicies have created internal challenges fortheOrganization andarelikely toplaceincreasing
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