Session Report

Report of  18th Session (June 2009, New York)

Mandatory age of Separation; Standards of conduct for the international civil service; Review of separation payments; Update on staff survey; Considerations related to reviewing the Job Evaluation Standards for the General Service and related categories; Review of procedures for the classification of duty stations according to the conditions of life and work – A road map; Progress report on development of a Senior Management Network; Recommendations of the HLCM Steering Committee on Safety & Security of Staff – Outcomes of the three Working Groups; Updates from Working Groups on Appendix D; Medical Directors Working Group; Staff & Stress Counsellors’ Group; Guidelines on Succession Planning; Recruitment Practices; Recruitment for Senior Posts; Mobility Accord; FB Network Update; UN Leaders Programme; UN Cares; Dual Career & Staff Mobility; Recognition of Personal Status; Proposal for the Extension of the Language Incentive Scheme to National Professional Officers; New Contractual Arrangements and Revised Rules & Regulations; HR-related projects included in the HLCM Plan of Action for Harmonization of Business Practices; Work-Life Balance in the UN System; Administrative Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic; HR Network Working Group on Disability; Language Proficiency Exams.