A/RES/67/292
Multilingualism
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Human resources management and staff training
32. Recalls its resolution 67/255, in particular paragraph 35 thereof, in which
it reaffirmed the need to respect the equality of the two working languages of the
Secretariat, reaffirmed the use of additional working languages in specific duty
stations as mandated, and in that regard requested the Secretary-General to ensure
that vacancy announcements specified the need for either of the working languages
of the Secretariat, unless the functions of the post required a specific working
language;
33. Notes with satisfaction the willingness of the Secretariat to encourage
staff members, in meetings with interpretation services, to use any of the six official
languages of which they have a command;
34. Encourages United Nations staff members to continue to actively use
existing training facilities to acquire and enhance their proficiency in one or more of
the official languages of the United Nations;
35. Requests the Secretary-General to continue the efforts to ensure that
training opportunities in the six official languages are equally available to all staff;
36. Recalls section II, paragraph 17, of its resolution 61/244 of 22 December
2006, in which it acknowledged that the interaction of the United Nations with the
local population in the field was essential and that language skills constituted an
important element of the selection and training processes and therefore affirmed that
a good command of the official language(s) spoken in the country of residence
should be taken into account as an additional asset during those processes;
37. Stresses that the employment of staff shall continue to be carried out in
strict accordance with Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations and in line
with the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions;
38. Invites the Secretary-General to ensure compliance with the requirement
for United Nations staff to have the ability to use one of the working languages of
the Secretariat, and encourages the Secretary-General to further the implementation
of resolution 2480 B (XXIII);
39. Also invites the Secretary-General to take the appropriate measures to
consider the linguistic specificities mentioned in vacancy announcements during the
composition of interview panels for the employment of United Nations staff;
40. Stresses that the promotion of staff in the Professional and higher
categories shall be carried out in strict accordance with Article 101 of the Charter
and in line with the provisions of resolution 2480 B (XXIII) and the relevant
provisions of resolution 55/258 of 14 June 2001;
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Language services staff
41. Recalls its resolution 66/233 of 24 December 2011, in particular
paragraph 7 of section III thereof, and reiterates its request that the SecretaryGeneral ensure that all language services are given equal treatment and are provided
with equally favourable working conditions and resources, with a view to achieving
maximum quality of services, with full respect for the specificities of the six official
languages, and in that regard recalls section D, paragraph 11, of its resolution
54/248 of 23 December 1999;
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