Multilingualism
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57. Invites the Secretary-General to include in senior managers’ compacts a
managerial indicator related to multilingualism, which assures the issuance of official
documentation to intergovernmental bodies and General Assembly committees in the
six official languages, where applicable;
58. Stresses that the employment of staff shall continue to be carried out in
strict accordance with Article 101 of the Charter and in line with the relevant
provisions of General Assembly resolutions;
59. Notes with concern that a number of recruitment handbooks developed by
the Office of Human Resources Management are available only in English, and
encourages the Secretary-General to ensure that upcoming reviews and updates, in
particular those of the applicant’s manual, are published simultaneously in the
working languages;
60. 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);
61. Takes note of the announcement of the forthcoming collaboration between
the Coordinator for Multilingualism and the Office of Human Resources Management
to assist in the development of guidelines supporting hiring managers in setting
language requirements in job openings that meet the needs of the Organization;
62. Also takes note of the decision of the Management Committee to request
the Office of Human Resources Management to review language skills assessment
during the staff selection process, invites the Secretary-General to take the appropriate
measures to consider the linguistic specificities mentioned in job openings during the
composition of interview panels, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon
during the seventy-third session of the General Assembly;
63. Invites the Secretary-General to take the appropriate measures to consider
the linguistic specificities mentioned in job openings during the composition of
interview panels for the employment of United Nations staff;
64. 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
65. Recalls its resolution 66/233 of 24 December 2011, in particular
paragraph 7 of section III thereof, reiterates its request that the Secretary-General
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;
66. Acknowledges the measures taken by the Secretary-General, in accordance
with its resolutions, to address the issue of the replacement of retiring staff in the
language services, and requests the Secretary-General to maintain and to intensify
those efforts, including through the strengthening of cooperation with institutions that
train language specialists to meet the needs in the six official languages of the United
Nations;
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