Category: COVID-19

As you recall from our broadcast of 25 March concerning temporary contract holders, we have followed up with management regarding the situation of those colleagues who are facing so much uncertainty and additional stress during this exceptional period. Concerning the renewal of contracts, it will depend on several factors, including the availability of funds and…

We are now entering our 5th week of teleworking and we hope that you are managing to keep a balance between your personal and professional lives. As you may know, the liquidity crisis facing the UN’s regular budget is ongoing and the outbreak of COVID-19 has only worsened the situation, despite a reduction in expenditure…

We hope that you are all coping working from home. You have been over 1000 to join our Facebook group UN Geneva community and to show your solidarity at these challenging times. Many of you on temporary appointments also contacted us to share your concerns about the future of your contracts, health insurance and residence…

Yesterday, the Secretary-General held meetings duty-station by duty-station. The video meeting for Geneva was attended by the UNOG Director-general and heads of departments in Geneva. The UNOG Staff Coordinating Council was invited to participate. In addition to expressing his solidarity with staff, and following queries from our side, the Secretary-General informed us of the following:…

We take this opportunity to convey to you the following message from the organizers of the 2020 Inter-Agency Games (IAG): “The global pandemic COVID-19 has presented the international community with extremely complicated and quickly evolving challenges. After weeks of intensive information-gathering and discussion amongst the IAG Organizing Committee and the IAG Secretariat, it has been…

We know right now that it can be difficult to find information on fast-changing developments in the region or share your concerns with us or colleagues, especially as we are all at home. To help you we have created a new Facebook group for UN staff, consultants, interns and retirees called UN Geneva Community. Please…

Following our broadcast yesterday, many of you have contacted us to share your concerns. At the same time we have observed that based on developments, certain private and international organizations, including UNICEF and ITU, have authorized their staff to start teleworking for the next couple of weeks or until further notice. For the benefit of…

Many of you have been contacting us to share your concerns concerning the increasing number of COVID-19 infections in Switzerland and the various preventative measures being currently undertaken by UNOG As you are aware, UNOG administration has undertaken concrete actions such as: The cancellation of the guided tours and of certain meetings and parallel events….