The Council invites you to the Ordinary General Assembly of staff, to be held on Friday 29 January 2016, at 1:30 p.m., in Room XVIII (E-Building). The agenda is as follows: 1. Adoption of the agenda2. Election of the Presiding Officer3. Election of the Polling Board4. Election of the auditors5. Report on…
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Important changes to our pay and retirement age | Modifications importantes à nos salaires et à l’age de la retraite
Dear Colleagues, You will recall proposals on the pay and benefits package for professional staff made by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to the General Assembly, under the title of the Compensation Review. If implemented in full, these proposals would have resulted in some staff being more than ten percent worse off. The Coordinating…
Guess how the SG reacted? – Campaign against pay cuts | Quelle était la réaction du Secrétaire-général? – campagne contre les coupures de salaire
Dear Colleagues, Your staff representatives presented your case to member states in New York on Tuesday regarding the pay cuts proposed by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). Last week we met the Secretary-General and called on him to support your campaign. You can read the statement of CCISUA (the federation to which your staff…
Significant delays in paying out UN pensions | Retards considérables dans le versement de la pension de retraite
Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, the pension fund recently put in place a new IT system called IPAS (Integrated Pension Administration System). While this was supposed to improve the client experience, it has instead led to significant delays in paying out pensions to newly retired colleagues – the delay can be as long…
Developments on office space in the Palais | Informations mises à jour sur l’espace de travail au Palais
As you may be aware, the renovations of the Palais, under the title of Strategic Heritage Plan, are currently being considered at the General Assembly in New York. Among the decisions that will be made by General Assembly, under pressure from large contributor countries, will be the use of office space. As you may know,…
Information session on how the pay cuts will affect you | Session d’information sur l’impact de la réduction de la rémunération
As you may know, the General Assembly will next month decide on whether to make significant cuts to the pay of professional staff at the UN. A similar exercise will take place in 1-2 years time for general service colleagues. For most staff, the cuts will result in a loss of several thousand francs per…
Stage de percussions au Palais | Percussion classes at the Palais
The United Nations Music Club offers all UN staff members the opportunity to be introduced to Afro-Caribbean percussions. A new seven-week initiation course will start on Monday 02 November until Monday 14 December 2015, and on Friday 6 November until Friday 18 December 2015. Applicants can select the Monday or Friday classes according to their availability…
Petition against 10% pay cuts | Pétition contre des coupures de salaire de 10%
Campaign to defend your pay Today we launch a critically important campaign to defend you against the cuts to your pay and benefits recommended in the ICSC compensation review (please see earlier broadcasts for more details). We need you to help in the campaign, which we can only win with your involvement and support. You…
Submission on SHP to ACABQ
Submission of the UNOG Staff Coordinating Council on the Strategic Heritage Plan to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.
Update on the restructuring at OHCHR
The UNOG Staff Coordinating Council would like to update you on the Change Initiative at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This restructuring of OHCHR involves the redeployment of a number of posts from Geneva to regional hubs in the field as well as to New York. In order to provide…