As you may know, a memorial service took place in New York last week to remember the more than 100 UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty last year, and mark five years since the earthquake in Haiti. Our colleagues were victims of violence, extremism, pandemics, or even attacks by UN…
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General Assembly that will affect you, including on retirement
Welcome back from the holidays. We would like to update you on a number of decisions the General Assembly took at the end of last month that will affect you. The UNOG Staff Coordinating Council worked hard to influence these outcomes, both with other unions at the UN and through the federation of unions to which…
Staff party on Friday 12 December 2014
Friday night is the staff party, time once again to let your hair down and do things you may regret the next day – see the photos from last year. Headlining the party this year is the well-known 70s, 80s disco, funk and soul cover band, Time Machine, who we guarantee will get you on your…
Staff Council promotes staff interests in New York
As you may be aware, one of the challenges we face being in Geneva is that many decisions affecting us are made in New York, either by the General Assembly or by senior management. For this reason we committed ourselves in our work programme to use all forms of staff-management for available to us in order to…
Statement at General Assembly on retirement age, salaries
Earlier this week the Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations (CCISUA), to which we as UNOG staff belong, intervened at the General Assembly (Fifth Committee) on the following human resources-related matters: the possibility of current staff to be able to choose to retire at 65 as of 2016; the current review of your…
Update on problems at the UN pension fund
Firstly thanks to the 13,000 of you who signed the petition supporting our campaign to keep the pension fund in the UN. The board of the fund supported this approach and asked that staff representatives be included in negotiations for an administrative relationship agreement, to be concluded by 30 September. As of today, we have…
HR-Staff Council information sessions / Séances d’information Ressources humaines-Conseil de coordination
Following the joint HR-Staff Council information sessions on 17 September, 25 September, 2 October and 9 October 2014, the slides of the presentation are attached. Suite aux séances d’information conjoint entre le Département des Ressources Humaines et le Conseil de coordination tenues le 17 septembre, 25 septembre, 2 octobre et 9 octobre 2014, les diapositives…
Security Council supports our campaign for staff safety
We are pleased to inform you that the Security Council passed resolution 2175 requiring accountability for those who kill our colleagues. (Pertinent text below) The resolution follows recent actions by your staff union calling for those who kill UN staff to be held accountable. These actions have included: a letter sent by unions to the…
Head of WIPO staff association fired in retaliation for whistleblowing
On Friday 19 September 2014, Mr. Moncef Kateb, head of the WIPO staff association was summarily dismissed. This was done in advance of WIPO’s annual governing body meeting, where he was expected to criticize the controversial management style and behaviour of Director-General Francis Gurry. Please find here a letter from staff unions of the UN…
Potential changes to your pay, benefits and choice of retirement age
We would like to update you on how your pay, benefits and conditions of service will be affected by the recently concluded 79th session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). For background, the ICSC is an independent expert body whose mandate is to regulate and coordinate the conditions of service of staff in the…