The United Nations Music Club offers all UN staff members the opportunity to be introduced to World Percussion.A new nine-week initiation course will start from (every) Friday 18 January until Friday 29 March 2019. Applicants can select the 12:00 to 12:40 class (beginners) or 12:40 to 13:20 (advanced) classes according to their availability and musical level. You will…
Latest on jobs impact of GSDM | Informations mises à jour sur l’impact du GSDM sur les postes de travail
You may recall that the General Assembly was asked last June by the Secretary General to consider a number of proposed locations to which to relocate certain administrative functions. These included Budapest, Nairobi and Mexico City. At the time we spoke with a number of delegates and expressed our concerns. This included the lack of…
Results of the survey on misconduct in the workplace | Résultats de l’enquête sur la conduite prohibée
The Coordinating Committee for Staff Unions and Associations (CCISUA), of which your union is a member, recently undertook a staff survey on harassment, discrimination, sexual harassment and abuse of authority (this survey was distinct from the management survey on sexual harassment only). We are grateful to the respondents for their time and efforts, which will…
Staff Council budget changes and impact on future activities | Modifications du budget du Conseil et impact sur les activités à venir
You will recall our broadcast last month regarding the reduction in income to the Staff Council for the current financial year. In view of this, the Council conducted a review of its budget, which also prompted a more general review of our activities and expenditures for the 2018-2019 budget cycle. Measures were also taken to…
Lunch time Christmas concert on Tuesday 11 December | Concert de Noël à midi ce mardi 11 décembre
The Choir of the United Nations Music Club, together with an invited chamber music group, have the pleasure to invite you to a lunch time Christmas concert, to be held this Tuesday 11 December 2018, at 12.30 p.m. in the Salle des pas perdus. Everyone is most welcome to attend the concert and sing the Christmas…
Update on the new building and outcome of the hot-desking pilot project | Informations mises à jour sur le Plan stratégique patrimonial et conclusions du projet pilote sur le « hot-desking »
You will have seen that the new building H is slowly coming together and the underground car park will soon have a new entrance. The General Assembly has decreed that all staff in the new building, to be completed in 2020, be subject to hot-desking (variously referred to by the Administration as flexible workspace or…
Christmas concert this Monday 17 December | Concert de Noël, lundi 17 décembre
You are cordially invited to a free Christmas concert this Monday 17 December at 5.30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations. Please drop by to hear a choir perform a one-hour program of festive songs (see flyer below). We hope this performance – initiated by staff, for staff – will give a jubilant start to…
Extension of the courtesy period for staff on temporary contracts | Extension de la période de courtoisie pour les détenteurs de contrats temporaires
Dear colleagues on temporary contracts, During our meeting held on 18 October, several of you raised various concerns, some notably related to the courtesy period legitimation card usually awarded for 2-months by the Swiss authorities at the end of a contract, which forces some of you to leave Switzerland by the end of said period. …
Update on SAFI and actions by the Council | Informations mises à jour sur le SAFI et actions du Conseil
We would like to update you on developments concerning the financial situation at SAFI and its impact on Staff Council activities. For memory, SAFI has since its foundation been a Swiss-registered commercial operation that pays taxes. It benefits staff in a number of ways: by providing a convenient onsite store; by providing discounted products; and…
Update on removing limits to GS career development | Informations mises à jour sur l’élimination des barrières qui entravent les perspectives de carrière des agents des services généraux
As a follow-up to our broadcast of 15 November, please note that the ACABQ, the committee that advises the General Assembly on administrative matters, has examined the proposal, developed jointly with management, to remove limits to General Service colleagues applying for P positions and issued report A/73/497. Their report notes the following: 30. “The Advisory Committee notes…