Is your department downsizing? Is your department restructuring or going through a change initiative? Do you feel your rights as a staff member have been infringed? Then please join us for a meeting on this topic, this Thursday, 12 January 2017, from 1.30 to 2.30 p.m. in Room XXII. Mr. Robbie Leighton, lawyer at the…
Chinese Book Club Exhibition / Message du Conseil de coordination du personnel : Exposition organisée par le Club du livre chinois
The UN Chinese Book Club has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the opening ceremony of the photographic exhibition “Beautiful China, Beautiful Switzerland” at the Mezzanine, Building E today at 1.00 p.m. Chinese food and gifts will be offered at the ceremony. The exhibition will last until 19 January 2017. We would also…
Staff meeting this Thursday to know your rights in case of downsizing, restructuring or other workplace issues / Réunion du personnel ce jeudi pour connaître vos droits en cas de réduction des effectifs, de restructuration ou autres questions sur le lieu
Is your department downsizing? Is your department restructuring or going through a change initiative? Do you feel your rights as a staff member have been infringed? Then please join us for a meeting on this topic, this Thursday, 12 January 2017, from 1.30 to 2.30 p.m. in Room XXII. Mr. Robbie Leighton, lawyer at the…
António Guterres’ first meeting as Secretary-General was with staff unions – here’s what happened | Comment s’est passée la première réunion d’António Guterres avec les syndicats du personnel?
António Guterres’ first meeting as Secretary-General, within an hour of entering the UN building, was with the staff unions. At the meeting, staff raised the following issues: simplify mobility to more quickly recruit and deploy staff and make it more staff-friendly; make performance management work; better protect whistleblowers; protect staff in the Global Service Delivery…
Percussion classes at the Palais / Message du Conseil de coordination : Stage de percussions au Palais
The United Nations Music Club offers all UN staff members the opportunity to be introduced to Afro-Caribbean percussion. A new twelve week initiation course will start every Monday from 9 January to 27 March 2017 and another every Friday from 13 January to 31 March 2017 . Applicants can select the Monday or Friday classes…
Good news as General Assembly puts stop to removal of Pension Fund from UN | Bonnes nouvelles à un moment où l’Assemblée générale bloque la sortie de la Caisse de l’ONU
We are pleased to inform you that the General Assembly has listened to your concerns and is taking formal action to address the problems at the UN pension fund. In its draft resolution, to be formally adopted this week, the General Assembly: Rejects new financial rules proposed by the fund’s board. We had argued that the…
Christmas Concert by the UN Music Club | Concert de Noël du Club de musique de l’ONU
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 20 December 2016, at 12.30 p.m. in the Salle des Pas Perdus. Everyone is most welcome to attend the concert and sing the…
Minute of silence for Syria | Minute de silence pour la Syrie
Many of you have contacted us to express your deep concern and outrage over the suffering of the people of Syria. To this end, we wish to invite you to observe a minute of silence for all victims of the Syrian conflict, including 46 of our own UN colleagues who have been killed, injured or…
Are private/international schools in Geneva value for money? Please tell us | RAPPEL : Fréquenter une école privée/internationale à Genève, est-il un bon investissement ? Votre avis nous intéresse
As you know, the General Assembly approved in its December 2015 resolution A/70/244 a revised compensation package for staff members in the P category and above, on the basis of recommendations from the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). These changes have an impact on several allowances, including the education grant where the system is now…
Official holidays in 2017 have changed, here’s why | Les jours fériés en 2017 ont changé, voilà pourquoi
As you may be aware, the official holidays in 2017 now include floating holidays (see calendar). Under this system which, reflects a pilot in New York that was popular with staff there, staff retain the right to ten official holidays a year (in addition to 30 days of annual leave). Nine of the ten official holidays…