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Resources Management and the Secretary-General. The High Commissioner will no longer
have the authority or the ability to select the candidate he considers best suited for a
position, nor strive to accomplish the Office’s human resources objectives and targets,
especially with regard to geography and gender. While the High Commissioner may still
inform the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management on the human
resources priorities of OHCHR, he has no final say in the selection process. OHCHR will
work closely with the Office of Human Resources Management in the implementation of
the new system and asure the Assistant Secretary-General that geographic diversity
continues to be a priority for OHCHR.
V. Conclusion
22.
The procedures and framework adopted by the High Commissioner, and the
noticeable, sustained progress made since 2006 in increasing the geographical
diversity of OHCHR staff through them reflect the priority that the High
Commissioner continues to give to this issue. The Office remains attentive to the need
to maintain emphasis on the broadest possible geographical diversity of its staff, and
will continue its efforts in this regard, working closely with the Office of Human
Resources Management under the new system of recruitment for the Secretariat.
Under the new system, however, there will be no separate measures by or for OHCHR
upon which to report to the Human Rights Council with regard to the composition of
its staff. OHCHR therefore draws the attention of the Council to the report of the
Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat: staff demographics, and the
comprehensive information it contains on, inter alia, the staff of OHCHR.
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