123. Human resources management

At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-third session on the issues related to human resources management reform; recruitment and staffing; rostering; the staff selection system; national competitive examinations; measures to improve equitable geographical distribution; measures to recruit and appoint nationals from unrepresented and underrepresented Member States, in particular developing countries, including at such senior levels as Under-Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General; gender representation; mobility; staff development policy; human resources action plans and accountability; and implementation of the human resources information technology system; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-third session reports, as appropriate, on the results of the implementation of the resolution (resolution 61/244).

At its resumed sixty-second session, in April 2008, the General Assembly decided to continue consideration of the issue of contractual arrangements and conditions of service, including in United Nations field operations, as a matter of priority at the main part of the sixty-third session (resolution 62/248).

At the same resumed sixty-second session, in April 2008, under agenda item 126, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-third session consideration of the reports of the Secretary-General contained in documents A/61/732, A/62/274 & A/61/861; the addendum to the report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 2006 (A/61/30/Add.1); and the report of the Advisory Committee (A/62/7/Add.14 (sect. II)) (decision 62/545 B).