We are now entering our 5th week of teleworking and we hope that you are managing to keep a balance between your personal and professional lives. As you may know, the liquidity crisis facing the UN’s regular budget is ongoing and the outbreak of COVID-19 has only worsened the situation, despite a reduction in expenditure…
Author: Staff Council
Your online copy of UN Today, the staff magazine: special COVID issue | Votre copie numérique de UN Today, le magazine du personnel : numéro spécial sur le COVID
We are pleased to share with you the April issue of UN Today, the magazine of UN and international organization staff (and consultants and interns) in Geneva. The main highlights include: Your stories and photos on how you and your families are coping in the current situation What the crisis means for the future of…
Our work programme | Notre programme de travail
We hope that you are managing to teleworking during this period of confinement. We are looking forward to a return to normality as soon as the circumstances allow, as we are only too aware of the challenges that teleworking entails for many of you. Like all of you, the Staff Coordinating Council is continuing to…
Pension Fund investment chief resigns following market crisis | Le responsable des investissements de la Caisse des pensions démissionne suite à la crise boursière
We would like to update you on the situation regarding the investments at the UN Pension Fund. Since last year the UN Participant Representatives (Ian Richards, Michelle Rockcliffe, Ibrahima Faye, Mary Rakabeh, Bernadette Nyiratunga, Aissatou Ndiaye) have been raising concerns with the Secretary-General and his team, with regards to how our investments have been managed….
COVID-19 and temporary contract holders | COVID-19 et les titulaires de contrats temporaires
We hope that you are all coping working from home. You have been over 1000 to join our Facebook group UN Geneva community and to show your solidarity at these challenging times. Many of you on temporary appointments also contacted us to share your concerns about the future of your contracts, health insurance and residence…
Our meeting yesterday with the Secretary-General on COVID-19 | Notre réunion d’hier avec le Secrétaire général sur le COVID-19
Yesterday, the Secretary-General held meetings duty-station by duty-station. The video meeting for Geneva was attended by the UNOG Director-general and heads of departments in Geneva. The UNOG Staff Coordinating Council was invited to participate. In addition to expressing his solidarity with staff, and following queries from our side, the Secretary-General informed us of the following:…
[Cancelled] Inter-Agency Games 2020 | [Annulés] Jeux inter-institutions 2020
We take this opportunity to convey to you the following message from the organizers of the 2020 Inter-Agency Games (IAG): “The global pandemic COVID-19 has presented the international community with extremely complicated and quickly evolving challenges. After weeks of intensive information-gathering and discussion amongst the IAG Organizing Committee and the IAG Secretariat, it has been…
New Facebook group to stay in touch “UN Geneva Community” | Nouveau groupe Facebook pour rester en contact « UN Geneva Community »
We know right now that it can be difficult to find information on fast-changing developments in the region or share your concerns with us or colleagues, especially as we are all at home. To help you we have created a new Facebook group for UN staff, consultants, interns and retirees called UN Geneva Community. Please…
UPDATE Your concerns regarding COVID-19 | MISE-A-JOUR Vos préoccupations relatives au COVID-19
Following our broadcast yesterday, many of you have contacted us to share your concerns. At the same time we have observed that based on developments, certain private and international organizations, including UNICEF and ITU, have authorized their staff to start teleworking for the next couple of weeks or until further notice. For the benefit of…
UPDATE on Inter-Agency Games 2020 | MISE-A-JOUR Jeux inter-institutions 2020
We take this opportunity to convey to you the following message from the United Nations Staff Sports Commission in Geneva (UNSSC): “The Organizing Committee of the Inter Agency Games 2020 would like to inform you that, after consultation with the various stakeholders, we are reviewing the possible scenarios for the 2020 Inter-Agency Games. Developments regarding…