Document :

ITU-SG�CL� Contribution� 47

Title :

Personal status for the purpose of ITU entitlements

Date :

2022-02-18

Source :

SG

Destination Groups :

ADM

Meeting :

2022-03-21

Access :

Public Document

Abstract :

At the United Nations, the recognition of domestic partnerships is governed by the Secretary-General's Bulletin ST/SGB/2004/13/Rev.1 of 26 June 2014. It states that the personal status of staff members for the purpose of entitlements under the Staff Rules and Staff Regulations of the United Nations will be determined by reference to the law of the competent authority under which the personal status has been established.
The UN Secretariat, its Funds, Programmes and Commissions recognize domestic partnerships, as they fall under the purview of Staff Rules and Staff Regulations of the United Nations. All the UN specialized agencies have followed suit. ITU is the last remaining agency in the UN system that has not as yet followed the same protocol as identified in the UN Secretary-General's Bulletin.
The secretariat has proposed an amendment to the Staff Regulations to allow the recognition of domestic partnerships. The proposal has been discussed at the Virtual Consultation of Councillors (VCC/C21, in June 2021) and at the Council Working Group on Finance and Human Resources (September 2021 and January 2022) and no consensus has been reached.