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The UNOG Staff Union represents the staff of the UN Secretariat in Geneva.
It represents you before management in Geneva and New York in all areas related to your conditions of service and welfare.
We need your support
to continue fighting for your rights.
Top stories
Recent instructions on the budget cuts | Directives récentes sur les coupes budgétaires
Heads of UN Secretariat departments have recently received two further memos containing instructions on how to respond to the liquidity crisis and prepare for the planned UN80 cuts. One memo gives instructions that fixed-term appointments can only be renewed for a...
Why we do not agree with Volker Turk’s expensive and poorly-managed project
Like our OHCHR colleagues we attended last week’s townhall where High Commissioner Volker Turk presented his latest plans for moving staff out of headquarters. We note that this project has been carried out without adequate consultation with the staff union. The...
Townhall meeting on UN80 with USG Guy Ryder | Réunion générale sur l’initiative UN80 avec le Secrétaire général adjoint Guy Ryder
Like you, we have many questions and concerns on UN 80 and the way it is being conducted. Many of you are asking questions; many of these can only be answered by those making the decisions. For this reason we have invited Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for...
New memo from the Controller on the budget | Nouvelle circulaire sur le budget de la part du Contrôleur
Ever since the Secretary-General mentioned to the member states that he wanted to see 20 per cent cuts in posts, we have been trying to find out what that would look like in practice. Heads of departments and offices were told to produce revised budget submissions,...
Why we do not agree with UN 80 and our next actions | Nos désaccords sur l’initative UN80 et les prochaines démarches
We met with management last week to discuss UN 80 through the Staff-Management Committee (SMC): Among the issues raised was the continuing lack of transparency and lack of consultation. For example, the Secretary-General told staff that “leaks and rumours...
Townhall on the Office of Staff Legal Assistance (OSLA) | Réunion générale sur le Bureau de l’aide juridique au personnel
In this uncertain period, we have received questions about how to legally contest a decision that affects you. Therefore, we have invited Marcos Zunino, the Chief of the Office of Staff Legal Assistance (OSLA) to brief you on the services provided by his office,...
Secretary-General’s briefing to member states on UN80 | L’adresse du Secrétaire général aux états membres au sujet de l’initative UN80
Yesterday the Secretary-General briefed the General Assembly on the UN 80 initiative. You can watch the recording here. He informed the member states that, for its mandate implementation workstream, the task force had established 7 working clusters, each one...
Panel commemorating International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia next Tuesday | Table ronde à l’occasion de la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie, la transphobie et la biphobie
The UNOG Staff Union was approached by the Geneva coordinators of UN-GLOBE with a request to publicize this event organized for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Since the global theme for the Day concerns the power of communities,...
Media coverage of the Geneva demonstration | Couverture médiatique de la manifestation à Genève
We would like to thank all those of you who attended our May Day demonstration to protest against the current wave of job cuts and budget reductions throughout the UN system. Around 500 people took part, and the protest received widespread media coverage. You can...
May issue of UN Today is out | Le numéro de mai de UN Today vient de paraître
In this month’s UN Today, out now: UNVs and the future of volunteering Reflections of a peacekeeper How the Rio carnival became inclusive Visit Lake Lucerne And more… Read the October edition here or visit our website. UN Today is your magazine, if you want...
Townhall on the Pension Fund this Wednesday 7 May | Réunion générale sur la Caisse des pensions ce mercredi le 7 mai
In these difficult times we have been receiving a lot of questions about our pension fund. For this reason we are organizing a townhall on this important topic this Wednesday from 10.30 to 12.30. Please click here to join. The presenters will be Denise...
Our position on the memo on the relocation of jobs from Geneva | Notre avis sur la circulaire sur la délocalisation des emplois de Genève
The last few weeks have been extremely difficult. News of plans to transform the UN have resulted in worries about reductions in staff and an inability to fulfil mandates. In this regard, you may have seen this memo from the Chef de Cabinet requesting heads of...
Join us this Thursday 1 May on the Place des Nations in solidarity with UN staff losing their jobs | Rejoignez-nous ce jeudi le premier mai à la place des Nations en solidarité avec les collègues onusiens qui perdent leur emploi
This Thursday 1 May at 12.30 staff from UN organisations across Geneva will be gathering on the Place des Nations in solidarity with the at least 20,000 colleagues so far who are losing their jobs. The gathering has been authorized by the local authorities and is...
Padel, pickleball and badminton now available at the International Tennis Club | Le padel, le pickleball et le badminton sont désormais proposés au Club international de tennis
We are pleased to inform you that padel, pickleball and badminton courts have now been installed at the International Tennis Club. You can find out more here, including prices and how to play. The International Tennis Club is managed by the UN Geneva Staff Welfare...
Top stories
Recent instructions on the budget cuts | Directives récentes sur les coupes budgétaires
Heads of UN Secretariat departments have recently received two further memos containing instructions on how to respond to the liquidity crisis and prepare for the planned UN80 cuts. One memo gives instructions that fixed-term appointments can...
Why we do not agree with Volker Turk’s expensive and poorly-managed project
Like our OHCHR colleagues we attended last week’s townhall where High Commissioner Volker Turk presented his latest plans for moving staff out of headquarters. We note that this project has been carried out without adequate consultation with the...
Townhall meeting on UN80 with USG Guy Ryder | Réunion générale sur l’initiative UN80 avec le Secrétaire général adjoint Guy Ryder
Like you, we have many questions and concerns on UN 80 and the way it is being conducted. Many of you are asking questions; many of these can only be answered by those making the decisions. For this reason we have invited Guy Ryder,...
New memo from the Controller on the budget | Nouvelle circulaire sur le budget de la part du Contrôleur
Ever since the Secretary-General mentioned to the member states that he wanted to see 20 per cent cuts in posts, we have been trying to find out what that would look like in practice. Heads of departments and offices were told to produce revised...
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