Chartered Medical Evacuation Travel (CMET) consists of obtaining highly specialized medical air ambulance services together with, as necessary, professional medical services to evacuate a critically ill staff member or dependent. CMET is to be used for the most critical emergencies and when commercial air transportation by the most direct and economical route (the normal mode for MET) is not sufficient to safeguard the staff member’s life. All Heads of Office should be fully briefed on CMET procedures, have all relevant contact numbers of medical officers, approving officers, International SOS and HQ contacts and are expected to be capable of acting quickly and correctly outside normal working hours.
Family visit travel provides periodic family visits for eligible staff residing alone at their duty station provided they meet the conditions set out in the Family Visit policy.
The purpose of the Home Leave (HL) travel entitlement is to allow eligible internationally recruited staff members periodic visits to their home country to renew and strengthen cultural and family ties. Having a multicultural staff is a founding principle of our international civil service. The UN invests in maintaining its multicultural nature through the HL entitlement. HL does not carry any extra entitlement to days of leave beyond the normal annual leave entitlement. The time spent on HL is charged against the staff member’s normal annual leave entitlement. Absence on HL is subject to the exigencies of service, as determined and approved by the staff member’s supervisor.
The purpose of Medical Evacuation Travel (MET) is to allow staff members and eligible dependents the opportunity to secure essential medical care or treatment for a severe illness or injury requiring medical intervention which is locally unavailable or inadequate.
Rest and Recuperation (R&R) is provided to alleviate stress and promote the health and wellbeing of staff assigned to designated locations. R&R is neither additional annual leave nor financial compensation or incentive for the hardship of the duty station; rather it is an investment in productivity and wellness for those assigned to dangerous and stressful duty stations where regular absences from the stressful location is a necessary form of stress relief.