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Financial Accountability and Internal Controls

Effective Date

Jan 31, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Financial Accountability and Internal Controls policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

Financial Disclosure

Effective Date

Feb 01, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Financial Disclosure policy is available in French and Spanish. To access the documents, click on the French and Spanish language tabs.

ICT Disaster Recovery Standards for UNDP Offices

Effective Date

Feb 07, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Paragraphs 10, 45, 46, 60 and 55 of the policy have been updated in response to UNBOA audit recommendations to clarify the responsibilities of offices in creating their disaster recovery plans, including documenting any arrangements made with cloud providers.

UN Travel Documents and National Passport

Effective Date

Feb 10, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The United Nations Travel Documents Programme (UNTDP) within the Travel and Transportation Section (TTS) of the Department of Operational Support (DOS) has issued an amendment to “Standard Operating Procedure for the Issuance of United Nations Travel Documents” (SOP). Updated guidance for the provision of ‘Red Laissez-Passers Without Insert’ (referred to as Exceptional Red Laissez-Passers or ERLPs) is outlined in the new SOP. A submission template for ERLP requests is provided. RRs at the D1 level or below will not receive a red UNLP unless the request is signed off by the UNDP Administrator and approved by the USG of DOS.

Rules and Procedures for the UNDP Compliance Review Panel (CRP)

Effective Date

Feb 28, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Rules and Procedures for the UNDP Compliance Review Panel (CRP) are now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

Rank-in-Post

Effective Date

Feb 28, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Rank-in-Post policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

Visas at Headquarters (New York)

Effective Date

Mar 17, 2022

Summary of Changes
The PT.61 “Application for G-4 Visa” form, available in the Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy under the Templates and Forms section, has been updated to reflect the following:
- Stylistic changes on pages 1 and 2.
- Updated contact details.
- A change in the number of requested copies to 2 for all required documents.
- Addition of the marital status effective date on the supplemental page.


UN Travel Documents and National Passport

Effective Date

Mar 18, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Section 3.0 (procedures) has been updated to reflect the introduction of the UNall Service Portal. Changes were made to steps 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Application for UN Laissez-Passer (UNLP) and UN Family Certificates (UNFCs) procedure. Additionally, changes were made to steps 1 and 2 of the Application for UN Certificates (UNC) procedure.

Home Leave

Effective Date

Mar 18, 2022

Summary of Changes

​ The Home Leave policy procedures were updated in steps 6 and 8 to clarify the staff member’s obligation to inform GSSC/BES of changes to the scheduled home leave travel. In addition, staff who do not certify their home leave travel within 90 days from return, will have their home leave lump-sum recovered.

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