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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.

Write-Off Requests, Excluding Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Effective Date

Apr 19, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The purpose of the Write-Off Requests, Excluding Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible Assets policy and procedures is to provide Country Offices, Regional Bureaus, Central Units and HQ Units (“Offices”) with the relevant policy and procedures, including the required due diligence for submitting a write-off request for approval in line with UNDP’s Financial Rules and Regulations. The policy and accompanying procedures are applicable to all items except for Asset Management: Property, Plant & Equipment (PP&E) and Asset Management: Intangible Assets. Write-offs pertaining to PP&E and Intangible Assets are included in the Administrative Services policy area under the Asset Management – Property, Plant and Equipment policy subchapter and under the Asset Management – Intangible Assets policy subchapter.

Security Policy

Effective Date

Apr 22, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Minor editorial changes have been made to the policy and to the UNMSM Operational Guidelines redirecting links therein to the Security Office SharePoint page.

Framework of Accountability for Security

Effective Date

Apr 22, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Minor editorial changes redirecting links in the policy to the Security Office SharePoint page.

Security Policy

Effective Date

May 11, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) applicability policy sets out the framework for UNSMS organizations to identify the categories of persons within their respective administrative structure and rules to whom UNSMS policies should apply. As a result, the UNDP Security Applicability Guideline provides guidance as to the persons UNDP should take into account when implementing UNSMS policies and from whom UNDP expects compliance to security policies, procedures and practices. The guideline also clarifies those persons under UNDP’s security accountability and responsibility. The recent revision of the UNSMS policy emphasizes the notion that contractual relationship underpinned applicability and stipulated the varying modalities through which contractual relationship may be established. The policy also notes that persons providing services to a UNSMS organization on less than a full-time basis were only considered UNSMS personnel when actually providing services to the UNSMS organization. These changes were contextualized in the UNDP Security Applicability Guideline in alignment with the UNSMS policy.

Commercial Air Travel Safety Guidelines

Effective Date

May 13, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The UNDP Air Travel Safety Guidelines has been revised to align with the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) policy changes, namely the replacement of the UNSMS Air Travel Safety Policy with Guidance as well as updating roles and responsibilities in UNDP’s air travel decision-making process. These guidelines are applicable to all UNDP personnel on official travel via commercial air operators, and donated flights as defined in the UNSMS Commercial Air Travel Safety Guidance.

Quality Standards for Programming

Effective Date

Jun 09, 2022

Summary of Changes

​ The Programme Quality Assurance Design Stage Rating Tool has been updated to include criteria to assess digitalization and volunteerism. The new tool is applicable to Country Programme Documents submitted to the Board from June 2023.

UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance with UN Standards of Conduct

Effective Date

Jun 09, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance with UN Standards of Conduct has been updated to reflect the following changes: (1) Deleting the reference to Resident Coordinators; (2) Updating the name of BMS/OLS and BMS/OHR; (3) Expanding the existing requirement to inform victims of harassment to include victims of sexual exploitation and abuse; (4) Clarifying the general obligation to report allegations of misconduct; (5) Clarifying that where the subject has separated from service after being charged with misconduct but before the imposition of a disciplinary sanction, BMS/OLS may include the matter without the subject’s response to the charges if the subject fails to provide their response within the deadline. The updated UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance has also been published under Disciplinary Measures and Appeals.
 

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