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UN Travel Documents and National Passport

24 June 2025

Travel Requirements

The UN Travel Documents and National Passport policy has been updated in the ‘Roles and Responsibilities’ section to include ‘personnel services agreement holders’ and to remove the reference to the approval of the RR or of the Operations Manager since the role of certification has been delegated to General Operations/Bureau for Management Services. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - Issuance of UN Travel Documents, proof of authorized travel is required, which is verified by the GO/BMS certifying officer.    ...

The UN Travel Documents and National Passport policy has been updated in the ‘Roles and Responsibilities’ section to include ‘personnel services agreement holders’ and to remove the reference to the approval of the RR or of the Operations Manager since the role of certification has been delegated to General Operations/Bureau for Management Services. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - Issuance of UN Travel Documents, proof of authorized travel is required, which is verified by the GO/BMS certifying officer.    

Step 2 and Step 6 of the Application for UN Laissez-Passer (UNLP) and UN Family Certificates (UNFCs) procedure, and Step 1 of the Application for UN Certificates (UNC) procedure have been updated to reflect the digitization of the travel application forms in UNall. The requirement to return certificates for cancellation is also included in a new Step 4 of the Application for UN Certificates (UNC) procedure.

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UN Travel Documents and National Passport

22 January 2024

Travel Requirements

The Travel and Transportation Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Department of Operational Support has updated the UNLP application form as the TTS.2 Supplementary form is no longer required. The updated TTS.2 (12-23) - English (for UNLP) and TTS.2 (12-23) - French (for UNLP) form is published in the Templates and Forms list on page 3 of the policy and in Step 2 of the Application for UN Laissez-Passer (UNLP) and UN Family Certificates (UNFCs) procedure.
UN Travel Documents and National Passport

15 May 2023

Travel Requirements

The Travel and Transportation Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Department of Operational Support has updated the UNLP application form and combined it with the TTS.2 Supplement Form. The updated TTS.2 (5-23)-E (for UNLP) form is published in the Templates and Forms list on page 3 of the policy and in Step 2 of the Applications for UN Laissez-Passer (UNLP) and UN Family Certificates (UNFC).
Property, Plant and Equipment | Acquisition and Maintenance (Furniture and Equipment) | Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Furniture and Equipment) | Disposal and Write-Off (Furniture and Equipment) | Acquisition and Maintenance (Plant and Property) | Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Plant and Property) | Disposal and Write-Off (Plant and Property) | Acquisition and Maintenance (Leasehold Improvements) | Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Leasehold Improvements) | Disposal and Write-Off (Leasehold Improvements) | Corporate Purchasing Card | Type of Leases and Treatment in UNDP Books | Acquisition, Renewal and Termination of Premise Leases | Equipment Leases | Developing a Business Case for Local Presence | Clearing a Local Presence | Setting Up a Local Presence | Closing a Local Presence | Authorizing Official Business Travel | UN Travel Documents and National Passport | Route, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of Accommodation | Visas at Headquarters (New York) | Vehicle Management
Property, Plant and Equipment | Acquisition and Maintenance (Furniture and Equipment) | Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Furniture and Equipment) | Disposal and Write-Off (Furniture and Equipment) | Acquisition and Maintenance (Plant and Property) | Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Plant and Property) | Disposal and Write-Off (Plant and Property) | Acquisition and Maintenance (Leasehold Improvements) | Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Leasehold Improvements) | Disposal and Write-Off (Leasehold Improvements) | Corporate Purchasing Card | Type of Leases and Treatment in UNDP Books | Acquisition, Renewal and Termination of Premise Leases | Equipment Leases | Developing a Business Case for Local Presence | Clearing a Local Presence | Setting Up a Local Presence | Closing a Local Presence | Authorizing Official Business Travel | UN Travel Documents and National Passport | Route, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of Accommodation | Visas at Headquarters (New York) | Vehicle Management
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9 January 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment | Furniture and Equipment | Plant and Property | Leasehold Improvements | Corporate Purchasing Card | Lease Management (Premises and Equipment) | Establishing UNDP-supported presence outside a country office | Management of Local Presences | Duty Travel | Travel Requirements | Vehicle Management

The following policies have been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system. Asset Management - Property, Plant and EquipmentAsset Management Property Plant Equipment PPE Furniture and EquipmentAcquisition and Maintenance (Furniture and Equipment)Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Furniture and Equipment)Disposal and Write-Off (Furniture and Equipment) Plant and PropertyAcquisition and Maintenance (Plant and Property)Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centra...

The following policies have been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system. Asset Management - Property, Plant and EquipmentAsset Management Property Plant Equipment PPE Furniture and EquipmentAcquisition and Maintenance (Furniture and Equipment)Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Furniture and Equipment)Disposal and Write-Off (Furniture and Equipment) Plant and PropertyAcquisition and Maintenance (Plant and Property)Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Plant and Property)Disposal and Write-Off (Plant and Property) Leasehold Improvements Acquisition and Maintenance (Leasehold Improvements) Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Leasehold Improvements) Disposal and Write-Off (Leasehold Improvements) Corporate Purchasing Card Corporate Purchasing Card Lease Management (Premises and Equipment) Type of Leases and Treatment in UNDP Books Acquisition, Renewal and Termination of Premise Leases Equipment Leases Management of Local Presences Developing a Business Case for Local Presence Clearing a Local Presence Setting Up a Local PresenceClosing a Local Presence Duty TravelAuthorizing Official Business TravelPost travelUN Travel Documents and National Passport (policy and procedures)Route, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of AccommodationVisas at Headquarters (New York) (policy and procedures) Vehicle ManagementVehicle Management
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UN Travel Documents and National Passport

18 March 2022

Travel Requirements

​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.
UN Travel Documents and National Passport

10 February 2022

Travel Requirements

​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 ...

​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.

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UN Travel Documents and National Passport

9 April 2021

Travel Requirements

The United Nations Travel Documents Programme (UNTDP) within the Travel and Transportation Section (TTS) of the Department of Operational Support (DOS) has issued a "Standard Operating Procedure for the Issuance of United Nations Travel Documents" (SOP). This SOP supersedes the 2012 edition of "The Guide to the Issuance of United Nations Travel Documents" (the Guide) as of 1 April 2021. ...

The United Nations Travel Documents Programme (UNTDP) within the Travel and Transportation Section (TTS) of the Department of Operational Support (DOS) has issued a "Standard Operating Procedure for the Issuance of United Nations Travel Documents" (SOP). This SOP supersedes the 2012 edition of "The Guide to the Issuance of United Nations Travel Documents" (the Guide) as of 1 April 2021.

Due to constantly evolving security situations, the list of common criteria for exceptions that were previously applied (Section D, paragraph 10 of the Guide) no longer apply.

Under the revised procedures 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.

The form to request the cancelation of a UNLP (TTS.7) has been updated by TTS.

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UN Travel Documents and National Passport

13 August 2020

Travel Requirements

The UN Family Certificate Application form has been updated to follow the format of other UN TTS travel forms and is prefaced with instructions for completing the form.
 

Template POPP ID:

PT.39-E - Application for the UN Family Certificate (English) form (POPP-11-1268).

 
UN Travel Documents and National Passport

21 July 2020

Travel Requirements

Updated UN Certificate Application form and the templates for transmitting requests to and from the country offices. Removed the reference to the paper F-10 which has been replaced by online Travel Claim in Atlas T&E.

Template POPP IDs:

1)Template for Application for UN Certificate (POPP-11-1272)
2)Template for transmitting to/acknowledging receipt of travel documents by staff in COs (POPP-11-1256)
3)Template for transmitting requests for travel documents to General Operations (POPP-11-1279) 
 
UN Travel Documents and National Passport

1 August 2019

Travel Requirements

Eliminated references to processing claims through the AP module.