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AG/RES. 123 (III-0/73)

GENERAL STANDARDS TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS
OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT

(Resolution adopted at the twelfth plenary session held on April 14, 1973)

 

HAVING SEEN:

The draft General Standards to govern the operations of the General Secretariat, approved by the Permanent Council of the Organization (CP/RES. 88 (95/73) and presented to this General Assembly for its consideration, and

 

WHEREAS:

At its first special session, through resolution AG/RES. 16 (I-0/70), the General Assembly requested that the Permanent Council prepare a complete draft of the General Standards to govern the operations of the General Secretariat;

Through resolutions AG/RES. 38 (I-0/71) from the first regular session and AG/RES. 66(II-0/72) from the second regular session, the General Assembly re­peated its mandate to the Permanent Council that it prepare the draft of the General Standards referred to in resolution AG/RRS. 16; and

The Administrative Tribunal in its annual report to this Assembly con­cluded it would be desirable if the competent organs of the OAS continue studying the creation of an "organic system of precise rules to ensure con­trol of the legal relations between the General Secretariat and the officials or employees of the Organization";

 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLVES:

1. To approve the draft General Standards to govern the operations of the General Secretariat, which are included here and form part of this resolution, which shall enter into force July 1, 1973.

2. To instruct the Permanent Council that, in the light of the experi­ence gained in the implementation of the General Standards and in keeping with Article 9l.b of the Charter, it report to the General Assembly on the implemen­tation of these standards and that it propose any amendment that it deems necessary.

3. To request the Secretary General, in the revision of the Staff Rules (Reglamento de Personal), to take fully into account the observations of the Administrative Tribunal with reference to such rules, with which this Assembly concurs, and to present the revision to the Permanent Council for its information.
 


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