On this basis we entirely agree with the line
taken in your paragraph 5, relating to technical
distance from the IAEA.
3. With reference to your paragraph 4 I think it
may be helpful if I begin by outlining our policy
towards UN Staffing as a whole. As you know, the
quota system for UN Staffing works across the board,
so that in principle any supra-quota staffing in one
part of the UN must be met by sub-quota staffing
elsewhere.
In practice the UK has more than its
quota of staff across the board, largely as a hang-
over from early UN days. Because we are over represented
we have rigid approach to the question of candidates
whom we can support for UN jobs. We cannot of course
prevent any candidate from applying (including those
from dependent territories). However, our policy is
to support:
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(a)
(b)
(c)
dandidates for key posts;
young career entrants likely to make an
impact at a later date;
candidates in important areas of the
Secretariat in which we are under-
represented at a high level, eg Department
of Political and Security Council Affairs.
4.
In the case of UNIDO, candidates are unlikely
to come under 4(a) - certainly in the present case
where the Hong Kong candidate was of middle rank
professional status. 4(c) also does not apply
because we are over represented in UNIDO. Furthermore, it seems that the present type of candidates' skills
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