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Commentary
Regulation 2 (b), which is similar to staff regulation 1.2 (d), flows from the first
sentence of Article 100, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations
(see ICSAB report, paras. 7, 18 and 31).
Regulation 2 (c)
Officials and experts on mission shall discharge their functions and regulate
their conduct with the interests of the Organization only in view. Loyalty to
the aims, principles and purposes of the United Nations, as set forth in its
Charter, is a fundamental obligation of all individuals covered by the present
Regulations.
Commentary
1. Regulation 2 (c) in substance contains the same obligations as are
contained in staff regulation 1.2 (e) applicable to staff. The first sentence of
regulation 2 (c) sets forth an idea that is contained in staff regulation 1.1 (a) and
in staff regulation 1.1 (b), which contains the written declaration of office, that
is to say, the idea that staff must regulate their conduct with the interests of the
Organization only in view (ibid., para. 4).
2. The second sentence of regulation 2 (c) focuses on the concept of loyalty
to the aims, principles and purposes of the Organization as set forth in the
Charter of the United Nations (which is alluded to in the declaration contained
in regulation 1 (b)) (ibid., paras. 5, 6 and 21).
Regulation 2 (d)
While the personal views and convictions of officials and experts on mission,
including their political and religious convictions, remain inviolable, they shall
ensure that those views and convictions do not adversely affect their official
duties or the interests of the United Nations. Officials and experts on mission
shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner befitting their status. They
shall not engage in any activity that is incompatible with the proper discharge
of their duties with the United Nations. They shall avoid any action and,
in particular, any kind of public pronouncement that may adversely reflect
on their status, or on the integrity, independence and impartiality that are
required by that status.
Commentary
1. Regulation 2 (d) is similar to staff regulation 1.2 (f). The core idea
of conduct befitting an international civil servant was considered by the
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