74 (f) Officials and experts on mission shall exercise the utmost discretion in regard to all matters of official business. Officials and experts on mission shall not communicate to any Government, entity, person or any other source any information known to them by reason of their official position that they know or ought to have known has not been made public, except as appropriate in the normal course of their duties or by authorization of the Secretary-General. If they are not appointed by the Secretary-General, such authorization shall be conferred by the body that appointed them. These obligations do not cease upon the cessation of their official functions. (g) Officials and experts on mission may not accept any honour, decoration, favour, gift or remuneration from any Government or non-governmental source for activities carried out during the course of their official functions while in the service of the United Nations. (h) Officials and experts on mission shall not be actively associated with the management of, or hold a financial interest in, any profit-making, business or other concern, if it were possible for them or the profitmaking, business or other concern to benefit from such association or financial interest by reason of their position with the United Nations. Officials or experts on mission who are in such a situation shall either dispose of that financial interest or formally excuse themselves from participating with regard to any involvement in that matter that has given rise to the conflict-of-interest situation. (i) Officials and experts on mission shall file financial disclosure statements if requested to do so by the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General shall prescribe the format and information to be provided in such statements and shall establish procedures for filing them. The financial disclosure statements will remain confidential and will be used, as prescribed by the Secretary-General, only in making determinations pursuant to regulation 2 (h). It will be for the Secretary-General, in due consultation with the appointing authority in the case of officials not appointed by the Secretary-General, to judge whether a particular fact has given rise to a conflict-of-interest situation. (j) Officials and experts on mission must comply with local laws and honour their private legal obligations, including, but not limited to, the obligation to honour orders of competent courts. (k) Any form of discrimination or harassment, including sexual or gender harassment, as well as physical or verbal abuse, at the workplace or in connection with work, is prohibited.

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