81 International Civil Service Advisory Board in 1954. The Advisory Board remarked that “high standards of conduct are best attained by a universal understanding among staff members of the relation between their conduct and the success of the international organizations, and by the development of a strong tradition among men and women who are jealous of the reputation of the organizations that they serve and are anxious to safeguard it” (ICSAB report, para. 2; see also para. 4, on the integrity expected of international civil servants; paras. 5, 6 and 21, on loyalty; paras. 7 and 18, on independence; and paras. 8 and 48, on impartiality). 2. In respect of the last sentence of the regulation, it would be for the Organization to characterize an action or pronouncement as adversely reflecting on the status of an official or an expert on mission. Regulation 2 (e) Officials and experts on mission shall not use their office or knowledge gained from their official functions for private gain, financial or otherwise, or for the gain of any third party, including family, friends and those they favour. Nor shall they use their office for personal reasons to prejudice the positions of those they do not favour. Commentary 1. Regulation 2 (e), which is similar to staff regulation 1.2 (g), codifies principles set out in the ICSAB report (see paras. 17, 28 and 42). The use of one’s office for personal gain is clearly unacceptable. This includes not only conducting a business from a United Nations office but also such activities as using United Nations facilities for a business, using the United Nations name, logo or address for a business and approving a contract for a family business without disclosure. Regulation 2 (e) also reflects the principle set out in staff regulation 1.2 (g) that a staff member shall not use information that has not been made public for the private advantage of the staff member or of any third party. 2. The regulation, for clarity, makes specific reference to prohibiting an official or expert on mission from so favouring a third party, including family or friends, as to enable that third party to profit from the position of the official or expert on mission or from the exercise of his or her functions. The term “friends” is broad and seeks to encompass not only friends as normally understood, but also relationships that are not recognized by the United Nations as creating a dependency.