MANAGEMENT The Deputy High Commissioner speaks at the event on “Current Internet Governance Challenges: what’s next?” in Geneva, November 2017. © UN Photo/Elma Okic uu uu uu uu Approximately 50 per cent of the approved recommendations from the Functional review – those that fell within the purview of the Office – were implemented, including increasing the capacity of the New York Office, a review of job descriptions, delegated authority for field recruitment and the electronic submission of recruitment memos. UN Human Rights continued to implement Umoja, the new Enterprise Resource Planning system that the United Nations adopted to manage procurement, accounting, payroll and logistics. This involved implementation of training programmes and the beginning of the roll-out of the system to field presences. In relation to the implementation of a Digital Secretariat, a number of extranets were put in place to enable stakeholders to work concurrently on documents in a secure, paperless manner. As a result, the treaty bodies now often post their documents on their extranets instead of distributing physical copies during their sessions, thereby reducing the need for paper copies. The SOP on access to classified records and declassification was finalized in 2017 and presented to senior managers for their approval. The SOP 70 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 uu provides guidelines on the classification and handling of UN Human Rights sensitive information, in line with the Secretary-General’s bulletin ST/ SGB/2007/6. Following the release of the Secretary-General’s Report on the implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (A/70/95, S/2015/446), the specialized protection functions in UN peacekeeping missions are being consolidated with the human rights components. The purpose of this consolidation is to improve the impact, advocacy and visibility of peace missions’ efforts to promote and protect human rights and to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence and grave violations against children. The Human Rights Division of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic is piloting the new consolidation arrangement. To support this process, it designed a consolidation matrix highlighting priority areas, held weekly monitoring and evaluation meetings to assess the implementation of the arrangement and developed the capacity of staff to improve coordination and communication.

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