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(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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