Type II gratis personnel are personnel provided to the United Nations by a Government or other entity responsible for the remuneration of the services of such personnel that do not serve under any other established regime, such as that applicable to interns, associate experts, personnel provided on a non-reimbursable loan and personnel provided to the United Nations under the regime reported by the Secretary-General to the Security Council in document S/22508 of 18 April 1991. Gratis personnel can be used, to provide expertise not readily available within the Organization for very specialized functions and for a limited and specified period of time. They can also be used to provide temporary and urgent assistance in the case of new and/or expanded mandates of the Organization, pending a decision by the General Assembly on the level of resources required to implement those mandates. However, gratis personnel cannot be used as a substitute for staff to be recruited against authorized posts. Gratis Personnel Type II shall be used only in extremely limited circumstances as clearly highlighter in the policy and in the resolution of the General Assembly.
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