The UN Ethics Office is mandated to administer the Financial Disclosure Programme in accordance with the Secretary-General’s bulletin on financial disclosure and declaration of interest statements (ST/SGB/2006/6), which came into force on 1 May 2006.
The primary purpose of the UN Financial Disclosure Programme is to ensure that potential conflicts of interest arising from staff members’ financial holdings, private affiliations or outside activities can be identified, and advice provided on how to best to manage any potential conflict in the best interest of the UN.
Staff members are required to complete and submit their confidential financial disclosure or declaration of interest statement on an annual basis (every March) in respect of the previous calendar year. The following categories of staff are required to participate in the programme:
- All staff members at the D1 level (or P6) and above;
- All staff members who are procurement officers, or whose principal duties are the procurement of goods and services for the UN;
- All staff members whose principal duties relate to the investment of the assets of the UN, the UNJSPF or of any accounts for which the UN has fiduciary or custodial responsibility;
- All staff members who have direct access to confidential procurement or investment information; and,
- All staff members of the Ethics Office.
As part of the offer management process, a letter is issued to candidates required to complete a financial disclosure. The staff member is required to contact the Ethics Office to obtain access to the secure website where the financial disclosure submissions must be made no later than 30 days after reporting for duty.
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