UN Employment
- Susan Manuel
- • January 2, 2017
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The United Nations General Assembly sharply rebuked the United Nations Pension Fund, which it oversees, reaffirming control of the $54 billion account by the UN Secretariat and calling on the fund to improve its problematic performance and service to…
- Categories: UN Employment, UN Pension Fund
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 12, 2014
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Two United Nations officials with long careers at the world body and based in New York recently offered tips on how to get a job at the UN. Speaking at a careers forum held at the Ralph Bunche Institute…
- Categories: UN Careers, UN Employment
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- Elisa dos Santos
- • February 4, 2014
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Applying for a job at the United Nations requires a high degree of perseverance — “like trying to find a secret passageway from a brick wall — but eventually you get through,” said Stéphane Dujarric, the director of news…
- Categories: UN Employment
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- Tino Calabia
- • May 30, 2013
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Graying retirees are spared the anxieties experienced by the 20- and 30-somethings of today who are trying to crack the job market. But late in April, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 jumped to record levels,…
- Categories: UN Employment
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- Mirva Lempiainen
- • February 15, 2013
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As far as cool job titles go, you would be hard-pressed to beat that of Heli Pahlman, who is from Parainen, an archipelago town in southwest Finland. Her title has the words “outer space” in it. Pahlman, 28, works…
- Categories: UN Employment
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 4, 2012
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In 1994, after deadly civil wars began to pose extreme dangers to both peacekeepers and humanitarian staff members working around the world, the United Nations adopted the 1994 Convention on the Safety of UN and Associated Personnel, which made…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, UN Employment
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- Simon Minching
- • December 10, 2011
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In January 2011, the International Labor Organization projected the global unemployment rate to be approximately 6.1 percent, equivalent to 203.3 million people, and developed economies such as the United States and the euro zone consistently hover around 9 and…
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