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United Nations SecretariatYoung Professionals
Programme (YPP)Janos Tisovszky
Acting Director,
United Nations Information Service
(UNIS) Vienna

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United Nations:Introduction

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UN Charter
The purposes of the United Nations are to:maintain international peace and security;
develop friendly relations among nations;
achieve international co-operation in solvinginternational problems; and
be a centre for harmonizing the actions of
nations in the attainment of these commonends.

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UN Secretariat (1)
Carries out day-to-day work of the Organizationand services its principal organs
Staffed by international civil servants
Headquartered in New York, Geneva, Vienna,Nairobi, with offices and field missions around
the world
44,000 staff members

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UN Secretariat (2)
Headed by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Ban Ki-moon Vision: Building a stronger
United Nations for a better
world

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United Nations: Areas of Work
Development Peace and Security
Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs
International Law

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Development:
Millennium Development
Goals

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Millennium Development Goals
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV-AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Global partnership for development

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International Peace
and Security

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Preventing and Resolving Conflicts

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Peacekeeping: Current Missions

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Human Rights

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Human Rights: Dignity and Justicefor all of us
Universal Declaration of Human RightsUniversal principles in a living document
Foundation of international Human Rights
Law
Worlds most translated document: 360
languages

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Human Rights: Actors
Primary responsibility: the individual State United Nations:
General Assembly
Charter-based bodies: Human Rights Council
Special procedures: Special Rapporteurs, Independent
Experts, Working Groups Treaty-based bodies
High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Humanitarian Affairs

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Humanitarian Affairs: Did youknow, the UN
Feeds 90 million people in 73 countries in2011 (WFP)
Assisted children in 290 humanitarian
situations in 98 countries in 2010(UNICEF)
Is a global leader in vaccine supply,reaching 40% of the worlds children(UNICEF)

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Priorities

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Priorities and the way ahead
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hasoutlined five imperatives:
Five generational opportunities to shape the
world tomorrow by the decisions we maketoday

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Five imperatives
Sustainable development Prevention
Building a safer and more secure world Supporting nations in transition
Working for and with women and
young people

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Young ProfessionalsProgramme (YPP):
Context

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Expectations of UN staff
For expectations of UN Staff, see:Charter of the United Nations
Staff Rules and Regulations

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Values, Competencies, Mobility
Core values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for
Diversity
Core competencies and managerialcompetencies
Mobility:Functional and geographic

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YPP: the Process
Written Examination Oral Examination
Placement
Assignment, Orientation and Development

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YPP 2011
Job families: Administration
Humanitarian Affairs
Public Information
Statistics
Member States Participating: 77

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YPP: WrittenExamination

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General Paper
Summary and several questions inInternational Affairs,
To be answered in either English orFrench;
Eliminatory

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Specialized Paper
Essays and short questions in thesubstantive area
To be answered in any of the UNofficial languages.
The essay part of this paper iseliminatory

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YPP: OralExamination

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The Examination: Oral Part
Competency-based interview andpossibly an oral presentation.
UN Secretariat will cover the travel
expenses of examinees invited to theoral examination

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Values and competencies
Values:
Shared principles and beliefs that underpin
the Organizations work and guide actions
and behaviours of staff
Competencies:
Skills, attributes and behaviours directlyrelated to successful job performance

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Values and CompetenciesCore ValuesCore Values CoreCore
CompetenciesCompetencies
ManagerialManagerial
CompetenciesCompetencies
Integrity
Professionalism
Respect for
Diversity
Communication
Teamwork
Planning and
Organizing Accountability
Creativity
Client
Orientation Commitment to
Continuous
Learning
TechnologicalAwareness
Vision
Leadership
Empowering Others
ManagingPerformance
Building Trust
Judgement and
Decision-making

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Competency-based interviews
Past, demonstrated behavior is the best
indicator of future performance
Questions ask about past professional
experiences that can demonstrate that theapplicant is competent

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During the interview: do not Answer in the hypothetical
Talk about we, rather talk in the I
Espouse theories or values (waffling on)
Make blanket generalizations nor statements about thefuture
Interrupt the panel
Ask questions about benefits and entitlements

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Exercise: Teamwork Describe to us a successful teamwork work
experienceo What was the situation?
o What was your role?
o What made the team successful?o How did you handle any disagreements within the
team?
o What were the results?
o What did you learn from the experience? If you had to
do it again what would you do differently?

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ExercisePlanning and Organizing
Tell us about a time you had to organize or plan amajor event
o What was the nature of the event?
o How did you plan and organize the different actions to
carry out?
o How did the event turn out?
o Reflecting back, what did you learn from the
experience? If you had to do it again what would you
do differently?

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ExercisePlanning and Organizing Tell us about a time where you had a number of
demands being made on you at the same time? Howdid you handle it?
o What was the situation?
o How did you plan and organize the different actions to
carry out?
o What were the results?
o What did you learn from the experience? If you had to

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