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Publication Financing the UN Development System: Resourcing the Future
Out now! Read and download the tenth annual report on financing the UN development system, produced by the Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.
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Previous Publications
The International Civil Service
A Reference Compendium for UN Personnel
This compendium is designed to serve as a reference point on the laws, regulations, policies and guidelines that relate directly to the international civil service.
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Special reissue
The International Civil Servant in Law and in Fact
A reissue of the notable lecture delivered by Dag Hammarskjöld at Oxford in May 1961. In the lecture Hammarsköld details the legal principles for the international civil service and underscores the importance of its international character and independence.
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Publication series
100 years of International Civil Service
This series commemorates the first century of the international civil service, which originated in 1919 with the birth of the League of Nations. It features inspirational and reflective think pieces on the concept of the international civil service by former and present United Nations officials, as well as representatives from civil society and academia.
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