ASSOCIATE POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER

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Job Network : Political, Peace and Humanitarian

Job Family : Political Affairs

Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories , P-2

Recruitment Type : Temporary Opportunities

Department/Office : Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

This position is located in the Security Council Practices and Charter Research Branch within the Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD) of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) at Headquarters in New York. The incumbent will report to the Senior Political Affairs Officer and the Chief of Branch. The Security Council Practices and Charter Research Branch (SCPCRB) in the Security Council Affairs Division of DPPA (SCAD) serves as the advisory and research arm of the Division on matters of Security Council practice and procedure. Among its core functions, the Branch is responsible for the preparation of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council, the only official and comprehensive record of the practice of the United Nations Security Council. The Repertoire provides a comprehensive coverage of the Security Council’s interpretation and application of the Charter and its own Provisional Rules of Procedure since 1946 in all six UN official languages. The Branch services the Security Council Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions (IWG) and provides substantive and administrative support to its Chairperson and members. The Branch contributes to the familiarization sessions for new Council members with respect to the evolving procedure, practice and working methods of the Council and its subsidiary organs. It also responds to queries on past and contemporary practice of the Security Council, and on the Council’s interpretation and application of the Charter of the United Nations and the Council’s Provisional Rules of Procedure. The Branch also serves as the focal point within DPPA for Security Council reform. As such, the Branch monitors the debates in the General Assembly on Security Council reform and on the improvement of the Security Council working methods.