Published: March 25, 2011
Member States Need to Step Up Legal Protection for UN Staff
A protocol extending legal protection for United Nations staff beyond those serving in peacekeeping missions to all operations needs to be ratified by the vast majority of UN Member States. This was highlighted today by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
"The Optional Protocol to the 1994 Convention on the Safety of UN and Associated Personnel entered into force last year, but 169 countries "are still not part of this regime. I call on all States that have not done so to ratify or accede to the convention and its protocol without delay"- Mr. Ban
Stephen Kisambira, the President of the UN Staff Union, echoed the Secretary-General's call to Member States, adding that countries should not only "ratify those agreements, but take determined steps to implement them."
He congratulated the Singaporean Parliament for having recently passed the UN Personnel Act, which criminalizes attacks against UN staff, premises and vehicles.
Source: United Nations
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