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Administrative instruction
Regulations for the control and limitation of documentation
Amendment to Addendum 21
Use of the United Nations emblem on documents and publications
|. Pursuant to section 4.2 of Seeretary-Cieneral’s bulletin ST/SGB/1997/1, the
Under-Secretary-General for Management amends as. follows administrative
instruction ST/AU/189/Add.21, entitled “Regulations for the control and limitation
of documentation — Addendum — Use of the United Nations emblem on
documents and publications”
2. Section V and paragraph 25 are replaced by the Following text
\V. Use of the United Nations emblem in documents and public
bodies outside the United Nations system
25. When the United Nations participates in organizing a conference or
meeting convened by an outside body or when the United Nations jointly
Publishes" a publication with an outside hody/bodies, the emblem may be
used, in combination with the name “United Nations”, if the emblems of other
Participating bodies are so used on the documents of the conference or meeting,
6 on the publication jointly published with the outside body/bodies.
3. ‘The present instruction shall enter into force on 1 February 2008.
(Signed) Alicia Barcena
Under-Secretary-General for Management
The term “jointly publishes” is used wo mean any ofthe following: (1) joint financing ofthe
publication costs, 2) jot responsibility forthe preparation ofthe txt (ether co-written ot
Fesulting fom contributions from all the partis) o (3) the United Nations pravds the text and
the publishers) provide(s) printing, promotion and distribution i theie respective markets. The
United Nations shall hold all copyrights in sach joint publications and this shall be expressly
stated in writen contract to be signed by all the relevant partes. In additvon the tem "jointly
publishes” inthe context of this Administrative fstrvction shall be distinct and separate from
the definition ofthe term joint publication”. as defined in section IT of Administrative
Inseructon ST/ANTA9/Add 2 of 15 September 1971, entitled “Regulations forthe contol sod
limitation of documentation — Addendum — Covers and title-pages of publications”
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28 May 1997
SRCRETARY-GRNERAL'S BULLETIN
PROCEDURES FOR THE PROMULGATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE TSSUANCES*
‘The Secretary-General, for the purpose of establishing a more efficient
system of administrative issuances in the United Nations and procedures for the
promulgation and publication of such issuances, promulgates the following:
Section 1
Categories of administrative issuances,
1.1 In accordance with the provisions of the present bulletin, the following
administrative issuances may be promulgate
(a) Secretary-General's bulletins;
(b) Administrative instructions
1.2 Rules, policies or procedures intended for general application may oaly be
established by duly promulgated Secretary-General's bulletins and administrative
instructions.
Section 2
Entry into force and effect of administrative issuances.
2.1 Administrative issuances shall enter into force upon the date specified
therein and shall remain in force until superseded or amended by another
adwinistrative issuance of the same or higher level and promulgated in
accordance with the provisions of the present bulletin
* Personnel Manual index No. 130
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