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Informal Dispute Resolution
• General Assembly encouraged and institutionalized the use of informal dispute resolution through GA Resolutions and Statute of UN Dispute Tribunal • In May, UNRWA launched its own Mediation Programme modeled after the UN’s
Area & International Staff Rule 111.1
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A staff member who considers that his or her contract of employment or terms of appointment have been violated is encouraged to attempt to have the matter resolved informally.
Both the staff member and the Commissioner-General may initiate informal resolution including mediation of the issues involved at any time before or after the staff member chooses to pursue the matter formally.
The conduct of informal resolution, including mediation, may result in the extension of deadlines applicable to decision review and to the filing of an application with the UNRWA Dispute Tribunal
What is Mediation?
• Mediation is an informal process in which a trained neutral person, known as a Mediator, assists the parties to work toward a resolution of a dispute with the parties themselves remaining in control of the final decision.
Mediation at UNRWA
• 14 staff members have been appointed to the Panel of Mediators, 13 of which have received certification training in workplace mediation • The 14 staff members include 7 area and 7 international staff members • And consist of 6 men and 7 women • Fields and Staff Unions/Associations were consulted in bringing consensus to the membership of the Panel • Criteria: highest standards of impartiality, integrity and fairness; and excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
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1. LFO (Area) 2.
LFO (Int’l)
3. SARFO (Area) Mr. Issa Issa, Budget Officer 4. SARFO (Area) Ms. Basma Qasmieh, Protocol Officer 5.
SARFO (Int’l) Mr. Roger Hearn, Director of UNRWA Affairs
6. JFO (Area) 7.
JFO (Int’l) Ms. Lubna Abu Wardeh, Field Admin Officer Ms. Elaine Blair, Field Procurement & Logistics Officer
8. GFO (Area) 9.
GFO (Int’l)
10. WBFO (Area) 11.
WBFO (Int’l)
12. HQG (Area)
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HQA (Int’l) 14.
HQA (Int’l) Ms. Suha Ismail, Deputy Chief Field Health Programme Mr. David Sigurdsson, Operation Support Officer
Dr. Ghadda al Jadba, Senior Medical Officer Ms. Cathy Howard, Field Programme Support Officer
Dr. Hasan Tabkhna, Field Office Performance Officer Ms. Mahmuda Ali, Operation Support Officer Team Leader
Mr. Majed El-Bayed, Head Staff Cost & Standards Budget Section
Ms. Amy Schmidt, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, RSSD Mr. Kristijan Horvat, Deputy Chief Information Systems Division **external mediator may be appointed in certain cases
Features of Mediation Process
• The mediator is not a decision maker, but acts as a
facilitator
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for the parties to come to an • Mediation is a completely
confidential
process.
• Mediation is a
consensual
process.
• Any party to the dispute may initiate the informal process
at any stage
during a dispute. • The formal appeals process will be
suspended
until the mediation process is completed