The Polling Officers are solely responsible for Staff Union electoral issues and referendums. This includes establishing electoral procedures; organizing, conducting and monitoring elections and by-elections; and publishing results.
They are operationally independent and have the sole authority with regard to electoral procedures, in full compliance with the Statutes and Regulations of the UNOV/UNODC Staff Union.
The Polling Officers are independent and as such shall not receive instructions or advice from the Staff Council or from anyone else.
Any member of the Staff Union, with the exception of members of the Staff Council and the Arbitration Pool, is eligible for election to the Office of Polling Officer.
Polling Officers can be contacted at: unvienna-staffunionpollingofficers@un.org
Call for nominations for staff representatives and alternates to the Second Session of the Staff Council of the UNOV/UNODC Staff Union
The nomination period for Electoral Units 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 is now closed, as the Polling Officers received a number of nominations equal to or higher than the number of seats available for those Units within the deadline.
For Electoral Units 3 (OOSA, OIOS, UNPA); 5 (UNODC / OED + DPA); 7 (UNODC Field: Africa + Middle East) and 8 (UNODC Field: Asia, Europe, LAC), for which the minimum number of nominations for the seats allotted was not received, the deadline is extended until Friday 25 April 2025 at 17:30 (CET/Vienna time)
