[1] According to the ICSC Framework for Human Resources Management, standards for ethical conduct "promote common values and define the behaviour and performance expected of international civil servants.
"[2] The revised Standards of conduct for the international civil service of 2001 (“2001 standards”), were drafted under the guidance of Mohsen Bel Hadj Amor, chairman of the ICSC, adopted by the ICSC in 2001 and approved by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 56/244 of 24 December 2001.
The standards of conduct for the international civil service are reflected in the Secretary-General’s bulletin on Status, basic rights and duties of United Nations staff members.
[3] This bulletin was published with the express purpose of ensuring that all United Nations staff were made aware of the 2001 standards.
"[5] The 2013 edition of the Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service were drafted under the guidance of Kingston Rhodes, then chairman of the ICSC, and approved by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 67/257.