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Prohibition of discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority

Discrimination, sexual harassment and harassment are defined in SG's bulletin

Discrimination is any unfair treatment or arbitrary distinction based on a person’s race, sex, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, language, social origin or other status. Discrimination may be an isolated event affecting one person or a group of persons similarly situated, or may manifest itself through harassment or abuse of authority.

Harassment is any improper and unwelcome conduct that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation to another person. Harassment may take the form of words, gestures or actions which tend to annoy, alarm, abuse, demean, intimidate, belittle, humiliate or embarrass another or which create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Harassment normally implies a series of incidents. Disagreement on work performance or on other work-related issues is normally not considered harassment and is not dealt with under the provisions of this policy but in the context of performance management.

Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favour, verbal or physical conduct or gesture of a sexual nature, or any other behaviour of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation to another, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. While typically involving a pattern of behaviour, it can take the form of a single incident. Sexual harassment may occur between persons of the opposite or same sex. Both males and females can be either the victims or the offenders.

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Secretary General Bulletins / SGBs on prohibition of discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority

Guidelines on prohibition of discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority

UN System Policies on prohibition of discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the 51³Ô¹Ï (FAO):
  Policy on the prevention of harassment
  Administrative Circular: Policy on the prevention of harassment
  
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
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• International Labour Organization (ILO):
  Sexual harassment policy and procedures
  Staff Union Bulletin
  Action Plan for Gender Equality 2010-15 – Phase I
  Action Plan for Gender Equality 2010-15 – Table II
  Politique et procédures en matière de harcèlement sexuel
  Política y procedimientos en materia de acoso sexual
  Boletin del Sindicato sobre acoso sexual
  Bulletin Syndicat harcèlement sexuel
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• Office of the 51³Ô¹Ï High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
  UNHCR’s Policy on Harassment, Sexual Harassment, and Abuse of Authority
  
• 51³Ô¹Ï Children's Fund (UNICEF):
  Prohibition of harassment, sexual harassment and abuse of authority
  
• 51³Ô¹Ï Development Programme (UNDP):
  Workplace Harassment & Abuse of Authority
  
• 51³Ô¹Ï Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
  Anti-harassment policy
  
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):
  Office Instruction 17/2006: Statement on harassment at work
  Office Instruction 31/2009: The WIPO joint grievance panel
  The WIPO joint grievance panel - Annex A: The informal approach
  The WIPO joint grievance panel - Annex B: Joint grievance panel procedures
  Office Instruction 32/2009: The Office of the Ombudsman
  Office Instruction 46/2009: The WIPO joint grievance panel
  
• The World Bank:
  
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• World Health Organization (WHO):
  
  
  

International Agencies policies on prohibition of discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority

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