Administrative issuance

Administrative policies are issued by the Secretary-General through the promulgation of administrative issuances, which can be formally issued either as Secretary-General's bulletins (ST/SGB-series) or as administrative issuances (ST/AI-series).

The Secretary-General promulgates Secretary-General's bulletins (ST/SGB-series) for various reasons, including to communicate the text of regulations and rules, to communicate decisions on policy and to provide information on the functions and organization of the Secretariat and its constituent entities.

The Secretary-General promulgates instructions applicable to more than one department of the Secretariat, including on the implementation of the regulations and rules, through administrative instructions (ST/AI-series).

An index of all administrative issuances is issued regularly. The most recent edition is ST/IC/2019/1.