Chief of Section, Legal Affairs, P5

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Category and Level :
Professional and Higher Categories , P-5

Recruitment Type :
Position Specific Job Openings

Department/Office :
Office of Legal Affairs

The Office of Legal Affairs is the central legal service of the Organization and provides legal advice to the Secretary-General, Secretariat departments and offices and United Nations organs in the field of public and private law, represents the Secretary-General in legal conferences and in judicial proceedings; performs substantive and secretariat functions for legal organs involved in public international law, the law of the sea and ocean affairs and international trade law;

and performs the functions conferred on the Secretary-General in Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. The position is located in the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA). The Chief of Treaty Section reports directly to the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.