Abstract EN:

The problem of ensuring an appropriate representation of nationalities on the secretariat occupies a particular place in the personnel policies of the international organizations. To function effectively an international secretariat should in its composition broadly reflect that of the organization it serves. The consideration which is attached to the problem of geographical distribution is all the more intense since the ideologic and political oppositions between the states are emphasized and the inequalities between the number of the civil servants nationals of differents states are more flagrant. The purpose of this study is to examine this question through its different approaches. But before proceeding with it, an analysis of the principle of geographical distribution is absoluty necessary. In application, that principle is sometimes distorted. Ad indeed, some difficulties arise desirable ranges have been instituted, but their application will come up against technical, political, and financial difficulties. In order to face this difficulties, some measures have been decided. It entailed important changes which appear without common measure with the situation prevailing in the international civil service.