N--STAFF REGULATIONS

N-1. Persons on the staff of the Fund shall be nationals of members of the Fund unless the Executive Board authorizes exceptions in particular cases. In appointing the staff the Managing Director shall, subject to the paramount importance of securing the highest standards of efficiency and of technical competence, pay due regard to the importance of recruiting personnel on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

Adopted as N-2 September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-2. Subject to Rule N-1 above, the employment, classification, promotion and assignment of persons on the staff of the Fund shall be made without discriminating against any person because of sex, race, creed, or nationality.

Adopted as N-1 September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-3. Persons on the staff of the Fund, in the discharge of their functions, shall owe their duty entirely to the Fund and to no other authority, and shall neither seek nor accept instructions from any government or any authority external to the Fund.

Adopted September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-4. Persons on the staff of the Fund shall maintain standards of conduct compatible with their position as international civil servants and shall avoid any action or pronouncement, either in their own country or elsewhere, that would not be in keeping with their position as international civil servants. They shall always bear in mind the reserve and tact incumbent upon them by reason of their international functions, and they shall exercise the utmost discretion in matters of official business.

Adopted September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-5. Except with the express authorization of the Managing Director, persons on the staff of the Fund may not, during their term of service: (i) publish, cause to be published, or assist in the publication of any book, pamphlet, article, letter, or other document relating to the policies or activities of the Fund or to any national political questions; or (ii) deliver any speech, lecture, or broadcast, or grant any press interview on such policies, activities, or questions. Adopted September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-6. Persons on the staff of the Fund, and persons formerly on the staff of the Fund, shall not, at any time, without the express authorization of the Managing Director: (i) reveal any unpublished information known to them by reason of their service with the Fund to a person not authorized by the Fund to receive the information; or (ii) use, or allow the use of, unpublished information known to them by reason of their service with the Fund for private advantage, directly or indirectly, or for any interest contrary to that of the Fund as determined by the Managing Director.

Adopted as part of N-5 September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-7. Persons on the staff of the Fund, during their terms of service, including periods of leave with or without pay, shall not hold other public or private employment, engage in any occupation, business activity, or profession, that, in the opinion of the Managing Director, is incompatible with these Rules or the proper performance of their official duties or inconsistent with their position as international civil servants.

Adopted as N-6 September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-8. Persons on the staff of the Fund shall not engage in such political activity as, in the opinion of the Managing Director, is inconsistent with, or reflects adversely upon, the independence and impartiality required by their position as international civil servants. Any person on the staff of the Fund who accepts an office of a political character shall immediately offer to resign from the staff of the Fund.

Adopted September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-9. Persons on the staff of the Fund may retain re-employment rights or pension rights acquired in the service of another public or a private organization.

Adopted as N-7 September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-10. No person on the staff may accept any honor, decoration, favor, gift, or bonus from any government, or from any other authority or person external to the Fund, for services rendered during the period of his appointment or service with the Fund.

Adopted as N-9 September 25, 1946

N-11. Upon appointment, each person on the staff will subscribe in writing to the following affirmation:

--I solemnly affirm:

--That, to the best of my ability, I will carry out my responsibilities in a manner that will further the purposes of the International Monetary Fund;

--That, I will refrain from communicating confidential information to persons outside the Fund;

--That, I will not use to private advantage information known to me by reason of my official position; and

--That I will accept no instruction in regard to the performance of my duties from any government or authority external to the Fund.

Adopted as N-10 September 25, 1946

N-12. The Managing Director shall inform the Executive Board at least two weeks in advance of any action to appoint or dismiss any person to or from a position graded equal to or above that of a division chief. Such information shall not be necessary for other appointments or dismissals by the Managing Director.

Adopted as N-13 September 25, 1946, amended July 1, 1959, June 22, 1979, and December 27, 1989

N-13. The Managing Director is authorized to issue General Administrative Orders concerning general personnel policies that have been approved by the Executive Board.

Adopted as N-14 September 25, 1946, amended June 22, 1979

N-14. Persons on the staff of the Fund shall have the right to associate in order to present their views to the Managing Director and the Executive Board, through representatives, on matters pertaining to personnel policies and their conditions of service.

Adopted June 22, 1979

N-15. Appropriate procedures shall be established for the consideration of complaints and grievances of individual persons on the staff of the Fund on matters involving the consistency of actions taken in their individual cases with the regulations governing personnel and their conditions of service.

Adopted June 22, 1979

N-16.

Paragraph (a) adopted as N-15(a) September 25, 1946, amended February 11, 1948, and June 22, 1979; paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) adopted as N-15(b), (c), and (d) February 11, 1948, amended June 22, 1979; paragraph (d) amended September 4, 1991; paragraph (e) adopted June 22, 1979

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