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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 BUDAPEST 000740 
 
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DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/CE JAMIE MOORE AND IO 
 
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TAGS: PREL AORC UN HU
SUBJECT: HUNGARIAN REQUEST TO SUPPORT CANDIDATE FOR UN 
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT 
 
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¶1. (U) Post received the following Note Verbale from the 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting support to re-elect 
its candidate to the post of Inspector in the United Nations 
Joint Inspection Unit (JIU).  Full text follows. 
 
BEGIN TEXT: 
 
13656/Adm/KUM/2009 
Budapest, 08 September 2009 
NOTE VERBALE 
     The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 
Hungary presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United 
States of America and has the honour to inform the Latter 
that the Government of the Republic of Hungary has decided to 
present its candidature for re-election to the post of 
Inspector in the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) 
for a second term, as from 1 January 2011, with Inspector 
Istvan POSTA, currently serving as Inspector of the JIU. 
     Istvan POSTA has a long and distinguished diplomatic 
carrier at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 
Hungary, having served in different positions of bilateral 
and multilateral diplomacy, including as Ambassador, 
Permanent Representative and Deputy Permanent Representative 
of his county at different UN Headquarters. He represented 
Hungary at a number of major UN world conferences and events. 
     In 2004, he was appointed by the General Assembly as 
Inspector of the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations 
System. During his term of office, Inspector Posta served 
with distinction and dedication in his position. His 
knowledge and experiences largely contributed to the 
implementation of the mandate of the Joint Inspection Unit. 
     The Republic of Hungary is convinced that the 
considerable experiences of Inspector POSTA, together with 
his outstanding performance as an Inspector during his first 
term of office, make him an excellent candidate to the Joint 
Inspection Unit. 
    The expert's CV providing further details on his 
professional background is attached to this note verbale. 
    The Republic of Hungary would be grateful to the United 
States of America for granting its valuable support to the 
candidacy of Hungary with Inspector Istvan POSTA for a second 
term at the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit beginning in 
2011 during the elections to be held at the upcoming 64th 
Session of the General Assembly in the Fall of 2009. 
Embassy of the United States of America 
Budapest 
END NOTE VERBALE 
 
¶2. (U) The following is Istvan POSTA's MFA provided CV. 
 
Born on 19 November 1950, in Balmazujvaros (Hungary) 
 
Hungarian 
 
Inspector of the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations 
System, former diplomat and Ambassador at the Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary 
 
Married and has three children 
 
Languages: English, Spanish, Russian and Hungarian 
 
Education 
 
Master in Economics (Analysis and processing of economic 
information), 1974, University of Economics in St. 
Petersburg, Russian Federation 
 
Master in Political Sciences, 1989, Institute of Political 
Sciences, Budapest, Hungary 
 
Postgraduate studies in Public Administration, 2000, 
Institute of Public Administration, Budapest, Hungary 
 
Diplomatic carrier (sic) 
 
2006-Present - Inspector, Member of the Joint Inspection Unit 
of the United Nations System (JIU) 
 
As a member of the Joint Inspection Unit, he actively 
participated in the everyday work of the only independent 
external, system-wide oversight body of the United Nations 
System. He conducted a number of evaluations and inspections, 
and coordinated the preparation of several JIU reports and 
notes. 
The reports he prepared as coordinator or co-author dealt 
with different subjects of human resources management (age 
structure, NCRE, internship, JPO), as well as issues of 
 
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administrative and financial operation of UN organizations 
(common services, off-shoring, telecommunication, 
procurement). For his considerable work, he received 
recognition and support from the CEB and the governing bodies 
of the organizations. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2000-2004 - Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic 
of Hungary to the United Nations, New York 
 
As Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Hungary 
to the United Nations in New York, he was responsible for the 
overall political and administrative management of the 
Mission staff, as well as the General Assembly and the United 
Nations reform-related issues. He coordinated the Hungarian 
participation at the Millennium Summit, participated in the 
work of the General Assembly Sessions and its subsidiary 
bodies, and gained further experiences by working with UN 
funds and programmes. 
 
 
1997-2000 - Deputy Director-General for International 
Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 
As Deputy Director-General for International Organizations in 
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary he 
played an important role in the formulation and 
implementation of the Hungarian UN policy. He was responsible 
for the system-wide coordination of the Hungarian 
participation in various United Nations funds and programmes, 
and has accumulated experience at national and international 
levels in administrative, budgetary and coordination areas. 
Working as a team leader, he has acquired considerable 
managerial and organizational skills. 
 
 
1997-2000 - Deputy Director-General for International 
Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 
He was responsible for the Hungarian participation in the UN 
peacekeeping operations and for the inter-agency coordination 
of the Hungarian participation in the international economic 
organizations. During these years, he gained extensive 
knowledge and experience of working with UN specialised 
agencies and the IAEA. 
 
 
1996-1997 - Permanent Representative of the Republic of 
Hungary to the United Nations Office and other International 
Organizations in Vienna 
 
 
1992-1996 - Acting Permanent Representative of the Republic 
of Hungary to the United Nations Office and other 
International Organizations in Vienna 
 
Having an overall responsibility for the work of the 
Hungarian UN Mission he was an active participant in the 
day-to-day work of the policy making organs of the 
Vienna-based organizations. He chaired several major meetings 
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and of the 
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). 
As President of the Industrial Development Board and Chairman 
of the mandated working group, he played an important role in 
elaborating and launching the UNIDO reform process, which 
resulted in the adoption and implementation of the business 
plan for UNIDO. 
 
 
1988-1992 - International Organizations Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs Department, 
 
As a Desk Officer he was responsible for the Hungarian 
participation in the work of the Vienna-based international 
organizations, and for the coordination of related activities 
of the governmental agencies of Hungary. 
 
 
1984-1988 - First Secretary, Embassy of Hungary to Cuba 
 
Having served as a diplomat responsible for international 
economic cooperation, he has gained experience in bilateral 
diplomacy and acquired in-depth knowledge in the field of 
economics, development and scientific cooperation. 
 
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1984 - Latin American Territorial Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Department, Desk Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inspector Istvan POSTA was the coordinator or co-author of 
the following reports and notes during his term of office 
 
AGE STRUCTURE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE 
UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM (JIU/REP/2007/4) 
 
REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION AS 
A RECRUITMENT TOOL (JIU/REP/2007/9) 
 
REVIEW OF SELECTED TELECOMMUNICATION ISSUES AND USE OF VOICE 
OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS 
SYSTEM ORGANIZATIONS (JIU/NOTE/2007/2) 
 
JUNIOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICER/ASSOCIATE EXPERT/ASSOCIATE 
PROFESSIONAL OFFICER PROGRAMMES IN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 
ORGANIZATIONS (JIU/REP/2008/2) 
 
COMMON SERVICES AT THE LOCATIONS OF UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL 
COMMISSIONS (JIU/NOTE/2008/2) 
 
CORPORATE CONSULTANCIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 
ORGANIZATIONS (JIU/NOTE/2008/4) 
 
INTERNSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM (JIU/NOTE/2009/2) 
 
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION 
REGIONAL PRESENCE (JIU/REPORT/2009/3 
 
OFF SHORING OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED NATIONS 
ORGANIZATIONS (JIU/REPORT /2009/4) 
 
All documents are available on website: www.unjiu.org 
 
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