ETHICS PANEL OF THE UN

Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres meeting with the Ethics Panel.
Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres meets with the UN Ethics Panel.

The Ethics Panel of the Âé¶¹APP (formerly known as the Âé¶¹APP Ethics Committee) was established in December 2007 with the issuance of the Secretary General's Bulletin ST/SGB/2007/11 entitled "Âé¶¹APP system-wide application of ethics: separately administered organs and programmes" to help ensure coherent application of ethical standards within the Âé¶¹APP.

The Ethics Panel of the Âé¶¹APP is charged with developing a unified set of ethics standards and policies for the UN Secretariat and the separately administered funds and programmes, and to consult on important and complex cases and issues having Âé¶¹APP-wide implications. Any Ethics Office or the Chairperson of the Ethics Panel can bring items to the attention of the Ethics Panel.

The Ethics Panel is chaired by the head of the UN Ethics Office, who provides functional leadership in order to promote the development of capacity and to ensure adherence to consistent methodology in the delivery of ethics-related services.

The Ethics Panel¡¯s main priorities are to harmonize policies and practices among member organizations in the areas of financial disclosure, protection against retaliation, ethics training, ethics annual reporting, standard setting, benchmarking and peer support.

The Ethics Panel meets on a regular basis.

MEMBERSHIP

As of 1 January 2025, the Ethics Panel comprises the following membership:

CHAIR

  • Mr. Juraj Strasser, Director, Ethics Office, Âé¶¹APP Secretariat
    Email: ethicsoffice@un.org

ALTERNATE CHAIR (2026)

MEMBERS

RELEVANT DOCUMENT

  • Secretary-General¡¯s bulletin and

For questions or concerns, contact the UN Ethics Office

Helpline: or email: ethicsoffice@un.org