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UNITED NATIONS ST Secretariat ST/AI/1998/7 23 March 1998 (Amended text) ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT IN POSTS REQUIRING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SKILLS IN THE PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY The Under-Secretary-General for Management, pursuant to section 4.2 of Secretary-Generals bulletin ST/SGB/1997/1 [abolished and replaced by ST/SGB/2009/4] and for the purpose of defining the conditions under which staff members at the P-3 level and below and external candidates may take competitive examinations for placement or recruitment in posts requiring specific language skills in the Professional category, promulgates the following: Section 1 General provisions Language competitive examinations may be held from time to time for the purposes of recruitment or placement in posts requiring specific language skills in the Professional category in accordance with the needs of the Organization. Specific arrangements for such examinations shall be announced well in advance to staff members through the United Nations iSeek intranet and broadcast e-mail messages, and for external candidates through the United Nations Careers Portal. The announcements will provide, inter alia, tentative dates on which the examinations will be held and information concerning the application procedure. [Amended as per ST/AI/1998/7/Amend.1] Section 2 Eligibility 2.1 A staff member at the P-3 level and below may apply to take a competitive examination for placement in a post requiring specific language skills in the Professional category, provided he or she:  (a) Meets the minimum entrance criteria for that examination, as set out in the relevant announcement; [Amended as per ST/AI/1998/7/Amend.1] (b) Holds a United Nations appointment valid at least until the end of the month when the written examination is scheduled to take place; (c) Has a satisfactory