When do staff require medical clearance? Specifically, when is a medical examination required, especially for those staff working in a field mission?

Medical clearance is required for initial appointment and for travel purposes normally every two years. In addition to travel, to maintain medical clearance for the purposes of transfer and/or, reassignment travel medical evaluation will be required every two years, irrespective of age.

However, when a staff member travels on official business or is assigned to certain “hardship” duty stations, a peacekeeping, humanitarian or political mission, or redeployed or assigned from one mission to another, the Medical Director shall decide whether a new medical evaluation is necessary. Please refer to ST/AI/2011/3 entitled Medical clearance for more information.