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POSITION VACANT ON THE
SPANISH AND IRISH LAW
SECRETARIAT OF UNESCO IN PARIS
A vacancy exists for the post of Assistant Chief
of Social Security Division, Bureau of the Comp
troller. The duties and responsibilities of the post
consist in ensuring the co-ordination within the
Division, of the work of the Rules and Procedure
Unit; to deal with disputed claims and reference
of claims
to
insurers under policies held by
UNESCO for this purpose; to assist the Chief of
Division
in providing secretarial service to the
UNESCO Staff Pension Committee. The post
gives wide scope for initiative and personal judg
ment. The qualifications and experience required
are a good legal training, with degree or equiv
alent qualification, and a thorough knowledge of
the principles and practice of administration toge
ther with professional experience (international if
possible) as an administrative official. The suc
cessful applicant will have ability to draft ac
curate and concise letters and reports and have a
perfect knowledge of either French or English
and a good writing knowledge of the other lan
guage. The gross salary will be equivalent to U.S.
$11,270 which, after deduction for the UNESCO
staff assessment, corresponds to a net salary equiv
alent to U.S. $8,889 per annum. The closing
date for receipt of applications is 10th March 1967.
Applications should be addressed to the Recruit
ment Division, Bureau of Personnel, UNESCO,
Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7eme, France. Please
quote : BOC-A
Applications for the post should be forwarded
so as to be received at least ten days before the
closing date, by The General Secretary,
Irish
National Commission for UNESCO, Department
of Education, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. Can
didatures should be accompanied by detailed bio
graphical information in either English or French,
and names of person from whom reference may
be obtained. The information should include date
and place of birth, present nationality, university
education, present position and positions over the
past ten years at least, fields of special compe
tence, publications, knowledge of languages, and,
in particular, degree or ability to write, speak
and understand English and French. UNESCO
hopes that among the proposed candidates there
will be women as well as men.
Each candidate should show clearly the date
on which the candidate could begin work
in
UNESCO, for what length of appointment (two
years or longer) he would be available, and if he
would be able to obtain secondment or special
leave of absence from his present employer.
Memorandum in respect of the Laws of Spain
and of the Republic of Ireland, in respect of a
proposed contract of adoption in Spain, of a child
born in Spain to an unmarried mother of Irish
Nationality and where the proposed adopters are
a married couple of North American Nationality.
This Memorandum has been prepared by Mr.
Thomas Maguire, solicitor of the firm of Michael
Larkin and County Solicitors, 3 Eden Park, Sandy-
cove, Co. Dublin.
(a) A child born
in Spanish Territory to
an unmarried mother of Irish Nationality is of
Irish Nationality.
(b)
The contract for
the adoption of
the
said child when entered into in Spain will be
governed by Spanish Law.
(c)
In accordance with Irish Law, a person
of Irish Nationality becomes of age at 21 years
and thereafter has full juridical and contractual
powers.
An unmarried mother of
Irish Nationality
who
is of age, is
likewise fully empowered to
enter into a contract for the adoption of her
infant provided however, that if she makes the
contract in the Republic of Ireland that she does
not receive or agree to receive, or pay, or give, or
agree to pay or give any payment or other reward
in consideration of the adoption.
(d)
In
the present case
(as
set out
in
paragraph [h] hereunder)
the Irish Law does
not in any way prohibit the proposed adoption,
and it does not stipulate any requirements or
conditions in respect of the age of the adopters, or
of their race, religion, or economic circumstances,
or such matters.
(e)
The
proposed
contract
between
the
unmarried mother and the adopters in this case
will have the status of a private contract in so
far as the Irish Courts may be concerned.
(f)
The obligations and rights of the par
ties will be such as are contained in the contract.
The said contract will be enforced by
the
Irish Courts in so far as the contract coes not
violate any provisions of The Adoption Act 1952
as amended, and in so far as the contract oper
ates to the best interests of the child, in case the
assistance of the Irish Courts should ever be
sought to enforce any matters in respect of the
contract.
(g)
The Irish Courts will respect and en
force the regulations and conditions which Span
ish Law may impose in respect of the said contract
of adoption, provided however that such regula
tions and conditions do not violate any provisions
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