from which the staff whose contract is to be renewed originates

19:58 Apr 11, 2014 

S'il s'agit d'une organisation intergouvernementale, il ne fait aucun doute que "Member" (avec une majuscule) désigne un pays. Et s'il s'agit d'une ONG internationale ou d'une fédération d'ONG (dont sont membres des ONG nationales et autres), "Member" désignera une institution membre de l'ONG. La formule "staff originates from XXX" est classique dans ce cas pour "XXX" gouvernement membre ou membre institutionnel de l'ONG internationale. Ce que dit le texte est logiquement que le pays membre ou l'institution membre de l'ONG qui compte un ou des représentants dans le personnel considéré a faculté de demander à être consulté(e) par le DG lors du renouvellement de contrat. Il n'y a rien de plus qui "meet the eye" ici.

17:22 Apr 11, 2014 

Comme on a Member= which et staff member = whose, Member renvoie à un "it" - most probably a country, here. On aurait donc:
…les contrats d’emploi conclus par X sont d’une durée maximale de cinq ans. Le directeur général [?] peut les renouveler, chaque fois pour le même terme maximal. Le membre du personnel concerné est avisé au moins six mois à l’avance du renouvellement ou… de son contrat. Le Membre d’où provient le personnel dont le contrat doit être renouvelé peut demander à consulter… (En fait, peut-être que "le Membre qui affecte/délègue/détache/... le personnel..." serait plus élégant sans modifier le sens)

14:32 Apr 11, 2014 

If that is indeed true, then as you say, it doesn't make sense at all!

I suspect there is more to this than meets the eye, and it is 'the member' which is in some way flawed — either the wrong term, or some important text is missing. Is it possible that 'the Member' refers to e.g. the line manager, who would logically be the originator of the employee whose contract is to be renwed.

Is it possible this is defective, maybe non-native EN? It seems odd to say that 'the staff... originates from [someone]'.

14:11 Apr 11, 2014 

The member of staff whose contract is to be renewed?

14:06 Apr 11, 2014 

"member" and "staff member" are the same thing, that's why I'm confused... The sentence makes no sense! Or perhaps "member" and "staff" have been inverted.

13:49 Apr 11, 2014 

On the basis of the information we have, it can only refer to 'the Member' — the key information we don't have is what exactly the relationship is between XXXX Org. / the Member / staff member.

13:45 Apr 11, 2014 

se réfère à quoi?

13:37 Apr 11, 2014 

Paul, your question isn't really in line with KudoZ rules, as it includes several different terms; perhaps you could clarify exactly what is giving you trouble here (I suspect it's not the individual terms themselves!)

It seems from your text as if 'staff member' and 'Member' are not the same thing — in order to be able to help you properly, we need to know what sort of set-up we have here: Does this XXX Org. have Members who are themselves employers? It doesn't quite all seem to add up without the missing bits of information.