Reaffirms the belief that the provision of adequate accommodation for the United Nations International School is in the best interest of the Organization;
2
Hopes that steps will be taken to make the School available to the children of the greatest possible number of members of delegations, United Nations staff members and others associated with the United Nations;
3
Expresses appreciation to the Secretary-General and to the authorities of New York City for their efforts in finding temporary accommodation for the School ;
4
Decides, as a special measure, to make a grant of $32,700 to the School towards meeting the expected deficit in respect of the academic year 1958-1959;
5
Requeststhe Secretary-General to continue to use his good offices to assist the Board of Trustees of the School in finding suitable permanent accommodation for the School in the immediate vicinity of United Nations Headquarters, in developing plans for a building, and in pursuing its efforts to raise funds from private sources for the construction of the building, and, if necessary, for the acquisition of a site therefor;
6
Requeststhe Secretary-General to present a further progress report on this question to the General Assembly at its fourteenth session.
782nd plenary meet-ing,
5 December 1958.
ANNEX Replace the present text of paragraph ( c) by the following:
"With a view to avoiding duplication of benefits and in order to achieve equality between staff members who receive dependency benefits under applicable laws in the form of governmental grants and staff members who do not receive such dependency benefits, the Secretary-General shall prescribe conditions under which the dependency allowance for a child specified in (a) (i) above shall be payable only to the extent that the dependency benefits enjoyed by the staff member or his spouse under applicable laws amount to less than such a dependency allowance." Replace the present text of paragraph ( b) by the following:
"Should such a staff member be granted a probationary or permanent appointment, or complete five ye:irs of qualifying service and remain on a contract providing for further service of at least one year, or remain in employment for more than one year thereafter, he shall lose entitlement to the service benefit."
"'Ibid., agenda item 46, documents A/3944 and Add.1.
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posed as follows: ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CANADA, FRANCE, LEB- ANON, NEW ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
