Base Salary Scales and Post Adjustments of the Staff in the Professional and Higher Categories of the International Civil Service

A/RES/1658(XVI)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65 Base salary scales and post-adjustments of the staff in the professional and higher categories of the international civil service, published in 1962.

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7 subjects

Pensionable Remuneration Post Adjustment Professional Staff Rules and Regulations Salaries and Allowances Staff Assessment Top Echelon Staff

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With effect from 1 January 1962, annex I to the eral16 together with the relevant reports of the International Civil Service Advisory Board16 and the Expert Staff Regulations shall be amended as follows : Committee on Post Adjustments,17 as well as the ob-

Paragraph 1 shall be amended by substituting servations thereon of the Advisory Committee on Ad- "$27,(X){)" for "$23,000", so as to read as follows: ministrative and Budgetary Questions, 18 "Annex I, paragraph 1 Decides that:

"An Under-Secretary shall receive a salary of $US 27,000 ( subject to the Staff Assessment Plan 1.

With effect from 1 January 1962 in the case of staff in the Professional and higher categories, and provided in staff regulation 3.3 and to post adjustments wherever applied) and, if otherwise eligible, from such dates as the Secretary-General may determine in the case of other staff, regulation 3.3, parashall receive the allowances which are available to staff members generally"; graph ( b), of the Staff Regulations of the United Nations shall be amended by substituting a new table of

( b) The first sentence of paragraph 3 shall be staff assessment rates, so as to read as follows:

amended by substituting the words "The salary scale for a Director shall be $20,500 rising by two biennial "The assessment shall be calculated according to increments of $900 to a maximum of $22,300 per anthe following rates :

num" for the words "A Director shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum", so as to read as follows: First $1,000 per year............................

10 "Annex I, paragraph 3 Next $2,000 per year.. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .

15 Next $3,000 per year.. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . . .. .. .. . .. .

20 "The salary scale for a Director shall be $US 20,500 Next $3,000 per year .......... , . . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .

25 rising by two biennial increments of $900 to a maxi- Next $3,000 per year.. .. .. . .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . .. . . ..

30 mum of $22,300 per annum (subject to the Staff Next $3,000 per year. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .

35 Assessment Plan provided in staff regulation 3.3 and Next $4,000 per year............................

40 to post adjustments wherever applied). If otherwise Next $4,000 per year............................

45 eligible, a Director shall receive the allowances which

Remaining assessable payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 are available to staff members generally" ;

"The resulting net salary may be rounded to the

( c) Paragraph 4 shall be amended by substituting nearest $10.";

a new table of salary scales, so as to read as follows:

2. In the case of staff whose salary scales are estab- "Annex I, paragraph 4 lished in currencies other than United States dollars,

"Except as provided in paragraph 6 of the present the relevant amounts to which the above assessment annex, the salary scales for staff members in the Principal Officer and Director category and in the ""Ibid., agenda item 65, documents A/4823 and A/C.5/873.

Professional category shall be as follows ( subject to ""Ibid., document A/4823/Add.1.

the Staff Assessment Plan provided by staff regula- "Ibid., document A/4823/Add.2. 18 Ibid., document A/4930.

tion 3.3 and to post adjustments wherever applied) :

(Subject to the Staff Assessment Plan provided by staff regulation 3.3 and to post adjustments wherever applied)

(In US dollars)

II Ill IV VIII IX XI Principal Officer and Director Category

Director ············ 20,500 21,400 22,300 Principal Officer .....

16,300 17,000 17,700 18,400 19,100 19,800 20,500 Professional Category

Senior Officer ........

14,000 14,400 14,800 15,200 15,600 16,080 16,560 17,040 17,520 18,000 First Officer .........

11,400 11,750 12,100 12,450 12,800 13,200 13,600 14,000 14,400 14,800 15,200 Second Officer .......

9,300 9,600 9,900 10,200 10,500 10,800 11,100 11,400 11,750 12,100 12,450 12,800 Associate Officer 7,500 7,750 8,000 8,250 8,500 8,750 9,000 9,300 9,600 9,900 Assistant Officer .....

5,750 6,000 6,250 6,500 6,750 7,000 7,250 7,500 7,750

( d) Paragraph 5 shall be amended by deleting the "Annex I, paragraph 5 second sentence and amending the first sentence, so as "Subject to satisfactory service, salary increments within the levels set forth in paragraph 4 of the to read as follows :

present annex shall be awarded annually, except that any increment to a salary step above ~US 18,5?,(> shall be preceded by two years at the previous step ;

( e) Paragraph 9 shall be amended by deleting the words "on 1 January 1956" after the word "Geneva", so as to read as follows :

"Annex I, paragraph 9 "In order to preserve equivalent standards of living at different offices, the Secretary-General may adjust the basic salaries set forth in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of this annex by the application of non-pensionable post adjustments, the amounts of which shall be determined on the basis of relative costs of living,

standards of living and related factors at the office

concerned as compared to Geneva. Such post adjustments shall not be subject to the Staff Assessment Plan and their amount shall vary by salary level as

determined from time to time by the General Assembly";

The step at which staff in service on 1 January 1962 shall enter the new salary scales shall be determined in accordance with the proposals contained in paragraph 9 of the report of the Secretary-General ;19

In applying paragraph 9 of annex I to the Staff Regulations as revised above:

The United Nations cost-of-living index at Geneva based on 1 January 1956 shall be adjusted by 100/110, and the indices at other duty stations shall be adjusted accordingly to compensate for the consolidation of the class 3 post adjustment in the base salaries;

( b) The amounts of post adjustment for each 5 per cent variation in the cost of living above or below the new base level shall, at all the main headquarters areas and normally at all other offices, be those specified in the report of the Fifth Committee.20

28 November 1961.

AMENDMENTS TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Assessment Total asus.r11,b/e payments Per cent

"SALARY SCALES

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AMENDMENTS TO THE PROVISIONS ON THE PENSIONABLE REMUNERATION OF THE STAFF

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