Expenses to be incurred by the United Nations in respect of individuals or groups of experts appointed by organs or subsidiary organs for the performance of special ad hoc tasks — A/RES/2489(XXIII) | UN Mandate Registry
Expenses to Be Incurred by the United Nations in Respect of Individuals or Groups of Experts Appointed by Organs or Subsidiary Organs for the Performance of Special Ad Hoc Tasks
Reaffirms the basic principies governing the payment of travel and subsistence costs of members of organs and subsidiary organs as laid down in General Assembly resolution 1798 (XVII) ;
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Reaffirms the basic principies adopted at its 1082nd plenary meeting governing the payment of honoraria to such persons, according to which neither a fee nor any other remuneration in addition to subsistence allowances at the standard rate shall normally be paid to members of organs or subsidiary organs;
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Decides that the following additional rules shall become effective as from 1 January 1969:
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A clear distinction shall be drawn between:
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Individuals appointed by organs or subsidiary organs to undertake in their personal capacity the performance. of special studies or other ad hoc tasks on behalf of the bodies involved;
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Experts or consultants appointed by the Secretary- General to assist him in the performance of special studies or other ad hoc tasks entrusted to the Secretariat;
( b) Cases falling under category ( i) above shall be governed by the rules established by the General Assembly in its resolution 1798 (XVII) on the payment of travel and subsistence costs oí members of organs and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and the decision taken by the General Assembly at its sixteenth session on the payment of honoraria, namely, that neither a fee nor any other remuneration in addition to travel expenses and a subsistence allowance at the standard rate shall normally be payable;
( c) If a fee or remuneration is proposed by way of exception to the established rules, the decision shall invariably be taken by the General Assembly after prior examination by the Fifth Committee oí any 82 Jbid., Sixteenth Session, Plenary Meetings, 1082nd meeting, para. 7.
special considerations in the particular case; _the criterion might be whether the person best quahfied _for a particular task could be induced to accept the appomtment unless sorne financia! provision was made to compensate for the loss of professional earnings ; thus a factor in each case would be whether or not the person concerned would remain in the employ of a Government or other institution without suspension of normal emoluments; in such cases, at least as far ~s Member States are concerned, it shall be assumed, m any event, that they would normally wish to make available to the Organization without charge the services of persons in tbeir employ ;
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Decides that tbe decisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 above shall not be deemed to apply to the payment of any honoraria wbich it has already authoriz~d on an exceptional basis and which are enumerated m the annex to the. present resolution.
