Establishment of the Special Committee for the Review of the United Nations Salary System

A/RES/2743(XXV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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8 subjects

Establishment Geographical Distribution Groups of Experts International Civil Service Members Recommendations Salaries and Allowances Terms of Reference

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Decides to establish a Special Committee for the Review of the United Nations Salary System, consisting of government experts from eleven Member States to be nominated by the President of the General Assembly with due regard to geographical balance, it being understood that these States will nominate individuals of recognized standing and experience to serve on the Committee;

Requests the Special Committee to undertake a thorough review of the loug-term principles and criteria which should govern the whole United Nations common system of salaries, allowances, grants, superannuation and other benefits and to report, inter alia, its conclusions and recommendations on the following:

The structure of categories and grades which will best enable the international civil service to discharge its functions with efficiency and reasonable economy;

The base of the system;

The principles which should govern the establishment of the salary scales and other conditions of service for the various categories;

The level of salaries and allowances, and the fringe benefits for the various grades;

( e) Such other matters concerning the system as it may deem relevant;

Suggests that the Special Committee could establish such panels or subsidiary groups of experts as will ensure that adequate time is devoted to the subjects under study;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and the Special Committee, to arrange for such additional assistance by way of staff or consultants as the Special Committee may need;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To transmit to the Special Committee the reports of earlier review committees, the views expressed by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and the summary records of relevant F1fth Committee discussions;

( b) To invite, and to transmit to the Special Committee, the comments and views on the salary system and possible modifications thereof of States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies in the United Nations common system of the specialized agencies themselves and of the staff :issociations of the organizations;

Invites the Special Committee to seek evidence from such other quarters as it may deem useful;

Invites the International Civil Service Advisory Board to express its views on the report of the Special Committee;

Requests the Special Committee to transmit its report, together with the comments of the International Civil Service Advisory Board, through the Secretary- General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session.

17 December 1970.

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