Reaffirms the responsibility and authority of the Secretary-General as the Chief Administrative Officer of the United Nations under Article 97 of the Charter of the United Nations;
2
Reiterates its readiness:
a
To receive and consider fully the views of the staff as set out by a single recognized representative of the staff of the United Nations Secretariat in a document submitted through the Secretary-General under the agenda item entitled "Personnel questions";
b
To receive and consider fully the views of the staf( as set out by a designated representative of the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations in a document submitted through the Secretary- General under the agenda item entitled "Report of the International Civil Service Commission";
3
Decides that, to assist its deliberations, the Fifth Committee may, if considered desirable, invite:
a
A single recognized representative of the staff of the United Nations Secretariat to make an oral presentation to the Committee to introduce, at the beginning of the Committee's consideration of the relevant agenda item, the document referred to under paragraph 2 (a) above;
b
A designated representative of the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations to make an oral presentation to the Committee to introduce at the beginning of the Committee's consideration of the relevant agenda item, the document referred to under paragraph 2 (b) above;
4
Notes that the statements referred to in paragraph 3 (a) and (b) above would be made from the floor of the conference room;
5
Notes further that if any questions are posed by members of the Fifth Committee in response to the statements referred to under paragraph 3 (a) and (b) above, they could be answered in writing by the representative of the staff of the United Nations Secretariat or of the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations as appropriate, in a single supplementary document submitted through the Secretary-General.
" Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session.
"Document A/35/30/Corr. l was issued on 5 November 1980 to Supplement No. 30 (A/35/30 and Corr. I and 2).
replace the text of annex V contained in the report of the Commission.
