Report of the International Civil Service Commission

A/RES/37/126View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 112 Report of the International Civil Service Commission, published in 1982.

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11 documents · 1976–1982

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1982	A/RES/37/126	Report of the International Civil Service Commission	1,043	–
1982	A/RES/36/233	Report of the International Civil Service Commission	666	–
1981	A/RES/35/214[C]	Report of the International Civil Service Commission	—	–
1981	A/RES/35/214[B]	Report of the International Civil Service Commission	—	–
1981	A/RES/35/214A-C	Report of the International Civil Service Commission resolutions	—	–

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16 subjects

Career Development Children's Allowance Competitive Examinations Contracts Education Grant Field Staff Health Insurance International Civil Service Job Classification Pensions Post Adjustment Professional Staff Rent Salaries and Allowances Salary Supplements Working Conditions

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14 operative paragraphs

Approves the procedure for adjusting cost-of-living differential factors applicable to retirees from the Profes sional and higher categories where those factors are applied and where the rates of taxation are zero or lower than those implicit in the amounts of base pensions provided under the United Nations staff pension scheme;34

Approves the recommendation of the International Civil Service Commission35 and of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board36 that no reduction factor be applied to the retirees from the General Service and related categories;

II Takes note of the current status of the comparison I. between the total compensation in the comparator civil serv ice and that in the United Nations common system;37 Calls the attention of Member States to the fact that 2. the practice of supplementary payments or deduct!ons is inconsistent with the provisions of the Staff Regulat10ns of the United Nations and, therefore, inappropriate;

Notes the results of the review by the International Civil Service Commission of the purposes and operation of the post adjustment systƔm anƕ the ƖeeƗ to continue _to improve the system, and m particular mv1tes the Commis sion to continue to improve the methodology for cost-of living measurements;

Requests the Commission to review furthƘr the basis for the determination and level of remuneration of the Professional and higher categories, with a view to making recommendations thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth sessio11, and thereafter periodically on the level of remuneration;

III Takes note of the general methodology for surveys I. of best prevailing conditions of service of the staff in the General Service and related categories38 approved by the International Civil Service Commission for application to headquarters duty stations;

Notes that the Commission has started a comprehen ·,ive review of conditions of service in the field;

Decides that the children's allowance for the Profes 3. sional and higher categories shall be increased to $700 as from I January 1983, 39 and that the currency floor measures designed to ensure an equitable level of the allowance ev erywhere be maintained, based on the twelve-month average lƙxchange rate ending 30 June 1982, for all duty stations;

Decides that the education grant shall remain an ex patriate benefit to be granted to al_l United Natioƚs exƛatriat_e officials but that nationals retummg to duty stations m thetr home country following an assignment elsewhere may re ceive the grant for the balance of a school year, not ex Ɯ·eeding one full school year after their return from expatriate -;ervi,:e;40

Requests the Commission to keep the question of the education grant under review, particularly in regard to the situation of officials subject to rotation between headquarters and other duty stations and taking account of the views ex pressed by delegations during the debate;

Notes the Commission's decision to increase the pro visions of the assignment allowance by 50 per cent and to <louble the lump sum portion of the installation grant re ceived by field staff;41 Requests the Commission to complete on an urgent 7. basis its study of the need for a rental subsidy arrangement in headquarters duty stations of organizations of the United Nations common system, particularly with regard to new comers and staff transfers, and to report to the General Asstmhly, at its thirty-eighth session, on action taken;

Requests the Commission to examine the need for X. raising the ratio pf contributions by organizations of the United Nations common system for health insurance of staff members and the question of applying appropriate retroactivity;

IV Welcomes the study on the concept of career, tƝpes I. of appointment, career d_evelopr_n:nt anƞ related qƟeƠt10ơƢ submitted by the IntematJonal CIVIi Service Comm1ss10n;

Considers that the overall concept of integrated per 2. sonnel management based on human reƣources p_lanƤing ƥs envisaged by the Commission_ will asƦ1st orga1_11Ƨat1ons m achieving their programme obJect1ves m an efficient man ner, while providing improved conditions for career devel opment to all categories of staff in the common system. whether they serve on career or fixed-term appointments;

Recommends that the three-tiered job classification system developed by the Commission, based on a Master Standard of common system job classification standards, be applied to ensure optimal equity in remuƨeration as well as a sound basis for human resources planmng and career de velopment, and that personnel P?licies _of orga!1izations _ of the common system be harmomzed with the Job classifi cation system promulgated by the Commission;

Recommends further that organizations should es tablish their needs for permanent and fixed-term staff on a continuing basis in conjunction with the Ʃuƪan res<:>Urces planning process, taking into account the cntena considered by the Commission for this purpose;

Decides that staff members on fixed-term appoint 5. ments upon completion of five years of co!1tinui_ng good service shall be given every reasonable cons1deratton for a career appointment;

Notes the Commission's intention to undertake an evaluation of competitive examinations and other elements of recruitment policy;

Requests the Commission to pursue its programme under articles 13 and 14 of its statute as scheduled;

V Requests all bodies making proposals for action on per sonnel matters affecting the United Nations common system to co-ordinate those proposals closely with the International Civil Service Commission, which shall give its recommen dations thereon to the General Assembly and other legis lative organs in the common system and thereby avoid duplication of efforts.

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3• 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session,

Supplement No. 30 (A/37/30). 31 Official Records of the General An·emhlv. Thirty-seventh Session,

34 lbid., Supplement No. 9 (A/37/9 and Corr.1-4), annex X. Supplement No. 1/ (A/37/1 I).

"Ibid., Supplement No. 30 (N37/30), para. 42. 32 A/37/11/Add. I and Add. I/Corr. I '" Ibid., Supplement No. 9 (A/1719 and Corr.1-4). annex X. ,ect. B.

u !hid .. Supplement No. 30 (A/37/30), paras. 65-85. '"/hid .. Supplement No. 30 (Ar\7/30). annex II. N Staff regulation 3.-t (a) (i) was amended accordingly.

41 Official Records of 1l1e 0t'nera/ Assemhlv. Thirty-.\'e1'enth Session.

f rules !03. 20 and 203. 8 were amended acrnrdingly. •0 Staf Supplement No. 30 (A, 17130), annex I. 41 Staff ruk·s lfn.'.'2, 107.20, 203.10 and 203.11 were amended 43 N371535 accordinvly.

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