Amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations (Regulation 1.10 and 4.5 (a), and Annex I, Paragraph 1 and 2)

A/RES/887(IX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1955.

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8 subjects

Appointment of Officials Children's Allowance Education Grant International Civil Service Rules and Regulations Salaries and Allowances Staff Assessment Top Echelon Staff

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17 December 1954.

ANNEX Staff regulation 1.10 (amended text)

The oath or declaration shall be made orally by the Secretary-General and by Under-Secretaries and officials of equivalent rank at a public meeting of the General Assembly and by all other members of the Secretariat before the Secretary- General or his authorized deputy.

Staff regulation 4.5 (a) (amended text)

Appointments of Under-Secretaries and officials of equivalent rank shall normally be for a period of five years, subject to prolongation or renewal. Other staff members shall be granted either permanent or temporary appointments under such terms and conditions consistent with these regulations as the Secretary-General may prescribe. Annex I to the staff regulations, paragraph 1 (amended text)

An Under-Secretary or an official of equivalent rank shall receive as basic remuneration a salary of $US18,000 (subject to the Staff Assessment Plan at the rates laid down in General Assembly resolution 239 (Ill) of 18 November 1948 and to such changes as may be directed from time to time by the General Assembly, and to salary differentials wherever applied), together with an allowance of $US3,500.

Under-Secretaries or officials of equivalent rank shall not be entitled to education and children's allowances but shall, if otherwise eligible, receive other allowances and benefits which are available to staff members generally. Annex I to the staff regulations, paragraph 2 (amended text)

The Secretary-General is authorized, on the basis of appropriate justification and/or reporting, to make additional payments to Under-Secretaries and officials of equivalent rank at Headquarters to compensate for such special costs as may be reasonably incurred, in the interest of the Organization, in the performance of duties assigned to them by the Secretary- 25 See Economic and Social Council resolution 557A (XVIII).

26 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Eighteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 29. General. The maximum total amount of such payments is to be determined in the annual budget by the General Assembly.

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