Compensation to members of commissions, committees or similar bodies in ease of injury or death attributable to service with the United Nations

V. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
458. Compensation to members of commissions, committees or similar bodies in ease of injury or death attributable to service with the United Nations

The General Assembly, Taking into account the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the problem of compensation to members of commissions, committees or similar bodies in cases of injury or death attributable to service with the United Nations,[1]

1. Approves the following basic points of the compensation plan proposed by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions:

(a) That compensation be paid solely to those members of commissions, committees or similar bodies whose service to the Organization is recognized to the extent that they receive subsistence allowance from the Organization;

(b) That compensation be payable only in the event of injury or death attributable to service with the United Nations, eligibility under this paragraph to be determined in accordance with the definition set out by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 342 (1) of document A/1312;[2]

(c) That the maximum compensation to be paid to a claimant will be $25,000, to be awarded in case of death or total disability;

2. Instructs the Secretary-General to follow, in the settlement of claims, the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in document A/1312.

305th plenary meeting,
16 November 1950.

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[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Session, Supplement No. 7, paragraphs 342 and 343. [2] Ibid.