Establishment of a Committee to review the United Nations salary, allowance and benefits system

X. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
975. Establishment of a Committee to review the United Nations salary, allowance and benefits system

The General Assembly, Hazing considered the reports[1] of the Secretary-General relating to salary differentials, cost-of-living adjustments and dependency allowances, as well as the recommendations thereon of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, as set forth in its twenty-second and twenty-third reports[2] to the General Assembly at its tenth session, Believing that the United Nations salary, allowance and benefits system, which is based on a survey conducted in 1949, should be reviewed to determine what adjustments should be made as the result of experience since the system became effective Taking into account that the United Nations and a majority of the specialized agencies have developed a common system of salaries and allowances,

1. Decides to establish a Committee of eleven experts nominated by Governments to undertake a comprehensive review of the United Nations salary, allowance and benefits system, and to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly at its eleventh session;

2. Requests the Governments of Argentina, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, New Zealand, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America each to nominate an expert to serve on the Committee;

3. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the heads of the specialized agencies, to invite the Governments of two States which are members of the specialized agencies co-operating but not of the United Nations, to nominate one expert each to serve on the Committee;

4. Invites the co-operation of the specialized agencies in this review;

5. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the eleven Governments concerned, to appoint a time for the convening of the Committee and to provide the necessary services and facilities for the work of the Committee;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the report of the Committee to the specialized agencies;

7. Invites the Secretary-General and the heads of the specialized agencies to furnish any comments they may wish to make on the report of the Committee prior to its consideration by the General Assembly at its eleventh session.

557th plenary meeting,
15 December 1955.


[1] Ibid., documents A/C.5/632 and A/C.5/636. [2] Ibid., documents A/3038 and A/3039
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