Emoluments of Under-Secretaries: amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations

UN General Assembly, Emoluments of Under-Secretaries: amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations, A/RES/1234, UN General Assembly, 14 December 1957, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1957/en/10251 [accessed 23 January 2025]
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XII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
1234. Emoluments of Under-Secretaries: amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations

The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the organization of the Secretariat at the senior level[1] and the comments thereon of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,[2] Resolves that the Staff Regulations of the United Nations shall be modified by the amendments annexed to the present resolution, with effect from 1 January 1958. 731st plenary meeting,
14 December 1957.

ANNEX

Annex I, paragraph 1

Replace the present text by the following: "An Under-Secretary shall receive a salary of $US23,000 (subject to the Staff Assessment Plan provided in staff regulation 3.3 and to post adjustments wherever applied) and, if otherwise eligible, shall receive the allowances which are available to staff members generally."

Annex I, paragraph 2

In the first sentence delete the words "and officials of equivalent rank at Headquarters".

Annex I, paragraph 9 (Post adjustments)

In the first sentence replace the words "may adjust the basic salaries set forth in paragraph 3 and 4 of this annex" by the words "may adjust the basic salaries set forth in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of this annex".

Regulation 3.4 (Dependency benefits)

In paragraph (a) amend the beginning of the first sentence to read: "Under-Secretaries and staff members in the Principal Officer and Director category".

Regulations 1.10 and 4.5 (a)

Delete the references to "officials of equivalent rank". 731st plenary meeting,
14 December 1957.
[1] Ibid., Twelfth Session, Annexes, agenda item 41, document A/C.5/728. [2] Ibid., document A/3762.
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