Methods of establishing the salaries of international civil servants

XXIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
2486. Methods of establishing the salaries of international civil servants

The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,[1] together with the relevant reports of the International Civil Service Advisory Board[2] and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,[3] Noting that sections A and B of chapter II of the report of the International Civil Service Advisory Board contain only the broad outlines of the Board's recommendations regarding methods of establishing salaries for international civil servants, Noting also the comments of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 6 of its report, Mindful of the various possible effects of the changes envisaged by the International Civil Service Advisory Board in its report, Recognizing that Member States should have an opportunity of examining these effects in detail, particularly in respect of those features of the salary system which are of special concern to them, Recognizing the need to clarify the principles on which staff salaries may be based, Conscious of the need to preserve the "common system",

1. Requests that in the report of the International Civil Service Advisory Board on its seventeenth session separate chapters be included describing the progress made on:

(a) The review proposed by the International Civil Service Advisory Board in paragraph 114 of the report on its thirteenth session,[4] in the light of the observations contained in paragraph 45 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[5]

(b) The construction of the international salary index and the study of "world market rates";

2. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the report of the International Civil Service Advisory Board on its seventeenth session as a document of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly.

1752nd plenary meeting,
21 December 1968.

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[1] Ibid., document A/7236. [2] Ibid., annex I. [3] Ibid., document A/7280. [4] Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 77, document A/5918/Add.1. [5] Ibid., document A/6056.