Personnel questions.

34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH
219. Personnel questions

The General Assembly

I

1. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session:

(a) A detailed report outlining the basis on which the desirable ranges in effect in 1979 (posts subject to equitable geographical distribution) were established, including the factors and criteria, with their related percentage distributions, which determined those desirable ranges;

(b) A series of alternative tables of desirable representation for all Member States on the basis of a redistribution of the percentages used at present for the criteria of contribution and membership so as to reflect a membership percentage of 50 per cent or a membership percentage equal to that of contribution while maintaining the existing percentage in respect of the population factor; these alternative tables, which shall take into account the new scale of assessment for 1980, 1981 and 1982, shall include:

(i) A range of increases in the lower limit of the present minimum desirable, range;

(ii) An increase in the upper limit of the present minimum desirable range;

(iii) Suggested formulae for the removal or relaxation of the upper limits of the desirable ranges of developing Member States;

(iv) Formulae for relating the population criterion directly to regional populations, with suggestions for its utilization by individual Member States;

(c) An outline of any possible additional criteria which, in the Secretary-General's considered view, might also be utilized in determining a system of desirable ranges or representation with suggestions for their inclusion under subparagraphs (b) (i) to (iv) above;

(d) A study of the implications of the establishment of a ceiling on the percentage contribution for calculating the personnel entitlement of any Member State;

(e) A detailed description of the way the present weighted desirable ranges have been calculated, with information as to the basis of this calculation, as well as a study dealing with an indicative evaluation of posts so as to ensure that Member States will have a balanced quantitative and qualitative representation;

2. Also requests the Secretary-General to present the reports and submissions outlined above for the consideration of Member States at least six weeks before the opening of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly;

II

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on amendments made to the Staff Rules during the period from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979;[1]

III

Requests the Secretary-General to pursue the improvement of the computerized roster of candidates in accordance with section 1, paragraph 1 (c), of General Assembly resolution 33/143 of 20 December 1978;

IV

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the classification systems for posts in the Professional and General Service categories[2] and the oral report of the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,[3] and requests the Secretary-General to report on progress in the implementation of those systems to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session. 111th plenary meeting
20 December 1979

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[1] A/C.5/34/7. [2] A/C.5/34/37. [3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Fifth Committee, 84th meeting, paras. 27-29.