United Nations Common System Report of the International Civil Service Commission

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 117United Nations common system and 117aReport of the International Civil Service Commission, published in 1985.

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20 versions · 1984–2002

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Competitive Examinations Duty Stations General Service Staff International Civil Service Interviewing Job Classification Personnel Management Post Adjustment Professional Staff Promotion Rules and Regulations Salaries and Allowances Separation Payments Staff Assessment Statistical Methodology Technical Aspects Training Programmes

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6 operative paragraphs

Notes the survey of best prevailing conditions of 1.

service for the General Service and related categories in New York conducted by the International Civil Service Commission under article 12 of its statute;

Notes also that the Commission has approved a methodology for surveys of best prevailing conditions of service for locally recruited staff at non-headquarters duty stations which is to be applied from 1985 onwards;

Requests the Commission to keep under review the implementation of the methodology for surveys of best prevailing conditions of service for locally recruited staff at non-headquarters duty stations and to re-examine, where necessary, the technical aspects of the methodology in the light of experience;

II l. Decides that, with effect from l January 1985, for all staff in the Professional and higher categories, separation payments (commutation of accrued annual leave, repatriation grant, death grant and termination indemnities) should continue to be based on the scale which has been in effect since l January 1981, subject to the current adjustment procedure approved by the General Assembly29 and to the revised scale of staff assessment set out in annex V to the report of the International Civil Service Commission; 28 2.

Requests the Commission, in conformity with article 10 of its statute, to review the practices of the organizations of the United Nations common system as regards long service steps for staff in the Professional category, to examine ways in which uniformity on this question may be established within the common system and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

III l. Notes the progress made by the International Civil Service Commission in the establishment of job classification standards;

Takes note of the recommendations made by the Commission to the organizations of the United Nations

27 See also resolution 39/27. 28 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninlh Session, Supplement 'Ro. 30 (A/39/30' and Corr. I and 2). 29 See decision 36/459.

common system on the use of selection interviews, 30 on the role of selection mechanisms and processes31 and on promotion policy,32 and requests the Secretary-General,

taking into account the views expressed by Member States, on the action taken on these recommendations in the United Nations Secretariat;

Notes the intention of the Commission to pursue its work on the development of training policies by elaborating an approach to the evaluation of training programmes;

Requests the Commission to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on the use of competitive examinations for both selection and promotion;

IV Approves the amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations, with effect from I January 1985, as set forth in the annex to the present resolution, to replace the present schedules of net and gross salaries, post adjustment amounts, and the scales of staff assessment.

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