Subsistence Allowances for Members of Commissions, Committees and Other Subsidiary Bodies of the General Assembly and Other Organs of the United Nations

A/RES/459(V)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

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5 topics

Commissions of Inquiry Conciliation Currency Subsistence Allowance Travel Costs

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6 operative paragraphs

.1 Pf'rovcs the following basic points of the com- 1 ,ensation plan proposed by the Advisory Committee on \dministrative and Budgetary Questions:

That compensation be paid solely to those mem- 1 l('rs , ,i commissions, committees or similar bodies \\ ho,,· service to the Organization is recognized to the l'xtent that thev receive subsistence allowance from the < )rg:mization .

( I \ That compensation be payable only in the event "f inJtiry or death attributable to service with the United '\ ations, eligibility under this paragraph to be deterrninvd in accordance with the definition set out by the \dvisorv Committee on Administrative and Budgetary •,]1w-1i();1s in paragraph 342 ( 1) of document A/1312;18 (, ) That the maximum compensation to be paid to a ,·Iaimant will be $25,000, to be awarded in case nf

{ 11strn,ts the Secretar_y-l;eneral to follow, in the ,dtk111ent uf claims, the recommendations of the Advison· ( 'ommittee on Administrative and Budgetary IJm·,:ti,m~ ,·ontaincd in document A/1312.

16 November 1950.

t.59 ( V).

Subsistence allowances for members of commissions, committees and other sub- 11idiary bodies of the General Assembly and other organs of the United Nations Fhc c;eneral Assembly

Reaffirms the prinoples and conditions for payment of transportation expenses and subsistence allowances as laid down in resolution 231 (III) of 8 October

Agrees that subsistence allowances for members of commissions and committees eligible under resolution 231 (III) meeting at Headquarters should be raised trom $20 to $25 per diem as of 1 January 1951, as rernmnwnded by the Advisory Committee on Adminis- , rat1ve and Budgetary Questions ;i.

3 /lgrccs that members of commissions and committees meeting away from Headquarters should contimw to receive suh~istence allowances of $20 prr diem;

Concurs with the recommendation of the /\, ,,isorv Committee"' that subsistence allowances for member'.<; nf commissions of inquiry or conciliation meeting away iro111 Headquarters should be paid at the local currency ,'quivalenl oi $20 prr dirm.

1 December 1950.

12 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Se1- rion, Supplement No. 7, paragraphs 342 and 343.

UI Ibid.

14 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth SessiOK, Supplement No. 7, paragraph 325.

" [bid, paragraph 326.

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