United Nations Common System : Report of the International Civil Service Commission

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 120United Nations common system, published in 2003.

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12 versions · 1989–2016

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15 topics

Accountability Common Services Dependency Allowances Education Grant Federal Government General Service Staff International Civil Service Mobility and Hardship Allowance Personnel Management Professional Staff Salaries and Allowances Staff Assessment United States Wage Surveys Working Conditions

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2004.

2004A/59/399Report of the Panel on the Strengthening of the International Civil Service note

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What does this mandate say?

21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2002;1

I.Conditions of service applicable to both categories of staff

A.Review of the pay and benefits system

Recalling its resolutions 51/216 of 18 December 1996, 52/216 of 22 December 1997, 53/209 of 18 December 1998 and 55/223 of 23 December 2000,

Takes note with appreciation of the concrete progress made by the Commission in the review of the pay and benefits system in the context of the approved framework for human resources management;

Takes note of the decisions of the Commission contained in paragraphs 39 and 60 of its report;1

Invites the Commission to duly take into account all views expressed by Member States regarding the review of the pay and benefits system, bearing in mind that any eventual proposals should be aimed at enhancing the effectiveness as well as the efficiency of the secretariats of the organizations of the United Nations system, consistent with the principles set out in paragraph 12 of the report of the Commission;1

Notes that the Commission will examine the issue of contractual arrangements in the United Nations system organizations, bearing in mind its close linkage to the review of the pay and benefits system;

Requests the Commission to review the decision contained in paragraph 80 of its report,Error: Reference source not found including the question of whether the Senior Management Service should be dealt with in the framework of the review of the pay and benefits system, in view of the intention of the General Assembly to consider the question at its fifty-eighth session;

Notes that the proposed Senior Management Service would not require a special pay and benefits package, as mentioned in paragraph 80 of the report of the Commission;

Requests the Commission to conduct a review of grade equivalency between the United Nations and the United States federal service in accordance with the new master standard during its review of the pay and benefits system, taking fully into account the post structure of the United Nations and of the United States federal Government, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session;

B.Mobility

Recalling its resolution 55/258 of 14 June 2001, in which the General Assembly requested the Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the question of mobility and its implications for the career development of staff members in the United Nations system,

Takes note of paragraph 92 of the report of the Commission,1 and, in this context, requests the Commission to continue to develop its study in this area and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;

C.Common scale of staff assessment

Recalling its resolutions 48/225 of 23 December 1993 and 51/216,

Takes note of the decision of the Commission as contained in paragraph 96 of its report;1

D.Hazard pay

Requests the Commission to reconsider its decision on hazard pay, taking into account all the views expressed by Member States;

E.Review of the level of education grant

Recalling its resolutions 51/216 and 52/216,

Approves increases in the maximum reimbursement levels for seven countries or currency areas, as well as other recommendations in respect of the reimbursement of expenses under the education grant, as contained in paragraph 141 of and annex V to the report of the Commission;1

Takes note of the decisions of the Commission contained in paragraphs 142 and 143 of its report;

II.Conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories

A.Margin considerations and base/floor salary scale

Recalling section I.C, paragraph 3, of its resolution 44/198 of 21 December 1989, section II.B of its resolution 48/224 of 23 December 1993, section I.C of its resolution 51/216, section I.B of its resolutions 52/216, 53/209 and 54/238 of 23 December 1999, section II.C of its resolution 55/223 and section II.A of its resolution 56/244 of 24 December 2001,

Notes that the net remuneration margin, which measures the relationship between United Nations salaries and those of the comparator for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002, is 109.3, as shown in annex III to the report of the Commission;1

Reaffirms that the range of 110 to 120 for the margin between the net remuneration of officials in the Professional and higher categories of the United Nations in New York and officials in comparable positions in the comparator civil service should continue to apply, on the understanding that the margin would be maintained at the desirable midpoint of 115 over a period of time;

Requests the Commission to keep the matter under review with a view to restoring the margin to its midpoint over a period of time, and requests the Commission to report to the General Assembly on the outcome of this review at its sixty-second session, taking into full account the Noblemaire principle;

Approves, with effect from 1 January 2003, the revised scale of gross and net salaries for staff in the Professional and higher categories, as contained in the annex to the present resolution;

Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to strengthen performance and accountability, especially at the senior levels, throughout the common system, and requests the Commission to make recommendations, where appropriate, for increasing the roles of performance and productivity in determining remuneration levels;

Requests the Commission, when conducting its review of the pay and benefits system, to bear in mind the necessity for performance management systems to be fair and transparent;

Reiterates its request to the Commission to review, in the context of the review of the pay and benefits system, the existing linkage between the base/floor salary scale and the mobility and hardship allowance;

B.Dependency allowances

Recalling section II.F, paragraph 2, of its resolution 47/216 of 23 December 1992, in which it noted that the Commission would review the level of dependency allowances every two years,

Endorses the recommendations of the Commission contained in paragraph 182 of its report;1

III.Conditions of service of the General Service and other locally recruited categories

Recalling section II.A of its resolution 52/216, in which it reaffirmed that the Flemming principle should continue to serve as the basis for determining the conditions of service of the General Service and related categories and endorsed the revised methodology for surveys of best prevailing conditions of employment for those categories,

Takes note of the results of the salary surveys conducted in London, Vienna and Geneva, as reported in chapter V of the report of the Commission;1

IV.Strengthening of the international civil service

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General concerning the strengthening of the international civil service;

Endorses the terms of reference of the panel on the strengthening of the international civil service, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General;

Requests the panel also to comment on the role and main characteristics of the international civil service;

Invites the Commission to comment on the findings and recommendations of the panel and to submit its comments to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, to be considered by the Assembly together with the report of the Secretary-General.

Salary scale for staff in the Professional and higher categories showing annual gross salaries and net equivalents after application of staff assessment

(United States dollars)

Effective 1 January 2003

D = Rate applicable to staff members with a dependent spouse or child.

S = Rate applicable to staff members with no dependent spouse or child.

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