The General Assembly,
Having considered the eighteenth annual report of the International Civil Service Commission and other related reports,
Reaffirming its commitment to a single unified United Nations common system of conditions of service,
A. Role and functioning of the International Civil Service Commission
Reaffirming that, under article 9 of its statute, the International Civil Service Commission, in the exercise of its functions, shall be guided by the principle set out in the agreements between the United Nations and the other organizations, which aims at the development of a single unified international civil service through the application of common personnel standards, methods and arrangements,
Recalling its request to the Commission to assess the impact on the United Nations common system of resolution No. 1024 of the Administrative Council of the International Telecommunication Union with respect to the payment of the special post allowance,
Recalling also its request to the Commission to propose measures to be undertaken by all organizations of the common system to enforce and enhance respect for, and adherence to, the common system of salaries, allowances and conditions of service,
Noting with regret that a further payment of the special post allowance was made to the staff of the International Telecommunication Union in spite of the views expressed by the General Assembly in section II of its resolution 46/191 A of 20 December 1991 against such action,
1. Reaffirms the central role of the General Assembly with regard to the elaboration of the conditions of service for the United Nations common system as a whole and that of the International Civil Service Commission as the independent technical body responsible to the Assembly for the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the common system;
2. Notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the Commission to enhance its contacts with the governing bodies, executive heads and staff of organizations of the common system in order to strengthen the cohesiveness and unity of the system and, in this context, to emphasize its advantages;
3. Endorses the views of the Commission concerning the impact on the common system of resolution No. 1024 of the Administrative Council of the International Telecommunication Union with respect to the payment of the special post allowance;
4. Urges the governing bodies and the executive heads of all organizations of the common system to ensure that the Commission is invited in its own right to be represented at meetings where proposals pertaining to salaries, allowances, benefits and other conditions of employment are to be discussed;
5. Notes that the Commission will study in 1993 the issues of accelerated language increments and working hours;
B. Staff participation in the work of the Commission
Reaffirming that article 28, paragraph 2, of the statute of the International Civil Service Commission, elaborated in its rules of procedure, provides staff representatives with the right, collectively or separately, to present facts and views on any matter within the competence of the Commission and that staff representatives may attend meetings and may address the Commission on matters on its agenda,
Recalling section II, paragraph 2, of its resolution 45/241 of 21 December 1990, by which it expressed satisfaction with the establishment of a more active dialogue between the Commission and representatives of the organizations and staff, and section I, paragraph 5, of its resolution 46/191 A, by which it took note with appreciation of the improvements that had taken place in the functioning of the Commission,
Regrets the suspension of the participation of the staff bodies in the work of the International Civil Service Commission and urges the resumption of the dialogue between the Commission and the staff bodies, which is of fundamental importance for the achievement of the goals of the common system;
C. Biennialization of the programme of work of the Fifth Committee
Welcoming the adaptations that the International Civil Service Commission is making to its work programme in the light of the biennialization of the work of the Fifth Committee,
Taking note of the conclusions reached in respect of the current work schedule of the Commission as contained in paragraph 29 of its report,
Concurs with the arrangements proposed for dealing exceptionally with the base/floor salary scale on an annual basis and other urgent salary matters on a timely basis as set forth in paragraph 28 of the report of the International Civil Service Commission;
A. Margin considerations
Recalling its decision that the Noblemaire principle should continue to serve as the basis for the determination of conditions of service of the United Nations common system for staff in the Professional and higher categories,
Recalling also that it had endorsed the methodological approach, as outlined in paragraph 173 (d) of volume II of the fifteenth annual report of the International Civil Service Commission, for the calculation of the net remuneration margin,
Recalling further section IV, paragraph 1, of its resolution 46/191 A, by which it decided, without prejudice to previous decisions on the averaging of the margin around the mid-point over a five-year period, that any post adjustment increase in New York which might become due until 1994 might be implemented to the extent that it was compatible with the upper limit of the margin and that, in this regard, it endorsed the procedure proposed for the management of the post adjustment system within the current margin range as contained in paragraph 109 (b) of volume I of the seventeenth annual report of the Commission,
1. Takes note of the conclusions of the International Civil Service Commission as contained in chapter IV, section A, of its eighteenth annual report regarding the evolution of the margin and its management over the five-year period 1990-1994;
2. Takes note also of the study by the Commission of the methodology for determining the cost-of-living differential between New York and Washington, D.C., in the context of net remuneration margin calculations;
3. Requests the Commission to take into account the views expressed by Member States on the completion of the above- mentioned study and to submit a report on the application of the methodology to the General Assembly;
B. Base/floor salary scale
Recalling section I.H, paragraph 1, of its resolution 44/198 of 21 December 1989, by which it approved the establishment of a floor net salary scale by reference to the corresponding base net salary levels of officials in comparable positions serving at the base city of the comparator civil service,
Approves, with effect from 1 March 1993, the revised scale of gross and net salaries for staff in the Professional and higher categories contained in annex I to the present resolution and the consequential amendment to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations as reflected in annex II to the present resolution, and takes note of the views expressed by Member States in this regard, and its linkage with the mobility and hardship matrix referred to in section V of the present resolution;
C. Comparator
Recalling section VI, paragraph 1, of its resolution 46/191 A, by which it endorsed the conclusions of the International Civil Service Commission in respect of a methodology for conducting checks to determine the highest-paid civil service, as contained in annex V to volume I of its seventeenth annual report,
Recalling also that, by section VI, paragraph 2, of its resolution 46/191 A, it invited the Commission to analyse the potential consequences of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 on the pay levels of the current comparator, the United States federal civil service, providing in the analysis full details of all the special pay systems which have been introduced by the comparator civil service, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session,
Noting that the comparisons with other major international organizations outside the United Nations common system carried out by the Commission in response to a request from the Administrative Committee on Coordination had indicated that the remuneration levels at those organizations were higher than those of the common system,
Reiterates its request to the International Civil Service Commission to complete phase I of its study leading to the identification of the highest-paid civil service, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, and in this context invites the Commission also to study all aspects of the application of the Noblemaire principle with a view to ensuring the competitiveness of the United Nations common system;
D. Rental subsidy scheme
Recalling its request to the International Civil Service Commission to examine experience gained with the functioning of the current rental subsidy scheme at headquarters duty stations as contained in section III, paragraph 5, of its resolution 45/241,
1. Concurs with the conclusions of the International Civil Service Commission as contained in paragraph 130 of its report;
2. Requests the Commission to ensure that the modalities for implementation of the rental subsidy scheme are conveyed to the organizations of the United Nations common system;
E. Special occupational rates
Mindful of its resolutions 46/191 A and B of 20 December 1991 and 31 July 1992, by which it acknowledged that the United Nations common system and the International Civil Service Commission should be responsive to the special needs and concerns of the participating organizations, while emphasizing that such needs and concerns should be addressed within the common system,
Taking note of the views of the Commission concerning the introduction of special occupational rates within the common system, as set out in paragraphs 172 to 175 and 177 of its report and of the views expressed by Member States in the Fifth Committee,
Stressing that special occupational rates should be introduced only in exceptional cases of proven recruitment and retention difficulties, as determined by the Commission in close cooperation with the organizations concerned,
1. Endorses, in principle, the approach outlined by the International Civil Service Commission in paragraph 177 of its report for the introduction of the special occupational rates in the United Nations common system, and requests the Commission to submit recommendations for the consideration of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session;
2. Emphasizes that special occupational rates should be subject to the provisions of paragraph 174 of the report of the Commission and should be specific to individual posts where there are demonstrable recruitment and retention problems and should be time limited;
3. Requests the Commission to consider the feasibility and effects of including the special occupational rates in the calculation of the margin and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session;
F. Dependency allowances
Recalling section I.G, paragraph 4, of its resolution 44/198, by which it requested the International Civil Service Commission to reconsider the methodology for the determination of dependency allowances in the light of the tax practices of the comparator,
Noting the Commission's review of this matter, as contained in paragraphs 178 to 193 of its report,
1. Approves, with effect from 1 January 1993, an increase of 21 per cent in the children's allowance and an increase of 50 per cent in the secondary dependant's allowance, and the recommendations of the International Civil Service Commission in respect of eligibility criteria and the maintenance of the local-currency entitlement system;
2. Notes that the Commission will review the level of dependency allowances every two years, in order to ensure, inter alia, that all relevant changes in tax and social legislation have been taken into consideration;
G. Conditions of service of assistant secretaries-general and under-secretaries-general and structure of the salary scale
Recalling section V of its resolution 45/241, by which it requested the International Civil Service Commission to reconsider, in a comprehensive manner, the remuneration of staff of the organizations of the United Nations common system at the assistant secretary-general, under-secretary-general and equivalent levels,
Recalling also the recommendations of the Commission as contained in paragraph 173 of volume I of its seventeenth annual report and repeated in paragraph 207 of its eighteenth annual report,
Recalling further section VII of its resolution 46/191 A, by which it deferred a decision on the recommendations of the Commission until its forty-seventh session,
Recalling that, in section IX, paragraph 3, of its resolution 46/191 A, it requested the Commission to include in its work programme a review of the differences between United Nations and United States net remuneration at individual grade levels and to report to it at the earliest opportunity,
Mindful of the proposals of the Secretary-General in respect of the conditions of service of under-secretaries-general and assistant secretaries-general and the reports of the Secretary-General on representation allowances for this category of staff in the United Nations,
Taking note of the views expressed on this question by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
Taking into account the comments of Member States in the Fifth Committee,
Taking note also of the recommendation of the Administrative Committee on Coordination to the Commission concerning the levels of remuneration of staff at the D-1 and D-2 levels and the conclusions of the Commission as contained in paragraph 176 of its report,
1. Requests the International Civil Service Commission, in close cooperation with the organizations, to develop appropriate guidelines for the administration of the revised housing arrangements for eligible officials outlined in paragraph 173 (c) of volume I of its seventeenth annual report, taking into account the views expressed by Member States;
2. Decides to revert to the consideration of the conditions of service, including the question of representation allowances, of assistant secretaries-general and under-secretaries-general and equivalent levels at the earliest possible opportunity;
3. Invites the Commission to continue to keep under review the structure of the salary scale at all levels of the Professional and higher categories, taking into account, inter alia, the overall level of the margin as established by the General Assembly and the imbalance between the margin levels for different Professional grade levels, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-ninth session;
Recalling section XIII, paragraph 4, of its resolution 45/241 and section X of its resolution 46/191 A, by which, inter alia, it requested the International Civil Service Commission to report on its review of the methodology for the conduct of salary surveys of the General Service and related categories at headquarters duty stations,
Taking note of the conclusions of the Commission on the matter as contained in chapter V of its report,
Recalling also its request to the Secretary-General, in section XIII, paragraph 3, of its resolution 45/241, to submit to it at its forty-seventh session a report on procedures whereby the Secretary-General and other executive heads could take measures regarding salary scales of the General Service category at variance with recommendations of the Commission only after consultations with appropriate intergovernmental bodies and the Commission,
1. Endorses the reaffirmation by the International Civil Service Commission of the Flemming principle as enunciated at its fifteenth session as the basis for the determination of conditions of service of the General Service and related categories;
2. Takes note of the decisions of the Commission in respect of the refinements and modifications to the methodology as contained in paragraph 231 of its report, and the procedures for their introduction as outlined in paragraph 232 of its report, on the understanding that such modifications will be taken into account beginning with the salary survey being carried out in Paris;
3. Calls upon all organizations to ensure that interim adjustments to salaries are not resumed until the recommendations from the Commission based on the comprehensive General Service salary survey are acted upon by the organizations;
4. Regrets that it has not so far received the report on procedures to be taken in the event that the implementation of a General Service salary survey is at variance with the recommendations of the Commission, welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to implement resolution 45/241, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the report no later than at its forty-ninth session;
Recalling section III.B, paragraph 2, of its resolution 43/226 of 21 December 1988, by which it approved as an interim measure the recommendations of the International Civil Service Commission for the management of the reimbursement of expenses under the education grant on the basis of different currency areas,
1. Endorses the revised methodology for the determination of the education grant as contained in annex VII to the report of the International Civil Service Commission;
2. Approves increases in the maximum reimbursement levels in five currency areas, as recommended by the Commission in paragraph 252 of its report;
3. Requests the Commission to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session on the operation of the education grant on the basis of the revised methodology, taking into account the views of Member States on this matter;
Recalling section I.E of its resolution 44/198, by which it introduced a mobility and hardship allowance with effect from 1 July 1990 and requested the International Civil Service Commission to report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session on the operation of the allowance and the assignment grant,
Recalling also section V, paragraph 1, of its resolution 46/191 A, by which it requested the Commission to include in its report on the operation of the mobility and hardship allowance a cost-benefit analysis of the operation of that allowance as well as an assessment of the personnel management benefits,
1. Takes note of the conclusions of the International Civil Service Commission in respect of the operation of the mobility and hardship scheme as contained in chapter VII of its report;
2. Concurs that the existing parameters of the mobility and hardship scheme be maintained;
3. Takes note also of the intention of the Commission to review the operation of the scheme after more experience has been gained in its operation;
4. Requests the Commission to include the following elements in its forthcoming review:
(a) The adjustment procedure which links the mobility and hardship matrix to revisions of the base/floor salary;
(b) The percentage levels attributed to the matrix also in comparison with those applicable in the comparator civil service and in particular those pertaining to the H and A categories;
(c) An analysis of the extent to which each of the component parts that make up the matrix meets the needs of the organizations;
(d) A precise quantification of the cost savings; and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session;
Recalling section XI of its resolution 45/241, by which it invited the International Civil Service Commission, working together with the organizations of the United Nations common system and with the staff representatives, to examine specific and practical steps to translate into action earlier recommendations and requests relating to the status of women in the United Nations system,
Appreciating the work done by the Commission's Working Group on the Status of Women in the United Nations System, as outlined in chapter VIII of the report of the Commission,
1. Urges the organizations of the United Nations common system to introduce a coherent plan for improving the status of women in each organization in the course of 1993 with full respect for their basic instruments and taking into account the recommendations of the International Civil Service Commission, and in this context to give attention not only to the representation, promotion and career progression of women but also to work/family-related issues, spouse employment and the creation of an organizational climate conducive to the equal participation of men and women in the work of the organizations;
2. Requests the Commission to continue to report on a regular basis both on the extent of implementation of previous recommendations in this area and on new initiatives proposed or introduced by the organizations to enhance the status of women in the common system;
Recalling its requests in section XII, paragraph 1, of its resolution 45/241 and in section VIII of its resolution 46/191 A that, as a matter of priority, the International Civil Service Commission resume active consideration of the substantive areas covered under articles 13 and 14 of its statute and, notably, review merit systems and performance appraisal in the United Nations common system,
Noting, inter alia, the inclusion of studies on performance appraisal and the recognition of merit in the work programme of the Commission for 1993 and 1994,
Urges the International Civil Service Commission, as a complement to studies being undertaken in the remuneration area, to give equal attention in its work programme to measures designed to promote sound personnel management in the international public service, including recruitment forecasting, human resources planning, performance management and staff development and training.
94th plenary meeting
23 December 1992
Salary scale for the Professional and higher categories showing
annual gross salaries and net equivalents after application of
staff assessment a/
(In United States dollars)
(Effective 1 March 1993)
Level/Step I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV
XV
Under-Secretary-General
USG Gross ..148 296
Net D .. 86 914
Net S .. 78 122
Assistant Secretary-General
ASG Gross ..134 454
Net D .. 79 716
Net S .. 72 087
Director
D-2 Gross ..109 444 111 946 114 448 116 948 119 450 121 952
Net D .. 66 711 68 012 69 313 70 613 71 914 73 215
Net S .. 61 183 62 273 63 364 64 454 65 545 66 636
Principal Officer
D-1 Gross .. 96 315 98 417 100 529 102 667 104 810 106 952 109 094 111 237 113 377
Net D .. 59 847 60 961 62 075 63 187 64 301 65 415 66 529 67 643 68 756
Net S .. 55 304 56 308 57 296 58 228 59 162 60 096 61 030 61 964 62 897
Senior Officer
P-5 Gross .. 84 528 86 430 88 332 90 234 92 136 94 036 95 938 97 080 99 740 101 673 103 612 105 548 107 487
Net D .. 53 600 54 608 55 616 56 624 57 632 58 639 59 647 60 655 61 662 62 670 63 678 64 685 65 693
Net S .. 49 669 50 579 51 488 52 397 53 306 54 214 55 123 56 033 56 941 57 794 58 040 59 484 60 329
First Officer
P-4 Gross .. 69 020 70 843 72 661 74 480 76 302 78 120 79 941 81 794 83 649 85 502 87 355 89 213 91 066 92 921 94 775
Net D .. 45 271 46 255 47 237 48 219 49 203 50 185 51 168 52 151 53 134 54 116 55 098 56 083 57 065 58 048 59 031
Net S .. 42 103 43 000 43 894 44 789 45 686 46 580 47 476 48 363 49 249 50 136 51 021 51 909 52 795 53 681 54 567
Second Officer
P-3 Gross .. 55 753 57 431 59 111 60 787 62 467 64 145 65 839 67 550 69 259 70 970 72 680 74 389 76 098 77 807 79 519
Net D .. 38 014 38 937 39 861 40 783 41 707 42 630 43 553 44 477 45 400 46 324 47 247 48 170 49 093 50 016 50 940
Net S .. 35 520 36 356 37 192 38 027 38 864 39 699 40 538 41 380 42 220 43 062 43 904 44 744 45 585 46 426 47 268
Associate Officer
P-2 Gross ... 44 351 45 779 47 226 48 675 50 123 51 572 53 021 54 468 55 953 57 453 58 953 60 456
Net D ... 31 517 32 344 33 169 33 995 34 820 35 646 36 472 37 297 38 124 38 949 39 774 40 601
Net S ... 29 603 30 359 31 110 31 862 32 614 33 366 34 118 34 869 35 620 36 367 37 114 37 862
Assistant Officer
P-1 Gross ... 33 277 34 580 35 910 37 256 38 600 39 944 41 292 42 636 43 980 45 337
Net D ... 24 949 25 744 26 537 27 331 28 124 28 917 29 712 30 505 31 298 32 092
Net S ... 23 565 24 299 25 028 25 758 26 486 27 215 27 945 28 674 29 402 30 130
D = Rate applicable to staff members with a dependent spouse or child.
S = Rate applicable to staff members with no dependent spouse or child.
a/ This scale represents the result of a consolidation of 6.9 multiplier points of post adjustment into net base salary. The
adjustments in the post adjustment indices and multipliers at all duty stations, effective 1 March 1993. Thereafter, changes in pos
be effected on the basis of the movements of the newly consolidated post adjustment indices.
ANNEX II
Amendment to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations
Regulation 3.3
Replace the second table in paragraph (b) (i) by the following table:
Staff member with a Staff Member with neither
Total assessable payments dependent spouse or a dependent spouse nor a
(United States dollars) a dependent child dependent child
First $15 000 per year ......... 13.0 17.1
Next $5 000 per year ........... 31.0 34.2
Next $5 000 per year ........... 34.0 38.4
Next $5 000 per year ........... 37.0 41.7
Next $5 000 per year ........... 39.0 43.7
Next $10 000 per year .......... 41.0 45.8
Next $10 000 per year .......... 43.0 48.1
Next $10 000 per year .......... 45.0 50.2
Next $15 000 per year .......... 46.0 50.8
Next $20 000 per year .......... 47.0 52.2
Remaining assessable payments .. 48.0 56.4
