Report of the International Civil Service Commission - Thirty-Second Session - Supplement No. 30(A/32/30)

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Official records for the thirty-second session of the International Civil Service Commission, including a supplement that summarizes the agenda, submissions, and determinations of the Commission and its General Assembly-related follow-up. The contents cover organizational questions and actions, review of the United Nations salary system, conditions of service across professional and higher categories and the general service category, and related pension and allowance matters. Annexes detail the operation and proposed changes to the post adjustment system and salary scales at Geneva.

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Letter of transmittal

I. ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS

Acceptances of the statute

Membership

Sessions

Subsidiary body

Methods of work

II. ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES AND FOLLOW-UP

Review of the United Nations salary system

Conditions of service of the General Service category

Pensions

III. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND HIGHER CATEGORIES

Implementation of General Assembly decisions

Evolution of the margin between remuneration

Operation of the post adjustment system and study of possible changes

Methodology for evaluation of "total compensation"

Children's allowance

IV. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE GENERAL SERVICE CATEGORY

Broad principle and methodology

Salary scales of staff in the General Service category at Geneva

V. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE CONCERNING BOTH CATEGORIES

End-of-service grant for fixed-term staff

Grant for special education of disabled children

UNDER OTHER ARTICLES OF THE COMMISSION'S STATUTE

Classification (article 13)

Recruitment (article 14(a),(b) and (c))

Career development, staff training and evaluation (article 14(b))

Common staff regulations (article 15)

ANNEXES

Operation of the post adjustment system

Proposed change in the post adjustment system

Scale of salaries of the General Service category at Geneva

REPORTOF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICECOMMISSION GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS:THIRTY-SECOND SESSIONSUPPLEMENT No.30(A/32/30) UNITED NATIONS REPORTOF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICECOMMISSION GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS:THIRTY-SECOND SESSIONSUPPLEMENT No.30(A/32/30) UNITED NATIONS New York,1977 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined withfigures.Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Letter of transmittal ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………vii Chapter I. ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS ……………………………………………………………………………1-13 1 1 A. Acceptances of the statute ……………………………………………………………1 B. Membership ………………………………………………………………………………………………………2-3 1 C. Sessions ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………4-6 2 D. Subsidiary body……………………………………………………………………………………………7-9 2 E. Methods of work ……………………………………………………………………………………………10-13 3 II. ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES AND FOLLOW-UP………………………………………………………………………………………14-26 5 A. Review of the United Nations salary system ………………15-20 5 B. Conditions of service of the General Service 7 category ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………21-23 C. Pensions……………………………………………………………………………………………………………24-26 9 III.CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND HIGHER CATEGORIES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………27-63 1l A. Implementation of General Assembly decisions …………27-2911 B. Evolution of the margin between remuneration of the United Nations common system and that of the 30-37 comparator national civil service…………………………………………… 12 C. Operation of the post adjustment system and study of possible changes in the system…………………………………………38-57 15 D. Methodology for evaluation of "total compensation" 58-6021 and comparison of pension benefits …………………………………… E. Children's allowance ……………………………………………………………………61-6322 IV. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE GENERAL SERVICE CATEGORY . 64- 205 23 A. Consideration of the broad principle and the methodology for its application ……………………………………………64-11223 CONTENTS(continued) B. Salary scales of staff in the General Service category in Geneve ………………………………………………………………………………… Introduction ........ ………………………………………………… Organization of the survey………………………………………………………… Collection of data…………………………………………………………………………………… Documentation before the Commission at its sixth session and hearing of views of administrations and staff ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Type of survey……………………………………………………………………………………… Coverage of the survey…………………………………………………………………… Conditions of service other than remuneration . Differences in remuneration of men and women.. Jobs to be retained for final analysis……………………… Interpretation of the data ……………………………………………………… External matching points …………………………………………………………… Construction of the salary scale ……………………………………… Statement by the staff representatives ……………………… Implementation of the recommended net salary scale. .·.. ·. .··. …………………………………………………… Method of future adjustments ………………………………………………… Staff assessment, gross salary and pensionable remuneration …………………………………………………………………………………………… Allowances .·. ·.· ·· .·· .· …………………………… Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… C. Further action under article 12, paragraph 1, of statute .···· ………………………………………………………………………………………… V. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE CONCERNING BOTH CATEGORIES ………… A. nd-of-service grant for fixed-term staff in case· f non-renewal of appointment ………………………………………………… B. Grant for the special education of disabledhildren ..·:……………………………………………………………………………… IONS OF SERVICE AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS ………………… Paragraphs Page 113- 204 36 113- 117 36 118-137 38 138-141 45 142-144 46 145-147 46 148-154 47 155-156 49 157-161 50 162-164 51· 165-169

FAQs

What organizational topics are covered in the report?

The report’s organizational section includes acceptances of the statute, membership, sessions, subsidiary bodies, and methods of work.

What aspects of compensation and conditions of service are addressed?

It covers review of the United Nations salary system, conditions of service for professional and higher categories, conditions of service for the general service category, and related items such as pensions and children’s allowance.

What information is provided in the annexes?

Annexes present the operation of the post adjustment system, a proposed change to that system, and the scale of salaries of the General Service category at Geneva, including survey summaries and job matching data.

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