A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/238 20 January 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 126 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/54/677)] 54/238. United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 19991 and other related reports,2 Reaffirming its commitment to a single, unified United Nations common system as the cornerstone for the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the United Nations common system, Convinced that the common system constitutes the best instrument to secure staff of the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for the international civil service, as stipulated under the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the central role of the Commission in the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the United Nations common system, Reaffirming also the statute of the Commission, 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth-fourth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/54/30). 2 A/54/434, A/54/483 and A/C.5/54/24. 00 24168 /...