A/RES/54/238 Page 8 ANNEX II Amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations Regulation 3.3 Replace the second table in paragraph (b) (i) with the following: Staff assessment rates to be used in conjunction with gross base salaries (Effective 1 March 2000) A. Staff assessment rates for staff members with dependants Staff assessment rates for staff members with a dependent spouse or a dependent child (Percentage) Assessable payments (United States dollars) First 30 000 per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Next 30 000 per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Next 30 000 per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Remaining assessable payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 B. Staff assessment for staff members without dependants Staff assessment amounts for staff members with neither a dependent spouse nor a dependent child are equal to the differences between the gross salaries at different grades and steps and the corresponding net salaries at the single rate.