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consequential amendment to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations, as reflected in section A of annex II
to the present resolution;
2. Decides that, with effect from 1 March 2000, the staff assessment amounts at various grades and
steps for those receiving remuneration at the single rate will be determined in accordance with the procedure
outlined in section B of annex II to the present resolution;
D. Post adjustment at Geneva
Recalling section I.B of its resolution 50/208 of 23 December 1995, section I.E of its resolution 51/216
of 18 December 1996, section I.D of its resolution 52/216 and section I.G of its resolution 53/209 of
18 December 1998, related to the establishment of a single post adjustment index in respect of staff members
whose duty station is Geneva,
1. Takes note of the views and conclusions of the Commission contained in paragraphs 36 and 37 of
its report;1
2. Reiterates its request to the Commission to prepare a comprehensive review of the post adjustment
system along the lines requested in section I.G of resolution 53/209 and to include in that report indicative
statistics and its views on legal and administrative aspects of the following options:
(a) Establishment of a single post adjustment index based on prices at Geneva and the bordering areas
in France;
(b) Establishment of two separate post adjustment indices, one based on Geneva prices and the other
based on prices in the bordering areas in France;
(c) Establishment of a single post adjustment index for Geneva and the surrounding cantons;
(d) Establishment of a single post adjustment index based on the comparison of prices of goods and
services at Geneva with those applicable in New York (Manhattan only);
(e) Maintenance of the status quo;
E. Separation of housing from post adjustment
Recalling section III, paragraph 4, of its resolution 45/241 of 21 December 1990, in which it requested
the Commission to establish a pilot project designed to simulate the operation of the proposals of the
Commission in a limited number of duty stations in the field where valid housing comparisons were difficult
or impossible,
Takes note of the decision of the Commission, set out in paragraph 99 of its report,1 not to pursue further
the issue of the separation of housing from post adjustment at small field duty stations;
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