United Nations A/RES/56/244 General Assembly Distr.: General 5 February 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 127 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/729)] 56/244. 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 20011 and the statement submitted by the Secretary-General on the administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the Commission,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 statute of the Commission and the central role of the Commission in the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the United Nations common system, Takes note of the report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 2001;1 I Conditions of service applicable to both categories of staff A. Standards of conduct for the international civil service Recalling its resolutions 52/252 of 8 September 1998, 54/238 of 23 December 1999 and 55/223 of 23 December 2000, Welcomes the standards of conduct as set out in annex II to the report of the Commission;1 _______________ 1 2 01 49651 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/56/30). A/56/485.