A/RES/55/238 VI Request for a subvention to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research resulting from the recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the Institute on the programme of work of the Institute for 2001 Approves the recommendation for a subvention of 213,000 dollars for 2001 from the regular budget of the United Nations, on the understanding that no additional appropriation would be required under section 4, Disarmament, of the programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001;4 VII Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly: full-time members of the International Civil Service Commission and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly: full-time members of the International Civil Service Commission and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions”,12 and approves the suggestions outlined in paragraphs 8 to 10 and in paragraph 19 of the report; 2. Decides to undertake a detailed examination of the issue of compensation relativity in the context of the next five-year review of the conditions of service and compensation for the three officials; 3. Reaffirms the principle that the conditions of service of the three officials should be separate and distinct from those of the Secretariat; VIII Review of the Information Systems Coordination Committee Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the review of the Information Systems Coordination Committee,13 and concurs with the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 9 of its related report;14 12 A/C.5/55/29. A/55/619. 14 A/55/7/Add.3. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7. 13 5