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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/209
12 February 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 120
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/53/754)]
53/209.
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 19981 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,
1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 30 and corrigendum
(A/53/30 and Corr.1).
2
A/52/811, A/C.5/53/4 and A/C.5/53/27.
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