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CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF STAFF IN THE
PROFESSIONAL AND HIGHER CATEGORIES
A. Noblemaire principle and its application
Recalling its resolution 44/198 of 21 December 1989 and other relevant resolutions,
1.
Reconfirms the continued application of the Noblemaire principle;
2. Reaffirms the need to continue to ensure the competitiveness of the conditions of service of the
common system;
3. Notes the decision of the Commission to suspend total compensation comparisons until 2001, and
requests the Commission to undertake the next study in 2001 to identify the highest paid national civil
service, using the methodology endorsed by the General Assembly in a manner consistent with the United
States/United Nations total compensation comparison;
B. Evolution of the margin
Recalling section I.B of its resolution 52/216 of 22 December 1997 and the standing mandate from the
General Assembly, in which the Commission is requested to continue its review of the relationship between
the net remuneration of the United Nations staff in the Professional and higher categories in New York and
that of the comparator civil service (the United States federal civil service) employees in comparable
positions in Washington, D.C. (referred to as “the margin”),
Recalling also section IX, paragraph 3, of its resolution 46/191 A of 20 December 1991, in which it
requested the Commission to include in its work a review of the differences between the United Nations and
the United States net remuneration at individual grade levels,
Recalling further section II.B, paragraph 3, of its resolution 48/224 of 23 December 1993, wherein it
considered that the Commission should address the imbalance in the United Nations/United States
remuneration ratios in the context of overall margin considerations,
1. Notes the intention of the Commission, in the light of its previous recommendations with respect
to the above request, to explore possible solutions to the problems of imbalances in the United
Nations/United States net remuneration ratios at individual grade levels;
2. Also notes that the margin between net remuneration of United Nations staff in grades P-1 to D-2
in New York and that of officials in comparable positions in the United States federal civil service for 1998
is 114.8;
C. Base/floor salary scale
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