A/RES/59/268 I Conditions of service applicable to both categories of staff A. Review of the pay and benefits system 1. Notes the information provided on the pilot study on broad banding and pay-for-performance; 4 2. Also notes that if all three models of the pay-for-performance system were not tested, this could diminish the value of the pilot project and requests the Commission to keep this in mind in its further consideration of the issue, and encourages volunteering organizations to test all three models; Recognizes that an effective and credible performance appraisal system is 3. the key for the possible introduction of a pay-for-performance system, and requests the Commission to ensure that the performance appraisal systems in volunteer organizations are developed, in full consultation with staff members, and are clear, effective and credible for all the parties concerned, including Member States; Looks forward to receiving from the Commission annual updates on the 4. pilot studies on broad banding and pay-for-performance; 5. Decides that no new strategy or pilot project in broad banding or pay-forperformance should be undertaken until the General Assembly has had an opportunity to review the results of the pilot study on broad banding and pay-forperformance being conducted by the Commission; Requests the Commission to report on the contemporary rationale for 6. separate salary scales for single staff and those with dependants in the context of its report on pay and benefits review; B. Contractual arrangements Recalling section I.A, paragraph 4, of its resolution 57/285 of 20 December 2002, Notes the intention of the Commission to submit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session a final report on contractual arrangements; C. Mobility and hardship allowance Recalling section VI of its resolution 51/216 of 18 December 1996, section I.C of its resolution 55/223 of 23 December 2000, and section II.A, paragraph 7, of its resolution 57/285 of 20 December 2002, Recognizes the work undertaken by the Commission in reviewing the 1. current mobility and hardship scheme in the context of the pay and benefits review; 2. Takes note of the decision taken by the Commission in paragraph 137 of its annual report;4 _______________ 4 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/59/30), vol. I.