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serve as the basis of comparison between United Nations emoluments and those of the highest-paying
national civil service,
Recalling also its resolutions related to the study by the Commission of all aspects of the Noblemaire
principle,3
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. Takes note with appreciation of the study by the Commission to identify the highest-paying
national civil service;4
4. Takes note of the findings and recommendations of the Commission outlined in paragraph 47
of the addendum to its twenty-first annual report;5
5. Notes that it has not been possible to narrow existing differences on the scope of the study or
the applicability of the Master Standard without substantially modifying the approved methodology;
6. Takes note of the findings of the Commission outlined in paragraph 54 (c) of its twenty-third
annual report;6
7. Recognizes that the actual process of changing comparators is a complex one, with implications
for pensions, the currency of record and the location of the base of the United Nations remuneration
system;
8.
Acknowledges its option of margin management;
9. Takes note of the observation of the Commission in paragraph 47 (c) of the addendum to its
twenty-first annual report5 and the views expressed thereon by Member States;
10. Requests the Commission to continue to monitor the situation and to report to the General
Assembly when appropriate, and decides to keep these questions under review;
B. Evolution of the margin
Recalling 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 United States federal civil service
employees in comparable positions in Washington, D.C. (referred to as "the margin"),
3
Resolution 46/191 A, sects. IV and VI; resolution 47/216, sect. II.C; resolution 48/224, sect. II.A and
B; and resolution 49/223, sect. III.A.
4
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/50/30), paras.
122-172; and ibid., Supplement No. 30, addendum (A/50/30/Add.1).
5
Ibid., Supplement No. 30, addendum (A/50/30/Add.1).
6
Ibid., Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/52/30).
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