A/RES/52/216 Page 4 II REMUNERATION OF THE GENERAL SERVICE AND OTHER LOCALLY RECRUITED CATEGORIES OF STAFF A. Methodologies for surveys of best prevailing conditions of employment at headquarters and non-headquarters duty stations Recalling section III of its resolution 47/216 of 23 December 1992, in which it endorsed the reaffirmation by the Commission of the Flemming principle as the basis for determining the conditions of service of the General Service and related categories, Recalling also section II of its resolution 51/216, in which it requested the Commission, as part of its review of the methodologies for salary setting for staff in the General Service and other locally recruited categories, inter alia: (a) To resolve, to the extent possible, inconsistencies between the methodologies applied pursuant to the Flemming principle and the one applied pursuant to the Noblemaire principle, inter alia, by examining the question of overlap in remuneration between the two categories, (b) To study the feasibility of increasing the weight of public-sector employers in the salary surveys at headquarters duty stations, (c) To submit a report based on the review of the methodologies to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session, 1. Reaffirms that the Flemming principle should continue to serve as the basis for determining the conditions of service of the General Service and related categories; 2. Endorses the conclusions of the Commission, and the refinements and modifications to the methodologies set out in paragraphs 126 to 131 of its report, 6 noting that the revisions to the methodologies will be implemented as from 1 January 1998; 3. Notes that, at the conclusion of the next round of headquarters General Service salary surveys, the Commission will continue to review all aspects of the methodologies for salary setting for staff in the General Service and other locally recruited categories; B. Non-pensionable component Noting that the review of the non-pensionable component was carried out by the Working Group established by the Commission with the participation of the representatives of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and that the Standing Committee of the Pension Board concurred with the Commission's decisions regarding changes to the procedures used for determining it, Endorses the modifications decided on by the Commission regarding the various aspects of the non-pensionable component and transitional measures as outlined in paragraph 139 of its report;6 C. Review of the basis for the dependent children's allowance Noting that the floor amount for the children's allowance for the staff in the General Service and related categories is currently based on 3 per cent of the mid-point of the local salary scale, Taking note of the views expressed by Member States, /...