A/RES/34/166 GA

VDI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 223 6. Commends the Joint Inspection Unit and the Secretary-General for their efforts in the area of evalua- tion and advice both internal and external, and urges them to contin~e their efforts in that direction, with a view to improving the administrative and budgetary efficiency and effectiveness of the United Nations system. 106th plenary meeting 17 December 1979 34/ 165. Report of the International Civil Service Commission The General Assembly, Taking note with appreciation of the fifth annual re- port of the International Civil Service Commission,3 1 Reaffirming the central role of the ~ommi~sion in ~~ development of a single unified mternational civil service, Endorsing the efforts of the Commission to strengthen the United Nations common system by adjusting it to changing circumstances, especially those caused by currency fluctuations, Recalling its resolution 3 3 / 119 of 19 December 1978, in sections I and II of which it set down important ob- jectives for maintaining and reinforcing the common system and established guideli,1es for the future work of the Commission, Suggesting that the Commission should consider ways of reducing the length of its annual report while still making clear in the report or the annexes thereto any recommendations to the General Assembly and the pre- cise effect, impact and costs of any proposals, I 1. Expresses its satisfaction with the action taken by the International Civil Service Commission under articles 13 and 14 of its statute and urges the Commission to continue its work under its long-term function; 2. Requests the Commission to begin urgently a fundamental and comprehensive review of the purposes and operation of the post adjustment system with a view to eliminating distortions and anomalies in the resulting levels of remuneration at the various duty stations and grade levels and thereby achieving an improved mecha- nism for adjusting United Nations remuneration to re- flect more accurately the differences in the cost of living at the various duty stations and their evolution over time as a result of inflation and currency fluctuations, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty- fifth session; II l. Approves the grading equivalency recommended by the Commission in paragraph t 19 of its report to be used in comparing United States civil service and United Nations remuneration; 2. Requests the Commission to examine the pos- sibility of establishing a contributory system of death grant benefits; 3. Decides that effective 1 January 1980 no staff member shall be' entitled to any part of the repatriation grant unless evidence of relocation away from the country of the last duty station is provided; 34 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. }O (A/34/30 and Corr.I). III Decides that any staff member joining the United Nations Secretariat on or after 1 January 1980 shall not be entitled to receive reimbursement from the Tax Equalization Fund or otherwise for nation3;I income taxes paid on lump sum pension payments receiv~d fr~ the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund; this deci- sion will not affect staff members serving with the United Nations prior to 1 January 1980. I 06th plenary meeting 17 December 1979 34/166. Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States The General Assembly, Recalling its decision of 29 November 1974, taken at its twenty-ninth session, by which it established, as from 25 October 1973, standard rates of reimburse- ment to troop-contributing countries for pay and allow- ances of their troops serving in the United Nations Emergency Force and the United Nations Disengage- ment Observer Force,35 and its decision 32/416 of 2 December 1977, by which it revised those rates of re- imbursement as from 25 October 1977, Recalling also its decision of 15 December 1975, taken at its thirtieth session, by which it appr .. wed the principle of reimbursing the troop-contributing States for the usage factor for personal clothing, gear and equipment,3" and the related report of the Secretary- General to the General Assembly at its thirty-first ses- sion establishing the rates therefor as from 25 October 1973,:3 7 Recalling further its resolution S-8/2 of 21 April 1978, by which it applied the same standard rates _of reimbursement payable to those Governments contnb- uting troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Recognizing that inflation and escalating troop costs have adversely affected in real terms the existing stan- dard rates of reimbursement, Requests the Secretary-General to study, in consulta- tion with the States contributing troops to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the existing standard rates of reimbursement, with a view to ensuring an equitable rate of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States, and to report on this matter to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session. 106th plenary meeting 17 December I 979 34/219. Personnel questions The General Assembly I 1. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session: (a) A detailed report outlining the basis on which the desirable ranges in effect in 1979 (posts subject to equitable geographical distribution) were established, 3r, Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/9631 and Corr.2), p. 140, item 84. 36 lbid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/10034), p. 148, item 107. 37 A/31/288.

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