A/RES/40/257 GA

298 General Assembly-Fortieth Session 40/257. Emoluments, pension scheme and conditions of service for the members of the Interna­ tional Court of Justice A EMOLUMENTS The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3 I /204 of 22 December 1976 and 35/220 A of 17 December 1980, on the emoluments of the members of the International Court of Justice, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General63 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,64 l. Decides that, with effect from l January 1986, the annual salary of the members of the International Court of Justice shall be $82,000 with an interim cost-of-living sup­ plement of $3,000; 2. Decides to continue the system of interim cost-of­ living supplements introduced pursuant to General Assembly resolution 31/204, paragraph 2, subject to rebasing and modifying the index used for this purpose, in accordance with the suggestion made by the Secretary­ General in paragraph 22 of his report; 3. Decides that, with effect from I January 1986, the ad hoc judges referred to in Article 3 I of the Statute of the International Court of Justice shall receive for each day they exercise their functions, one three-hundred-and-sixty­ fifth of the sum of the annual base salary and interim cost­ of-living supplement payable at the time to a member of the Court; 4. Decides further that, with effect from l January 1986, the President's special allowance shall be $15,000 per year and that the special daily allowance paid to the Vice-President when acting as President shall be $94 per day, up to a maximum of $9,400 per year, and takes note of the statement contained in paragraph 4 of the repo1t of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget­ ary Questions that such a maximum shall be removed only 111 extraordinary circumstances. B I 22nd plenary meeting 18 December 1985 PENSION SCHEME The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions I S62 (XV) of 18 December 1960, 192S (XVIII) of 11 December 1963, 2367 (XXII) of 19 December 1967, 2890 A (XXVI) of 22 December 1971, 3193 A (XXV[II) of 18 December 1973, 3S37 A (XXX) of 17 December I 975 and 38/239 of 20 December 1983. on thr pension scheme foi the members of the International Court of Justice. ol A/C'I 40132. paras. 7-26 and 15-4 I 64 Ojfu:,a/ Records of 1he General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplemem No 7A (A-4017/Add.l-18), document A/40/71Add.l0, paras. 2-4 and 6. 65 A!C.5140/32, paras 27-34. 66 Ojfi,·1al Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplemem No 7.4 (Al40n/Add.l-l8), document A/40/7/Add.10, para. 5. Having considered the report of the Secretary-General65 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,66 Decides that, with effect from I January 1986, and not­ withstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the Pension Scheme Regulations for members of the Inter­ national Court of Justice, the annual value of all pensions in course of payment as at 31 December 198S, including the pensions of any members of the Court who retire on or before that date, shall be increased by I 7. I per cent. C / 22nd plenary meeting 18 December 1985 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE The General Assembly. Recalling its resolutions 3 7 /23 7, section XIV, of 21 December 1982, 38/234, section XVII, of 20 December 1983 and 39/236, section V, of 18 December 1984, on conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General67 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,68 I. Decides that, with effect from l January 1986, the President and members of the Court who have taken up primary residence in The Hague shall be reimbursed, up to a ceiling of $4,500, for the actual cost of educating their children in respect of each child each year up to the award of the first recognized degree and that provision shall be made for one related travel per year in respect of each child from the place of scholastic attendance, when outside the Netherlands, to The Hague; 2. Decides that, with effect from 1 January 1986, those members of the Court who have taken up and maintained a bona fide primary residence at The Hague for at least five continuous years during service with the Court shall be eli­ gible to receive a lump sum equivalent to eighteen weeks of annual net base salary upon completion of their appointment and resettlement outside the Netherlands and that those members of the Court who have taken up and maintained a bona fide primary residence at The Hague for nine continuous years or more during service with the Court shall receive the equivalent of twenty-four weeks of annual net base salary upon completion of service and relocation outside the Netherlands; 3. Decides that, with effect from 1 January 1986, in the event of the death of a member of the Court during his service, compensation shall be provided to the survivors in the form of a lump-sum payment equivalent to one month of base salary per year of service, subject to a mini­ mum of threr months and a maximum of nine months. 67 A C.5140/32. paras. 42 i l. l J J nd p/enu.r_v meeting 18 December J 985 68 Oifi,·ia/ Records o( the <;eneral A.<sembly, Fortieth Session Su1>ricm, m Vn. 7,4 (A/40'71Add.1-18!. docur,ient A/40/71,\dd.l0, para. '

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