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RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE SUR LE POINT 9.9 :
TRAITEMENTS, ALLOCATIONS ET PRESTATIONS DU PERSONNEL (suite)
REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION ON ITEM 9.9:
STAFF SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS (continued)
INFORME DE LA COMISIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA SOBRE EL PUNTO 9.9:
SUELDOS, SUBSIDIOS Y PRESTACIONES DEL PERSONAL (continuación)
ДОКЛАД КОМИССИИ ПО АДМИНИСТРАТИВНЫМ ВОПРОСАМ ПО ПУНКТУ 9.9:
ОКЛАДЫ, НАДБАВКИ И ДРУГИЕ ВЫПЛАТЫ ПЕРСОНАЛУ (продолжение)
1.1 The PRESIDENT:
Friends, as usual I should like to thank those who came on time, and propose that we wait for another
five minutes. Thank you, I thank everyone who was here on time.
(The meeting is suspended for five minutes)
1.2 Ladies and gentlemen, I declare open the nineteenth plenary meeting of the General Conference. In
order to be able to conduct this meeting I need your consent, because it has not been foreseen by the Bureau. I
take it that you agree to this meeting taking place. Thank you, I am happy you agree because we have a matter
which needs to be resolved.
1.3 We shall now return to the item we were examining yesterday, which was Part I of the Administrative
Commission’s report concerning item 9.9, “Staff salaries, allowances and benefits”. We heard the report on this
particular item and the short draft resolution that was proposed, which the delegates felt did not address the issues
at hand; in addition, as there was not a sufficient degree of understanding of the matter under discussion it was
understandable that the delegates were not ready to take any decisions on the matter. And as we did not have any
alternative proposals, and we were running out of time, we decided to continue our examination of the item at
another meeting. That is why I have called this meeting today, which you have graciously agreed to attend. I hope
that today we will have a proposal that will receive your support. I know that the delegation of New Zealand has
asked for the floor to present a proposal to this gathering. I therefore give the floor to New Zealand.
2.1 Mr MARSHALL (New Zealand):
Thank you, Madam President. I would like first of all to read out the proposed resolution contained in
the paper you have before you:
The General Conference,
1. Having examined documents 30 C/42 and Corr.,
2. Takes note of the contents of documents 30 C/42 and Corr.;
3. Authorizes the Director-General to introduce the seven-grade system recommended by the
International Civil Service Commission as from 1 January 2000;
4. Requests the Director-General to present proposals to the Executive Board at its 160th session on a
new General Service staff policy;
5. Further requests the Director-General to negotiate with the staff unions an agreement on standards
of conduct for the future servicing of the needs of the Organization and its governing bodies;
6. Regrets that Rule 52.5 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference, which requires the
Secretariat, acting under the authority of the Director-General, to take various steps in order to
facilitate the effective conduct of the General Conference, was not fulfilled at this 30th session.
2.2 Before proceeding further, I should like to draw your attention to one small amendment made as a result
of consultation since the text was drafted this morning. It has been suggested to me that we should take items 1
and 2 under category I as we often do, and that the new text should become II. I do not imagine there is much
problem about that. But there was a concern which I received from several quarters, and about which I checked
during the lunch hour with the Legal Adviser, about the wording in paragraph 3 because, as you might remember,
there were several other recommendations made by the ICSC which we had not included. So I am proposing a
small amendment to the text to make paragraph 3 read as follows: “Authorizes the Director-General to introduce
the new seven-grade scales as well as other recommendations made by the ICSC as from 1 January 2000”. This
simply rectifies the language in the first half and includes the recommendations that we had left out yesterday and
that were omitted from my original draft. I will repeat the new wording at the end of my remarks, Madam
President.
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