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y the General Committee of the General Conference because after all it affects the running of the Conference,
and it would have greater weight. But I do not want to disturb anything and I want the proposals in front of us to
be adopted, I hope, by consensus and unanimously. Thank you.
51. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much. If I may be so presumptuous as to propose something, would you agree,
Mr Marshall, with us dealing with paragraphs l to 5 as presented and amended by you and have paragraph 6, if
the United Kingdom is in agreement, and with whatever words of appreciation might be recommended, dealt with
separately?
52. Mr MARSHALL (New Zealand):
I think so, Madam President. I think that to pick up the concern that Saint Lucia has, and which I share, I
might talk with the Rapporteur of the Commission to make sure that the report to the Conference reflects this
concern on behalf of the Administrative Commission as well, because we felt it quite keenly there.
53. The PRESIDENT:
Any additional items that were proposed, such as the appreciation of your good self, Sir, need not be
discussed now. They could go through the Bureau, I presume.
54. Mr MARSHALL (New Zealand):
I would not wish to make a comment about that.
55. The PRESIDENT:
Saint Lucia, you have the floor.
56. Ms LACOEUILHE (Saint Lucia):
Madam President, I want to know what amendments you are including and what amendments you are
excluding.
57. The PRESIDENT:
I will ask Mr Marshall to make that clear.
58. Mr MARSHALL (New Zealand):
The position now is that what we did last night becomes section I. The new text becomes section II. The
significant alteration is in what is currently paragraph 3, which now reads as follows: “Authorizes the Director-
General to introduce the new seven-grade scales as well as other recommendations made by the International
Civil Service Commission as from 1 January 2000”. Paragraphs 4 and 5 stand, and the rest is referred on to the
General Committee of the Conference. So the proposal, Madam President, is to place the new text under II and to
make that one change in order to include the other recommendations in the present paragraph 3.
59. The PRESIDENT:
This is quite clear. Thank you, Sir.
60. Ms LACOEUILHE (Saint Lucia):
I am sorry, Madam President, but it is not clear. I still do not understand what happened to the United
Kingdom amendment, and I do not understand what is happening to paragraph 3 that concerns our methods of
work, like delegating to the Executive Board the authority to decide upon the recommendations of the
International Civil Service Commission. This is clearly about methods of work and was introduced by India and
supported by many countries. I also want to understand what is happening to this paragraph.
61. The PRESIDENT:
The author of the whole text does not recommend the Indian amendment and I should like to hear
India’s reaction to that because I can see its representative asking for the floor.
62. Mr RAO (India):
Madam President, I think my suggestion was that paragraph 3 in Part III of document 30 C/66 be added
as paragraph 6 to this draft resolution. It is not controversial. It is simply telling this General Conference to
delegate to the Executive Board. In my explanation I said that this is the case in all other specialized agencies,
where the Board, rather than the General Conference approves General Service salaries. In this I received support
from a number of delegates in their interventions. So if you think it is appropriate and Mr Marshall does not see
any objection it could be inserted as the last paragraph of this resolution. But as I said before, I think we should
adopt this unanimously. I would not wish it to be held up by any amendment. Thank you.
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