United Nations common system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Strongly deplores the decision of the Secretary-General of ITU to make payment of the special post allowance to headquarters Professional staff in the circumstances described in paragraphs 33 to 35 of the report of ICSC; determines that such payment is in contravention of General Assembly resolution 46/191 A; calls upon executive heads and governing bodies of the UN common system to respect fully the decisions taken by the General Assembly, on the recommendations of ICSC and the UN Joint Staff Pension Board, concerning the conditions of service of the staff, and points out that failure to do so on the part of any organization could prejudice its claim to enjoy the benefits of participation in the common system; requests ICSC, at its current session, to assess the impact on the UN common system of resolution No. 1024 of the Administrative Council of ITU; requests ICSC, at its current session, to propose measures to be undertaken by all organizations of the UN common system to enforce and enhance respect for, and adherence to, the common system of salaries, allowances and conditions of service, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its 47th session, as well as on its consideration of the question of the improvement of the responsiveness of the common system to the concerns and needs of the different organizations; calls upon the Economic and Social Council, at its substantive session of 1993, to review and, where appropriate, strengthen the applicable sections of the relationship agreements between UN and member organizations of the UN common system, in order to enhance comparability and further adherence to the goals and objectives of the common system.

Adopted without vote, 88th meeting

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Adopted at the 88th plenary meeting, 31 July 1992.