Decides to defer its consideration of chapter III.A of the report of the International Civil Service Commission until its resumed 50th session, and requests the Commission to review its recommendations and conclusions, in particular regarding the appropriateness of reduction of dominance and the treatment of bonuses in determining net remuneration comparisons; requests the Commission and the national civil service authorities concerned to resolve the outstanding difficulties in comparing differently designed civil services and grading systems; requests the Commission to establish in 1996 a single post adjustment index which is fully representative of the cost of living of all staff working in Geneva and which ensures equality of treatment with staff in other headquarters duty stations; requests the Commission, as part of its review of the methodology for salary setting for staff in the General Service and other locally recruited categories, to resolve inconsistencies between this methodology and the one which is applied pursuant to the Noblemaire principle, inter alia, by examining the question of overlap in remuneration between the 2 categories; requests the Commission to ensure that its reports contain clear and readily understandable explanations of its technical recommendations.

Adopted without vote, 100th meeting

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Adopted at the 100th plenary meeting, 23 Dec. 1995.