Reconfirms the continued application of the Noblemaire principle; reaffirms the need to continue to ensure the competitiveness of the conditions of service of the UN system; takes note of the further steps taken by the International Civil Service Commission to complete its study to identify the highest paid national civil service; approves, with effect from 1 Jan. 1997, the revised scale of gross and net salaries for staff in the Professional and higher categories; reiterates its request that organizations should collect data to substantiate the recruitment and retention problems they face in respect of certain specialized occupations; requests the Secretary-General to make proposals by 1 Oct. 1997 on the possibility of introducing a system of performance awards or bonuses; requests all organizations to issue or reissue, as appropriate, instructions to staff regarding the unacceptability of receiving supplementary payments; notes the introduction, with effect from 1 Mar. 1997, of minimum out-of area expenditure weights in the calculation of post adjustment indices; approves, with effect from 1 Jan. 1997, an increase of 7.98% in the children's allowance and in the secondary dependant's allowance; 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: (a) to resolve inconsistencies between that methodology and the one which is applied pursuant to the Noblemaire principle; approves, with effect from 1 Jan. 1997, the revised staff assessment scale; approves education grant increases in the maximum reimbursement levels in 7 currency areas, as well as other adjustments to the management of the reimbursement of expenses; endorses the decision of the Commission to delink hasard pay from the base/floor salary scale for staff in the Professional and higher categories, and to review the level of hazard pay every 2 years.

Adopted without vote, 89th meeting

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Adopted at the 89th plenary meeting, 18 Dec. 1996.