Death and disability benefits

Authorizes the Secretary-General to implement without delay the administrative and payment arrangements and procedures contained in section II of his report for the payment of awards in cases of death and disability sustained by troops for incidents occurring after 30 June 1997; reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to present not later than Apr. 1998, proposals for administrative resource reductions resulting from this new simplified system; also reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to present, in his next report, information on the cost of the new self-insurance system; requests the Secretary-General to settle the death and disability claims as soon as possible but not later than 3 months from the date of submission of a claim; also requests the Secretary-General to continue, in the new system, to take into account, when considering all mission-related death and disability claims, that such injury or death should be compensable, unless such injury or death was caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the injured or deceased member of the contingent, and further requests the Secretary-General to include this notion in the aide-memoire for troop-contributing countries.

Adopted without vote, 76th meeting

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Adopted at the 76th plenary meeting, 18 Dec. 1997.