It appeared to the Commission that the organizations favouring special occupational rates were, in fact, interested in special agency rates, an approach which the Commission rejected because it considered such rates detrimental to the common system.

The Commission therefore concluded that two separate sets of staff assessment rates, reflecting taxes at the dependency and single rates respectively, should be developed.

The Commission recalled that the recognition of a spouse was effected through differing rates of staff assessment.

152. Some members of the Commission considered special occupational rates a means of addressing inadequate overall salary levels.

153. The Commission concluded that the organizations pursuing special occupational rates were, in fact, interested in implementing special agency rates which the Commission had previously rejected and which it continued to consider unjustified in the common system.

The European Commission has warned that this will put a lower ceiling on GDP growth rates.

Reduced rates of return will lower investment rates.

Education Rates, Attendance Rates and Drop Out Rates

In addition to recommending a new salary scale, the Commission also recommended revised rates for dependency allowances.

44. The Commission then addressed the procedure to be used in arriving at the staff assessment rates.

The Commission also decided to consider in 1996 the periodicity for more frequent reviews of staff assessment rates in the context of recommending the rates for the common staff assessment scale to be implemented in 1997.

22. In section XXVI of resolution 47 219, the General Assembly urged the Commission to review the rates of staff assessment during 1993.

151. The Commission noted that the demonstration of recruitment and retention difficulties was a basic requirement for the establishment of special occupational rates.

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Rates of reimbursement

RATES OF EXCHANGE

Rates of reimbursement

Birth Rates and Fertility Rates

In its consideration of the item, the Commission was provided with information on the comparator apos s special occupational rates programme, the basic requirements for a special occupational rates system and net remuneration margin considerations.

A. Effects of changes in the operational rates of exchange and rates of inflation

However, these high rates may be affected by increasing rates of detection.

Average annual rates of

COMPARISON OF TELEPHONE RATES

Standard rates of reimbursement

(iii) Rates of reimbursement.

147. The Commission noted that a large majority of organizations did not favour the introduction of special occupational rates within the United Nations common system.

2. Requests the Commission to review and, if necessary, recommend revised rates of staff assessment consequential upon changes in the base floor salary scale

G. Special occupational rates criteria and modalities for payment of special occupational rates

3. Recosting at revised 1994 1995 rates (rates

Audit of personnel vacancy rates

Price adjusted rates of exchange

Adjustment of staff assessment rates

C. Rates of self revision

Average annual rates of inflation

20. The responsibility for recommending to the General Assembly the rates of staff assessment that should be established rests with the International Civil Service Commission.

199. The General Assembly, in section XXVI, paragraph 4 of its resolution 47 219, had urged the Commission to review the rates of staff assessment during 1993.

Infant mortality rates, crude death rates and life expectancy

Total fertility rates and crude birth rates by subregion,

Interest Rates

Dropout rates

Conversion rates

Exchange rates

Sampling Rates

Marginal rates