Determination of mission subsistence allowance and other allowances

This estimate is based on daily rates of 67.00 in Lebanon and 53.00 in Israel.

Salaries are equal for equal work.

The daily subsistence allowance rate is fixed on a monthly basis by the United Nations.

Accordingly, the Secretary General did not consider that there was justification for using an across the board set formula to determine mission subsistence allowance by reference to daily subsistence allowance.

Accordingly, the Secretary General does not consider that there is justification for using an across the board set formula to determine MSA by reference to DSA.

Governments have additional opportunities for reducing payback times by providing incentives to establish domestic insulation production which would offer the advantage of both diminishing costs and providing jobs (28).

Staff costs should be calculated based on New York standard

The estimates of net salaries are based on standard cost rates.

standard rates referred to in annex IV, paragraph 5, and as

Calculation of staff costs based on New York standards

The rates, based on either the daily subsistence allowance or the mission subsistence allowance set out by, respectively, ICSC and the United Nations Secretariat, have been officially published.

J. Gross pensionable salaries using net salaries in table I in

To set MSA rates, field surveys are conducted by compensation specialists of the Office of Human Resources Management.

OIOS would continue to monitor and review the reasonableness of new mission subsistence allowance rates and their administration.

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Differences between rates should trigger the adjustment of MSA rates in the concerned missions.

Common SA scale and

Salaries of internationally recruited staff are estimated on the basis of the standard cost rates referred to in section I, B above.

Salaries of internationally recruited staff are estimated on the basis of the standard cost rates referred to in paragraph 16 above.

Salaries of internationally recruited staff are estimated on the basis of the standard cost rates referred to in paragraph 17 above.

Salaries of internationally recruited staff are estimated on the basis of the standard cost rates referred to in section I, paragraph 1 (b), above.

In response to the OIOS recommendation, however, the Office of Human Resources Management, for monitoring purposes, began undertaking monthly comparisons of both rates in localities where there were special peacekeeping operations.

However, in response to recommendation 3, the Office of Human Resources Management, for monitoring purposes, is undertaking monthly comparisons of MSA and DSA rates in localities where there are special peacekeeping missions.

1992 GS SA scale and

15. Mission subsistence allowance in respect of internationally recruited personnel is detailed in annex XI.

Mission subsistence allowance for internationally recruited personnel is detailed in annex VIII.

The Commission noted that the financial implications relating to the move from mission subsistence allowance rates, where applicable, to the after 60 day daily subsistence allowance were estimated at about US 2.98 million system wide.

The resulting savings were offset by the retroactive increases in mission subsistence allowance rates referred to under item 1.

Other economies have also been realized, in particular as a result of the unexpected drop in mission subsistence allowance (MSA) rates.

These costs have been calculated based on current expenses incurred by UNDP OPS for those items.

One would be to include interest costs based on a measure of the real interest rate.

Mission subsistence allowance in respect of 170 internationally recruited staff members is calculated at the rates specified in section I above.

2. Provision is made for the payment of mission subsistence allowance to military observers and international civilian staff as follows

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The hardship element, which is included in the MSA rate, covers the difficult conditions obtaining in the Mission area.

The salaries of locally recruited staff are also estimated at net cost and are based on local salary scales applicable to the mission area.

12. The established MSA rate would be subject to review at regular intervals, in the light of operational developments in the Mission area.

1991 GS SA scale

The civilian police requirement reflected revised subsistence rates for national and international staff and the requirement of 1.4 million for facilities and infrastructure comprised two elements, one of which was an amount of 709,500 for emergency repairs to buildings.

A schedule of charges for retrieving, copying and forwarding documents is found in Costs are defined in a MoE rRegulations that provides fees for retrieving, copying and forwarding copies of documents Preferential rates ( per cent ) apply if the information is requested for educational purposes.

The adjustments for the final infrastructure for 2004 2005 are expressed at the revised rates and standard costs.

Network support will be undertaken using a layered approach in order to facilitate round the clock availability of the communication links

The equivalent savings for troop costs based on the standard rates of reimbursement amount to 13,569.

Budgetary provision is made for the payment of subsistence allowance to both military and international civilian staff.