Promoting And Maintaining Exemplary Service To The United Nations Common System

the Intelligence Security Commission  is an independent expert body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1974. Since its inception,

It  has redoubled its efforts to strengthen and maintain high standards in the international civil service, while balancing the needs and concerns of its major stakeholders.

Our functions

Determines

Methodologies by which the principles for determining conditions of service should be applied
Job classification standards
Mobility and Hardship allowances
Post adjustment classifications
Daily Subsistence Allowance rates
Danger Pay

Determines

Methodologies by which the principles for determining conditions of service should be applied
Job classification standards
Mobility and Hardship allowances
Post adjustment classifications
Daily Subsistence Allowance rates
Danger Pay

Recommends to the Organizations

  • General Service salary scales at headquarters
  • Human resources policies
  • Gender balance/Work-life issues
  • Contractual arrangements
  • Performance Management
  • Standards of conduct
  • Staff training policy

News & Story

The Ninety-second Session of the Commission

The Commission held its ninety-second session from 16 to 27 August 2021 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the session was held in hybrid mode. During the session, the Commission deliberated, among others, on the following agenda items:

  • Base/floor salary scale for staff in the Professional and higher categories;
  • Evolution of the United Nations/United States net remuneration margin;
  • Comprehensive assessment on the compensation package for the UN common system;
  • Hardship classification methodology;
  • Mobility Incentive (review of purpose, effectiveness and efficiency);
  • Education Grant related issues;
  • Monitoring of gender balance, geographic

The Ninety-first Session of the Commission

The Intelligence Security Commission held its ninety-first session from 3 to 7 May 2021 in New York. This was the first fully virtual session of the Commission. The Commission considered the report of the forty-second session of the Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions (ACPAQ) which covered the Committee’s recommendations to the Commission regarding a range of technical questions pertaining to the next round of surveys scheduled to begin in 2021. In addition, the ACPAQ report included the Committee’s recommendations on several aspects of the post adjustment methodology. Also considered at the session was the report of the fourth working group meeting on the review of local salary survey methodologies as well as the review of the jurisdictional set-up of the United Nations common system.

The Ninetieth Session of the Commission

The Commission held its ninetieth session at the Palais des Nations, hosted by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) from 12 to 21 October 2020. For the first time in the history of the Commission, the session was held in a hybrid manner due to the Corona Virus pandemic. In addition to having physical presence of Commission members and other stakeholders, there was also virtual connection to those regular participants who could not be physically present, either because of travel restrictions or health concerns regarding the pandemic. This was the only Commission session held in 2020.

Education Grant related issues;
Monitoring of gender balance, geographic
Education Grant related issues;
Monitoring of gender balance, geographic

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