The Staff Union in New York, as well as the Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations, and the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations, are also involved in this review.

The new Chairperson of the Global Staff Association (GSA) said that he was the first head of the GSA who was a national staff member and worked in the field.

It was assisted in its deliberations by a facilitator who was a Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Appendix II Members of the Working Group on the Consultative Process and Working Arrangements

The representative of FICSA informed the Commission that staff unions and associations were offering more training to staff in the upcoming activities linked with cost of living surveys at headquarters duty stations.

30. Ms. WATERS (President of the United Nations Staff Committee and the Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations) said that the staff unions and associations of the United Nations Secretariat had noted that the Fifth Committee had debated the issue of gratis personnel with great concern, sincerity and a true desire to achieve a mediated solution of the problem.

The representatives of FICSA and CCISUA commended the organizations for their efforts to provide family friendly working arrangements to their staff.

Informal consultations (i.e. outside the auspices of the Subcommittee and its working groups) should not interrupt the work of the Subcommittee or its working groups

Staff management consultations

Advisory assistance and staff training

(c) Informal consultations (i.e. outside the auspices of the Subcommittee and its working group) should not interrupt the work of the Subcommittee or its working group

A member of the Commission may assist in this process

Qualified staff available assistance to secretariat in finding staff locally

C. Office of Staff Legal Assistance

About 60 per cent of a sample of the resident coordinators consulted devote between 45 and 80 per cent of their work time to system wide functions, while for another 25 per cent the resident coordinator function represents between 30 and 40 per cent of their time.

An international steering committee of global unions coordinates implementation efforts through joint workplace agreements, actions and committees.

The Board of Auditors wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance extended to its staff by the High Commissioner and his staff.

United Nations Staff Mutual Insurance Society

The consultative process and working arrangements in the Commission

(g) Making proposals to the Commission on how it might assist the Sub Commission in improving its work, and vice versa

(g) Making proposals to the Commission on how it might assist the Sub Commission in improving its work, and vice versa

The representative of CCISUA noted that the Staff Union of the International Labour Organization (ILO) had recently joined his Committee and it supported the views of the ILO Staff Union on this issue.

This should be coordinated by a staff member with exclusive responsibility for the Guidelines.

Regarding the work of the special coordinators on expansion of the CD, agenda of the CD, improved and effective functioning of the CD and the question of anti personnel landmines, the Group commits itself to continue to cooperate with the coordinators.

49. The Commission expressed its appreciation to the Coordinating Committee for Independent Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System for its active participation in the Working Group.

Consultative process and working arrangements in the Commission

(v) Staff management consultative mechanisms

follow up to its conclusions and recommendations (see chapter XIII).

29. On the basis of the above mentioned principles, the Secretary General consulted management and staff, through the Staff Management Coordination Committee, on the implementation of a step by step approach towards the development of a performance recognition programme.

(g) Making proposals to the Commission on how it might assist the Sub Commission in improving its work, and vice versa (para.

13. Requests the Secretary General to continue to consult with staff, including staff representatives, in the development of mobility policies

Over the years, the work programme of the Consultative Committee has assumed a role supportive of the work of the United Nations.

38. The Working Group on the Consultative Process and Working Arrangements of ICSC was established by the Commission at its spring 1997 session in response to a request by the Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations (CCISUA), supported by ACC and the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations (FICSA), to review the functioning of the Commission.

The Division now has a system in place for assisting UNCITRAL in performing its coordination functions, and coordination work is an ongoing and integral part of its work.

(h) The role of staff associations vis à vis the formal system of justice

Career support initiatives under way include development programmes for staff at all levels, mechanisms to facilitate mobility and tools to assist staff in career planning and managers in providing career support to staff.

The liaison offices would also coordinate ethics training and education for staff at those other duty stations.

The report shall also be transmitted to the other governing organs through the executive heads, as well as to the Administrative Committee on Coordination, the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations, the Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System, the staff representatives and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

The report shall also be transmitted to the other governing organs through the executive heads, as well as to the Administrative Committee on Coordination, the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations, the Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System, the staff representatives and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

Table 1. Coordinators of the intersessional work of the Expert Group

(v) Staff management consultative mechanisms

The National Coordination Committee was responsible for coordinating the work of the various governmental bodies.

The Legal Subcommittee also endorsed the agreement of the Working Group to appoint the Netherlands coordinator of the open ended ad hoc working group.

Existing Office staff, however, will provide the bulk of the support for Fund operations.

The opinions of the Working Group are the result of consensus where consensus is not reached, the view of a majority of the members of the Group is adopted as the view of the Group.