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Abstract

The 27th annual council of the Federation of International civil Servants Associations was held in Washington D.C., USA, from 25 February through 2 March 1974. A major result of the meeting was the composition of the 1974/75 Objectives of the Staff of the UN Family, covering such subject-areas as (a) political Considerations in the Appointment and Promotion of International Civil servants, (b) Field staff employment Conditions! (c) Professional Salaries and Allowances, (b) the International Civil service Vice commission, (e) General Service Commission, (f) pensions, g Health Insurance questions, h Discriminat10n against t{omen t (I) Training and Career prospects, (j) Contractual Status and (k) the Further Strengthening of FICSA. Objective No. 5 defined under the area of Staff employment Conditions, is to favor the establishment of a machinery, which provides for an objective inquiry into grievances in the field, through joint staff/management inspection teams. This inclusion is the result of a resolution sponsored by the representatives of ECA (jointly with those of, WHO/PAHO, the host organization).