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 PURPOSE
To provide staff members with
a reasonable cash amount at the beginning of an assignment or transfer
to a duty station. It is the total compensation payable by the Organization
towards:
1) The initial extraordinary
costs incurred by the staff member and his/her family members as a result
of an appointment or reassignment;
2) Any pre-departure expenses
that the staff member may incur as a result of having to relocate to a
new duty station.
ELIGIBILITY
The assignment grant is normally
payable to staff in the Professional and higher categories appointed
under the Staff Rules, who are authorized on
travel involving relocation on initial appointment, assignment or
transfer, and the period of service at the new duty station is expected to be
for at least one year. It
is not payable in the case of appointment or assignment to a special mission.
AMOUNT
OF ASSIGNMENT GRANT
| For
both removal and non-removal cases |
Headquarters
duty stations (H)
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Field
duty stations (A-E)
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| Staff
Member |
DSA
x 30 days |
DSA
x 30 days |
| Each
dependent |
50%
of DSA x 30 days |
50%
of DSA x 30 days |
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Headquarters
duty stations (H)
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Field
duty stations (A-E)
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| For
removal cases |
No
lump-sum payable |
1
month of net remuneration |
| For
non-removal cases |
1
month of net remuneration |
-For assignments
of 1 year or more, but less than 3 years: 1 month of net remuneration
- For assignments
that are expected to be of a duration of 3 years or more: 2 months
of net remuneration
- If an assignment
of less than 3 years' duration is subsequently extended to 3 years
or more, a second 1-month lump-sum is payable at the beginning of
the third year.
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OTHER
CONDITIONS
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If a change of official
duty station or a new appointment involves a return to a place at
which the staff member was previously stationed, the full amount of
the assignment grant shall not be payable unless the staff member
has been absent from that place for at least one year. In the case
of a shorter absence, the amount payable shall normally be that portion
of the full grant that the completed months of absence bear to one
year.
- In cases where the staff
member has not completed the period of service in respect of which the
assignment grant has been paid, the grant shall be adjusted proportionately
and recovery made under conditions established by the Secretary-General
who, in exceptional circumstances, may decide to waive recovery.
For further details on assignment
grant, please refer to staff rule 7.14 and administrative instruction
ST/AI/2012/1 of 27 April 2012.
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