resolution, including the Soviet Union. Furthermore, the representative of Canada, in introducing the draft resolution on the subject at the thirty-seventh session, had stated that the draft was not intended to extend the scope of the comparison to cover expatriate benefits applicable to the United States Federal Civil Service. Yet the Chairman of ICSC had again, at the current session, sought to ignore the ~neral Assembly's instructions and the opinion of the Fifth Committee. 60. In addition to disregarding General Assembly decisions, ICSC had devoted a great deal of time to the study of particular benefits and allowances. That was unacceptable, in that the study of those matters, when divorced from the comparative study of total compensation, might lead to wrong conclusions and, as a result, Member States might have to shoulder an unnecessary burden in the form of unjustified staff costs. 61. In that connection, it should be borne in mind that the financial consequences of the ICSC recommendations would exceed $8 million over two years. Such a cost increase was entirely unacceptable in the light of ICSC's own conclusion that United Nations salaries were 16.5 per cent higher than those of the United States Federal Civil Service. 62. ICSC was intending to pay a great deal of attention to the granting of additional allowances to staff in the field, on the ground that such allowances were necessary. Yet the staff in the field were receiving considerably higher salaries than the governmental authorities, and even the heads of State, of the countries in which they were serving, in other words, they were enjoying a privileged status, and that certainly would not help to improve the image of the United Nations in the countries concerned. In the light of those considerations, his delegation failed to understand why ICSC considered it necessary to enhance 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the financial and administrative aspects of the United Nations, specifically the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) and its recommendations on staff compensation. The text highlights the concerns of a delegation regarding the financial implications of these recommendations and the potential impact on the image of the United Nations. The text does not seem to be related to any specific economic or environmental issue, but rather to the internal governance and administrative aspects of the UN.

**Category**
Employment, International trade