(a) REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (continued) (A/39/30 and Corr.l, A/39/522 and Corr.l and Add.lJ A/C.5/39/13, 18, 26 and 27J A/C.S/39/L.8) 11. Ms. CONWAY (Ireland), speaking on behalf of the 10 States members of the European Community, said that the Ten agreed with the conclusion in paragraph 117 of the ICSC report that there was no justification for any increase in the existing levels of the remuneration of the Professional and higher categories for the time being. That conclusion would have been valid, however, even if the post adjustment for New York had not been increased, for the Noblemaire principle had already been adequately reflected in the levels of remuneration in force prior to August 1984. As the representative of Japan had indicated, if the 9.6 per cent increase in the post adjustment index were reflected in the comparison of net remuneration between the United Nations and the United States federal civil service for 1984 as a whole, the ratio between the two might exceed 120, representing a sharp increase and a clear departure from recent trends in the margin. 12. The Ten believed that because of its system-wide impact, post adjustment was one of the most important issues before the Committee at its current session. At its thirty-seventh session, the General Assembly had requested ICSC to make / ... A/C.S/39/SR.26 English Page 6 (Ms. Conway, Ireland) recommendations to it at the thirty-ninth session regarding the basis for the determination and level of remuneration of the Professional and higher categories. The action taken on the post adjustment, however, meant that net salary levels for those categories had effectively been increased without reference to the General Assembly. Indeed, the Commission had invoked the increase in the post adjustment as a reason for not increasing base salary levels. The Ten, like other Member 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the remuneration of staff members in the United Nations, specifically the Professional and higher categories. The discussion revolves around the post adjustment for New York and its impact on the net salary levels of these categories. The language used is formal and official, suggesting a report or document from a UN agency or committee.

**Category**
Employment, International relations