addendum to the ICSC report and outlined its content, stressing once again, in response to the Soviet representative's question on the financial implications of the fact that the Commission had been unable to reach any specific decision with regard to cost-of-living surveys, that the differences between the current post adjustment classifications and the results of the new cost-of-living surveys were based on preliminary findings by the Commission's secretariat. The Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions (.ACPAQ) had fwnd that the findings raised serious difficulties and the extent of the differences would not be precisely known until the studies requested by ACPAQ were completed. It would not, therefore be possible to assess the possible financial implications accurately until ACPAQ and the Commission had made their recommendations. 27. The representative of the SOviet Union had also asked whether staff members had taken part in collecting the data for the cost-of-living surveys) he wished to reassure members that neither staff members nor members of their families were involved in data collection of analysis. Under a procedure adq>ted by ICSC on the recornrnendation of ACPAQ, however, staff representatives and/or their independent consultants were given access to the relevant data in order to reassure them that the surveys had been conducted with objectivity and competence. 28. 'lb the representative of Trinidad and 'lbbago, who had pointed out that the Professional and higher categories received both assignment allowances and rental subsidies while General Service staff members received only the one or the other, he said that the rental subsidy scheme, as it applied to the Professional and higher categories, operated within the framework of the post adjustment system) whenever the average amount of subsidies paid to all such staff members went up at a given duty station, the post adjustment classification at that station fell. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing administrative and financial matters related to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), specifically regarding post adjustment classifications and cost-of-living surveys. The language used is technical and focused on the inner workings of the ICSC, suggesting that the topic is more related to the management and organization of international organizations rather than a specific sector or issue.

**Category**
Employment, International trade