concluelona that the evenro whici had taken plaee over a perlod 9f rnore 5tral l! yearB rrhad resulted rr, .rna",- " ltt"it"t of tnt poBt AdJu6tnEnt lndex at the base of rhe systemrr' Follor+lng "-;;;;iit; dt""u""io" of the leet'es involved' the Coflrnl6elon agreed rrthat tit" .""iti""" sltuatlon ltlth regard to the Post.adjust- nent lndex for Ner{ York tu"t-lt "ottt"tea" pi ' The coftnlsslon declded to lncreaee thie lndex Uy g.s put-t""t, "" t""-o*"na"d by -ACPAQ ' ao -a6 to no!'malize rrthe enomalous sltuatlon" ";;;t;i;; professional 6teff statloned ln Nelr York' I2/ ICSC Chetrmanra stateneoE before the Flfth Cotnnlttee on 27 November 1984' 13l lcsc/2IlR.4, Para. 13' l4l lcsc/2l/R'4' Para. 14. L5l A119130 ' Para. 161'Par a. D, 40. The fact that the sraff bodies have been campaigning in favour of the ICSC declsion and agalnst the ceneral A€eenbly resolution 5SlZi a"".i.,""-";;"i;i ;;;;"_ tion. The naln lole ln thl6 c-ampal8n i" pt.y"a ty--ffcSa, which lncorporatessone staff associeLions of the Unite; Nations'secrltartat. In order to flnance this campaisn, and particularlv.appears ";;;";;;;-;;;rnst the decieioos by the General Assembly, rrhlch 'rsuspended,r a cost_of_llvtng'inar"""a and cut pensionbenefits across-the-board, FICSA establtehed " USg iSO,OOO Legal Defenee Fund.