scales. ThelastsurveyinLebanon wasin1981. Astheresultof interim adjustments in1982and1983,approximately 46percentofpay wasincost-of-living allowance outside ofthesalary. Thishadan adverse effectontheAgency's andthestaffmember's contribution tothe Provident FundandplacedthestaffinLebanon inaless advantageou~ position thanstaffintheotherFieldswhereallCOLAhadbeen incorporated intosalaryinNovember 1983.Forthisreasonthe Commissioner-General authorized theincorporation ofasmuchCOLAas possible intothesalaryscalewithout causing distortion tothe structure ofthescale. Thisincorporation waseffective from 1January 1985atanannualcostof$200,000. Itstillleftabout 22percentofremuneration intheformofCOLA. WhentheGovernment laterissuedadecreeincreasing payforpublicsector e~ploy~es with effectfrom1January 1984,theAgencyincorporated theremaining COLA intorevised salaryscalesandgavestaffanaverage increase ofabout 12.9percentwitheffectfrom1January 1984atanannualcostof $1.2million. InMarch1985theGovernment issuedanewdecreeproviding afurther increase ofapproximately 20percenttopublicandprivate sectoremployees effective 1January 1985inrecognition oftherapid inflation during1984.TheAgencygaveasimilar increase toitsstaff withretroactive effectto1January 1985,atanannualcostof $1.2million. 4.Jobclassification 153.Thedesignandtestingofajobclassification standard forseniorarea (l~al)staffwascompleted. Thestandard isapoint-factor systemcomplemented by benchmarks. Itisenvisaged thatthenew·standard willeventually applyto approximately 275staffmembers ingrades12to18whoareperforming supervisory andmanagement functions similar innaturetothoseperformed bytheprofessional category staffintheUnitedNations commonsystem. Thejobclassification unit hasalsocompleted areviewof'allprofe~sional andhighercategory postsaccording toInternational CivilService Commission standards. 5.Stafftraining 154.Increased attention hasbeengiventostaffdevelopment through training. To increase efficiency, fourareasoftraining priority havebeenestablished: work-related professional training, secretarial training, language training and general skill-oriented training (e.g.selection interviewing, effective drafting, worksimplification methods andtimemanagement). Inaddition tothesein-house courses, somestaffhavebeensenttoselected management courses offered byother -28-rI 1in :heinstitutions. Aregister identifying suitable correspondence courses alsohasbeenestablished. 155.Additionally, training inspec~fic professional areasisgiventoteaching andmedical staffoftheDepartments ofEducation andHealth, withthehelpofUNESCOandWHOfellowships, andtowelfare staffoftheDepartment ofReliefServices.Staffmembers generally areencouraged tostudyforhigheracademic andprofessional qualifications. Wheretheseareofdirectrelevance totheAgency'swork,financial assistance maybeprovided intheformofscholarships andspecialleavewithpay. F.Legalmatters 1.Agencystaff 156.Thenumberofstaffmembers arrested anddetained without chargeortrialintheperiodunderreviewisgiveninthetablebelow: GazaWest Bank JordanSyrian Arab Republic Lebanon* Arrested ordetained andreleased withoutchargeortrial 5 7 2 5 1 .ng Charged, triedand sentenced1 0 0 0 0 Stilldetained without chargeat30June1985 1 3 0 0 0 by , L lng ro*Inaddition totheonestaffmember whowasarrested andsubsequently released bytheLebanese authorities, thefollowing detentionsh,avealsotakenplace: (a)threestaffmembers weredetained andsubsequentlyreleased bytheSyrianArmedForcesinLebanon, (b)nine~een weredetained byvarious militias, ofwhom12havebeenreleased and(c)threeweredetained insouthLebanon andsubsequently released bytheIsraeli military forces. 157.Thethreestaffmembers detained bytheIsraeli military forcesinsouthLebanon andreferred toinparagraph 165oflastyear'sreportwereheldindetention duringthereporting periodandreleased shortly thereafter. Twoofthemhadbeenindetention formorethanthreeyear$contrary totheConvention onthePrivileges andImmunities oftheUnitedNations, 1946,andtheGenevaConventionRelative totheProtection ofCivilian Pers~ns inTimeofWar,1949.