1ng the appeals concernlng the above rnetter' if.such ls the caEe' 241 rcsc/21lcRP.ll' Annex II, para. 10' 251 rcscl27lR.4, pata. 9. -14- First, in thls partlcular case, the post adjustrnent lndex for Nel/' yorkconcerns not only plofes€ional steff and above but the general servlce category(through penalonable remuneratlon). r'The case' lnvolve6 the unrted NationgSecretarlat as a thole and may be regerded as the one between two Drlncloalorgana of the Unlted Natlona - the Genetal Assenbly end the Secretariat,HoFever, taking lnto eccount the fect that s,rsp.n"ion of the second part ofthe post adjuetment index for Ne'york also aflects the staff in sD€ciarizedagencles, it may be concluded that.fithe csael is not an indivldual one inaccordaDce rdlth the UNAT Btetute, but the ooe lrhich lnvolves the entlreUnited Natlons common 6 ysten. Second, under the Unlted Nations Chatte! only the General Aseembly hasbudgetery po!f,ers end lt 16 not allowed to delegate these to any of lts sub_sl.dlary bodtes. AII budgetary questlons ere declded by Menbei Statesr.andby-e trdo-thlrds lnejority. The A66embly, horrever, can allow tts subsldiarybodlee to operate and take declslons v.lth flnanclal lmpllcetlons ,{lthln ce;talnllrDtts. In the case of ICSC, thie ltrntt iB the margln set for the dlfferen_tlEI beti.€en the lemuoeratlon sy€tema, whtch ls around 15 per cent. Therefore,any ICSC declslons 6urpeeal.ng thl€ eetabllshed Iimlt ehould be pre€ented forGeneral Assenbly considelation and setlon. It 6leo tnplles th;t the Aesenblycan review those ICSC decl€lone vhich are taken in excesE of powers, and adopiits o!,n.