text: 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.
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the activities and developments within an international organization, specifically regarding staff matters, job classification, staff training, and legal issues. The focus is on the internal workings of the organization, with no direct mention of economic development, natural resources, or environmental concerns. The text does mention salary scales, cost-of-living allowances, and staff remuneration, which could be related to employment, but the primary focus is on staff development and management.