that it had fixed the salary and allowances of the at its Nineteenth Session in accordance with operative paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Resolution 28/77,

that the , at its Thirty-fifth Session, approved certain recommendations of the International affecting the salaries and allowances of staff in the Professional and higher categories.

further that the , at its Seventieth Session, authorized the to amend the FAO Staff Regulations to give effect to the recommendations of the International , in the form in which they had been approved by the and with the same effective date,

that the changes in entitlements of staff in the Professional and higher categories which were introduced in FAO with effect from should be applied retroactively to the , and that provision should be made whereby such changes in entitlements as in the future be introduced for the Professional and higher categories would automatically apply to the Director-General,

also that in FAO the representation allowance of the had not been changed since it was established on at US $ 20.000.