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NOUVELLES: NOUVELLES 2002

12 d閏embre 2002

General Council chairperson outlines budget committee抯 task on WTO staff pay

On 12 December 2002, the General Council approved a new budget which includes salary adjustments and a commitment to further work on a more permanent method of calculating salaries. Chairperson Sergio Marchi described elements of 揳n objective and credible process?for achieving a fair outcome.

Statements were also made by Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi and the WTO Staff Council.

General Council chairperson抯 statement on Budget, Finance and Administration Committee report

On behalf of the entire WTO membership, let me extend my appreciation and compliments for the hard work that the Chairman and members of the Budget Committee, together with the Secretariat, have put into this report.

As in many administrations, the budget cycle involves a very concentrated period of work involving matters of complexity and sensitivity. In this regard, I know many Members think it would be helpful to work towards a more long-term budgetary planning process, which could encompass broader considerations and aid a smoother handling of the work.

Concerning the elements in the report dealing with Secretariat staff salaries and allowances, I have had some consultations with the Director-General, with members, and with representatives of the Staff Council. I should underline that these consultations have been marked by a positive and constructive spirit on all sides. I know it is widely recognized that, while the WTO is a member-driven organization, a close partnership between Members and the Secretariat has always been essential to its success and will remain so in the future.

The General Council will take a decision today on the overall budget and its components. The proposed increase of 8.3% over last year represents a considerable effort by Members. At the same time, I am confident that we will all continue to receive a very good return on our investment in this organization, at this crucial stage in its life.

As Members are aware, the budget provisions include a salary adjustment for the Secretariat of 4%; 3% awarded on January 1, 2003 and the remaining 1% on July 1, 2003. The Budget Committee has also recommended such further adjustment as is necessary to restore parity with the UN Common System. In addition, the Committee recommends that it carry out a review of the methodologies for future pay adjustments, to be completed by March 31, 2003.

In reviewing these methodologies, the Committee will have to undertake a very important task in a rather short time. We all have an interest in an objective and credible process which produces a fair outcome. To help guide the Committee's work, the following elements should be taken into account:

(a) The work should begin as soon as possible in the new year and the recommendations which result from it should be forwarded to the General Council no later than 31 March 2003. In addition, the Committee is requested to make a progress report to the General Council, at its meeting on 10/11 February 2003;

(b) To assist the Committee, appropriate opportunity should be given to the Secretariat staff to be fully consulted and to express their views;

(c) In developing methodologies, the Committee should aim to provide WTO staff salaries, benefits and other conditions that are sufficiently competitive internationally to attract and retain a highly skilled and motivated staff;

(d) To enhance the predictability of the remuneration system, the methodologies that result from the Committee's work should be implemented fully and in good faith by all concerned;

(e) In order to ensure a smoother evolution in salary levels and facilitate overall budgetary planning for Members, salary adjustments based on the agreed methodology should be made on an annual basis.

I believe that these elements will help the Committee to arrive at a remuneration system which will be equitable and forward looking. I know I speak for all Members when I say that we look forward to seeing this work on salary review methodology carried out in a way which reinforces partnership and mutual respect. And I say this in the knowledge that the membership and the secretariat staff are united in their commitment to this organization and what it stands for.

  

Statement by the Director-General  back to top

The consensus on the budget is welcome and necessary. I would like to highlight my appreciation for the work and efforts of the Chairman of the Budget Committee, Mr. Neil McMillan.

I also fully appreciate the efforts of delegations who have, despite the prevailing climate of financial stringency, taken into account to the maximum extent possible the wider context of our human resources needs, even if it was not possible to meet in full what we had asked for as a reasonable increase.

Mr Chairman, I am particularly grateful to you for your own active and constructive influence on the budget discussions. The statement which you made just now complements in a very useful way the recommendations of the Budget Committee.

I will do my best to ensure that the resources made available to the Secretariat will be optimally used, in particular for work related to the DDA. It will be a challenge to manage this workload up to and beyond Canc鷑.

I note the interim measures agreed by the Budget Committee which will allow WTO Secretariat pay to catch up with UN rates by, at the latest, 1st July next year. Now that the UN pay increases for professional staff have been decided, we will discuss with Members how to factor that into the Committee's package.

Interim measures, by definition, are not intended to solve the whole set of problems which have arisen following the 1998 decision to take the WTO out of the UN Common System and to set up a fully independent Organization.

The methodology review, which is to be completed by 31st March next year, will be a vitally important next step. I cannot emphasize strongly enough the importance of an agreed-upon methodology in settling the terms and conditions of employment for the Secretariat. A reasonable outcome that reflects the value Members place on a highly trained and internationally recruited staff is the best way to forestall future problems. I look forward to working closely with the Members in that process; to defining objective criteria and parameters for the review; to determining future pay scales; and to setting up a system for more regular, annual adjustments.

I noted and welcomed, Mr Chairman, some helpful references in your statement to various aspects of the methodology review. I look forward to the progress report which will be made to the General Council at its next meeting in February.

As you know, many of our staff feel ?I think with some justification ? that there has been a tendency in recent years for the Members to demand greatly increased output for modestly increased input. We must all recognise that this approach ultimately has its limits.

I have considerable sympathy with a number of the issues raised by the staff. We do need more resources overall. We do need to attract and retain high quality staff. We surely should by now have already had a settled and equitable mechanism to adjust salaries regularly. It is certainly not the best budget practice ?and it is certainly inappropriate human resource practice ?to rely so heavily from year to year on temporary assistance to perform work which is of a permanent nature.

Having said this, as the person responsible for making sure that the Secretariat carries out the Members' directions in an efficient manner, I have always ?and will continue ?to call for moderation and discussion. In particular, the DDA cannot be put at risk. Next year we face important deadlines and a vital Ministerial Conference. I also have to recognise, as I have already said, that the Members have their own constraints.

I believe that at this stage we should all be forward-looking. Let us all concentrate now on carrying out the Budget Committee's recommendations ?as complemented by your statement, Mr Chairman ? adding substance as we go along to the various important tasks set out for next year.

As we have discussed previously, Mr. Chairman, and as you implied in your important statement, this annual, ad hoc, bargaining exercise which we call the budget is no longer good enough for an Organization as important as this one now is. There should be more planning and strategic thinking for the future. That way, both the Secretariat and Members will have greater predictability and fewer surprises.

  

Statement by the WTO Staff Council  back to top

L'OMC est ?la crois閑 des chemins. Depuis la conclusion du Cycle d'Uruguay, le Secr閠ariat r閜ond avec d関ouement et 閚ergie aux nombreuses demandes qui lui sont faites par les Membres. En effet, depuis 1999, c'est-?dire en quelques ann閑s seulement, la charge de travail a augment?d'environ 30%. Aujourd'hui, nous sommes dans la phase initiale d'un nouveau cycle de n間ociations, et les Membres attendront de plus en plus du Secr閠ariat ?mesure que ces n間ociations avanceront vers Canc鷑, et au-del?

Cependant, un grave d閟閝uilibre structurel dans la dotation en personnel du Secr閠ariat est apparu. Ces derni鑢es ann閑s, l'augmentation des demandes des Membres a largement d閜ass?celle des ressources humaines qu'ils ont fournies. En outre, pour essayer de parer ?l'augmentation de la charge de travail, les Membres ont cr殫, dans le Secr閠ariat, une d閜endance malsaine ?l'間ard de l'assistance temporaire pour l'ex閏ution de t鈉hes ?caract鑢e permanent.

La recommandation du Comit?du budget, qui pr関oit seulement six nouveaux postes au lieu des 12 demand閟 par le Directeur g閚閞al, n'apporte m阭e pas un d閎ut de solution ?ce d閟閝uilibre structurel. La r閍ffectation de postes existants ne r閟oudra pas non plus le probl鑝e, loin de l? car le fait de d閜lacer des ressources d閖??peine suffisantes pour faire face aux besoins n'att閚uera pas la pression qui s'exerce sur le personnel. Au contraire, cette r閍ffectation aura in関itablement un impact sur la qualit?des services que le Secr閠ariat fournit aux Membres. En outre, le fait de ne pas budg閠iser les sommes d閜ens閑s l'an dernier pour l'assistance temporaire laisse perplexe ?la veille d'une ann閑 de Conf閞ence minist閞ielle, pendant laquelle la charge de travail va probablement augmenter encore.

En bref, aucune de ces recommandations du Comit?du budget ne r閜ondra aux pr閛ccupations fondamentales du personnel qui craint que le Secr閠ariat n'ait pas des ressources humaines suffisantes pour assurer la quantit?et la qualit?de travail que les Membres attendent de lui. Le personnel est d殮u par la solution improvis閑 que le Comit?du budget a adopt閑 pour r閟oudre ces questions importantes.

Par ailleurs, cette ann閑 a lieu le premier examen des traitements auquel doit proc閐er le Directeur g閚閞al aux termes du Statut du personnel de l'OMC. Le Comit?du budget a rejet?la m閠hode tout ? fait raisonnable pr閟ent閑 par le Directeur g閚閞al, mais ne propose aucune autre m閠hode en lieu et place. Comme les mesures provisoires recommand閑s ne reposent sur aucune m閠hode objective, stable et claire, ces recommandations ne sont pas compatibles avec la jurisprudence du Tribunal du BIT.

Le personnel est extr阭ement d殮u car les recommandations du Comit?du budget concernant les traitements restent tr鑣 inf閞ieures ?la proposition initiale du Directeur g閚閞al, ? savoir un ajustement de 8%. Cet ajustement est n閏essaire, aujourd'hui, pour r閠ablir des niveaux de r閙un閞ation comp閠itifs ?l'OMC.

La mesure provisoire recommand閑 consiste ?搑閠ablir la parit閿, classe par classe, avec les Nations Unies, pour l'ensemble des membres du personnel. Pourtant, il y a juste trois ans, les Membres ont 閠abli un Secr閠ariat de l'OMC ind閜endant, dot? de ses propres r鑗les concernant le personnel. Ces r鑗les d閚otent un rejet explicite du syst鑝e commun de r閙un閞ation et de prestations des Nations Unies. Le personnel ne peut pas comprendre pourquoi les Membres cherchent maintenant ?lui appliquer ?nouveau les r鑗les des Nations Unies. Cela donne l'impression que le Secr閠ariat de l'OMC n'est pas un secr閠ariat ind閜endant dot?de ses propres r鑗les.

Dans la pratique, il serait extr阭ement difficile de r閠ablir la parit?avec les Nations Unies pour tous les membres du personnel. L'OMC a un syst鑝e de prestations diff閞ent. Les Nations Unies ont certaines prestations que nous n'avons pas, et le niveau des autres prestations y est diff閞ent. La parit?pour tous les membres du personnel ne peut 阾re obtenue qu'en appliquant les r鑗les de r閙un閞ation des Nations Unies ?chaque membre du personnel de l'OMC, ce qui serait incompatible avec un Secr閠ariat ind閜endant.

Bien que, d'apr鑣 le r鑗lement, il incombe au Directeur g閚閞al d'arr阾er et d'appliquer une m閠hode cette ann閑, le Comit?du budget a recommand?qu'une m閠hode soit adopt閑 en 2003, et appliqu閑 en 2004.

Non seulement la recommandation du Comit?du budget concernant la m閠hode ne respecte pas les d閘ais pr関us dans le Statut du personnel mais elle donne trop d'importance au Syst鑝e des Nations Unies. Toujours est-il que, sur d'autres points essentiels, la recommandation est trop vague. Nous attendons depuis longtemps que des termes vagues soient convertis en r閟ultats concrets. Cette ann閑, nous avons vu le Comit?du budget rejeter une 閠ude valable des r閙un閞ations sans aucune raison valable. Cela pr閛ccupe beaucoup le personnel car il s'agit maintenant d'adopter une m閠hode pour l'avenir.

Le personnel demande instamment au Conseil g閚閞al de fixer des param鑤res concrets pour l'閘aboration de la m閠hode en adoptant un ensemble de principes directeurs:

  • Le Conseil g閚閞al devrait d閏larer que la m閠hode comparera la r閙un閞ation ?l'OMC avec la r閙un閞ation dans d'autres organisations internationales qui ont une activit?comparable ?pas seulement les Nations Unies.
  • Le Conseil g閚閞al devrait d閏larer que la m閠hode sera appliqu閑 annuellement et que les r閟ultats seront mis en 渦vre automatiquement.
  • Le Conseil g閚閞al devrait demander que la m閠hode soit appliqu閑 en 2003, au lieu d'essayer d'obtenir la parit?avec une organisation diff閞ente, en appliquant des r鑗les diff閞entes. En appliquant la m閠hode en 2003, les Membres garantiront que la r閙un閞ation ?l'OMC sera d閠ermin閑 suivant les r鑗les de l'OMC.
  • Le Conseil g閚閞al devrait aussi reconna顃re le r鬺e important du Directeur g閚閞al et le r鬺e l間itime du personnel dans l'閘aboration de la nouvelle m閠hode.

L'OMC est ?la crois閑 des chemins. Nous, personnel de l'OMC, voulons que les Membres comprennent notre profond attachement au succ鑣 de l'OMC et aux objectifs de l'effort commun des Membres. Nous essayons, constamment, d'阾re un personnel d関ou?et tr鑣 motiv? Mais nous esp閞ons que les Membres comprennent maintenant la n閏essit?d'affirmer leur engagement ?l'間ard du personnel et de renforcer les bases institutionnelles de l'OMC.