United Nations: Personnel Compensation and Pension Issues

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the salaries and pensions of the United Nations' (UN) professional and executive employees and U.S. efforts to influence them, including: (1) a comparison of UN and U.S. employee compensation and benefits; (2) the basis for determining UN compensation levels, and the International Civil Service Commission's (ICSC) role and methodology in determining those levels; and (3) U.S. initiatives on UN compensation matters.