Recalling section I.B of its resolution 52/216 of 22 December 1997 and the standing mandate from the General Assembly, in which the Commission is requested to continue its review of the relationship between the net remuneration of the United Nations staff in the Professional and higher categories in New York and that of the comparator civil service (the United States federal civil service) employees in comparable positions in Washington, D.C. (referred to as "the margin"),
回顾其1997年12月22日第52/216号决议第一节B和大会给予的固定任务，其中要求委员会继续审查在纽约的联合国专业及以上职类工作人员薪酬净额与在哥伦比亚特区华盛顿市的参照制度（美国联邦公务员制度）对等职位雇员薪酬净额之间的关系（称为"差值"），