Recalling section I.B of its resolution 51/216 of 18 December 1996 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1996年12月18日第51/216号决议第一.B节以及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专业以上职类工作人员薪酬净额与在哥伦比亚特区华盛顿的参照国公务员制度(美国联邦公务员制度)相应职位雇员薪酬净额之间的关系(称为"差值")，