Unemployed? Try the U.N.

[chanel]

...And, tucked away in a one-page annex at the back, there is also a 220-person increase in the proposed “core” staffing of the bloated U.N. Secretariat that Ban originally announced last fall, as a model of frugality in tough economic times. It brings the “core” Secretariat staff from 10,061 to 10,281.

The U.S. pays 22 percent of the “core” U.N. Secretariat budget. U.N. salaries, along with allowances for education and housing, among other things, are tax free.

Last September, when Ban presented a frugal “core” budget of a little over $5 billion for 2010-2011 (U.N. budgeting is done on a two-year basis), the same document revealed that U.N. Secretariat spending, including “extrabudgetary” items, was planned at more like $13.9 billion.

Salaries for professional-level employees and upwards at the U.N. vary widely. The lowest P-level staffer makes $47,968 annually, as of January 1, 2010, while the highest P-level staffer can earn $141,810. Director-level staffers and above earn from $137,021 to $201,351.

But for staffers in New York City, there is an additional mammoth adjustment for cost of living: 62 percent of base salary. That raises the overall range to between $77,708 and $326,188.

In Hard Economic Times, U.N. Hires More Staff - United Nations - FOXNews.com

 

[sparky]

madness....