How are Committee members funded (including information on emoluments)?
Committee members do not receive an honorarium although the Convention states that, with the approval of the General Assembly, Committee members shall receive emoluments. Currently, the General Assembly has indicated that emoluments for members of treaty bodies should only be nominal. The United Nations will cover all transportation costs for Committee members via the most economical route in the class below first class and members receive a generous daily subsistence allowance during sessions and when traveling on Committee business (currently 486 USD per day). 7. What do “facilities, privileges and immunities” consist of? Article 34, paragraph 13 of the Convention provides that members of the Committee shall be entitled to the facilities, privileges and immunities of experts on mission for the United Nations as laid down in the relevant sections of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations. The relevant facilities, privileges and immunities include such th
