paragraph 136 in volume 1, chapter 8, Finance and Administration
In its initial steps to fix the salaries of the Staff, the Court took as the basis the salaries of the Permanent Court increased by 40 % to compensate for the rise in the cost of living. The Advisory Committee, however, while not committing itself, doubted whether this 40 % increase was justifiable. It therefore recommended that the scales shown in the budget should be regarded as provisional and that as early as possible st…