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Hello, I am very happy to have been offered an international volunteering role, but have some concerns about housing costs and affordability on the ground. At the moment when I look at rents in the duty station they are approximately 60% of my VLA. However, according to Section 10 of the current conditions of service, an accommodation supplement may be granted to International Volunteers if the median rent at the duty station exceeds the UN threshold rent. Does anyone know what the UN threshold rent is, and whether this is calculated against the VLA or an average of UN P-level salaries? If the threshold is against the main UN salary scale, it probably won't apply to my current situation. The conditions of service aren't clear.

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