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Danger Pay is a special allowance established for internationally and locally recruited staff who are required to work in locations where very dangerous conditions prevail.  The allowance may be paid under the following conditions:

 

(a) At duty stations where United Nations staff, by virtue of their association with or employment by an organization of the United Nations common system are clearly, persistently and directly targeted, or where United Nations premises are clearly, persistently and directly targeted, thus presenting an imminent and constant threat to staff and activities;

 

(b) At duty stations where United Nations staff or premises are at high risk of becoming collateral damage in a war or active armed conflict;

 

(c) In non-protected environments where medical staff are specifically at risk to their lives when deployed to deal with public health emergencies as declared by the World Health Organization.