Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 118 United Nations pension system, published in 1984.

What else is in this group?

25 documents · 1965–1986

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1986).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/245	Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board	1,182	–
1985	A/RES/39/246	Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board	1,132	–
1984	A/RES/38/233	Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board	1,218	–
1983	A/RES/37/131	Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board	663	–
1982	A/RES/36/118[C]	Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board	—	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Pensionable Remuneration Pensions Professional Staff Retirement Income Rules and Regulations

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Decides that, with effect from 1 January 1984, the rate ofcontributions shall be raised from 21 to 21.75 per cent of pensionable remuneration, of which the employing member organization shall pay 14.5 per cent and the participant 7 .25 per cent;

Amends the Regulations ofthe United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, without retroactive effect, as set forth in the annex to the present resolution;

Requests the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, with the assistance of the Committee of Actuaries, to consider, early in 1984, the various proposals discussed at the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly with a view to reducing or eliminating the actuaria! imbalance of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. including the following measures:

Increasing to a realistic leve! the interest rate used to calculate the amount of the lump-sum commutation;

Determination of the lump sum in net equivalent terms, subject to the reimbursement of any taxes payable thereon:

Re-examination of the early retirement provisions,

taking into account, ínter afia, the observations made by the Committee of Actuaries;

Imposition of a ceiling on the highest levels of pens10ns;

Review of the two-track system followed to determine the initial amount of the pension and its subsequent adjustment:

(/) Re-examination of the survivor benefits under the Regulations ofthe Fund, together with altemative ways of financing them; and to submit its findings and recommendations thereon and on such other measures as may be deemed appropriate, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session;

III VI

Approves expenses, chargeable directly to the U nited Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, totalling $6,723,100 1.

Decides to review at its thirty-ninth session the pen-

net

for 1984 and additional expenses of $17,700 (net) for sionable remuneration for the Professional and higher cat- 1983 for the administration of the Fund. egories;

104th p/enary meeting 2.

Requests the International Civil Service Cummission, in co-operation with the United Nations Joint Staff

20 December 1983 Pension Board, to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session recommendations on the appropriate leve! ofpensionable remuneration for the Professional and higher categories;

Further requests the International Civil Servicc Commission, in examining the compara ti ve levels of pensiona ble remuneration in co-operation with the Board, to compare the levels of pension entitlements in the light of ali the factors it brought to the attention of the General Assembly in its fifth annual report, 67 as part of the total compensation comparisons to be carried out within thc framework of the Noblemaire principie, and to report thereon to the Assembly by the beginning of its thirtyninth session on the basis of the latest data available in 1984;

Decides that the implementation of any adjustment which may become due in 1984 on the basis of article 54

of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund shall be deferred until the General Assembly, at its thirty-ninth session, has considered the recommendations ofthe International Civil Service Commission and the Board on the leve! of pensionable remuneration;

Decidesfurtherthat, ifthe General Assembly is unable to take a decision on the leve) ofpensionable remuneration at its thirty-ninth session, it will re-examine at that session the question of the deferment of implementation of adjustments which become due under article 54 (b) of the Regulations of the Fund;

Requests the Board, in the light ofthe recommendations on the leve! of pensionable remuneration, to recommend to the General Assembly, at its thirty-ninth session, consequential amendments to articlc 54 (h) of the Regulations of the Fund;

IV

e Draws the attention of the International Labour Organisation to the strong concern expressed during the thirtyeighth session of the General Assembly about the need to maintain the unity, cohesion and integrity of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension system and to avoid any action which may have an adverse effect on the said system;

V

Authorizes the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to supplement the voluntary contributions to the Emergency Fund, for a further period of one year, by an amount not exceeding $100,000;

General Assembll--Thirt}-eighth Session -~ ----·-·-~ thc recommendat1ons of the Committcc for Programmc and Co-ordination containcd in paragraphs 286 (e) and (d)

of its repon, 6x as wcll as thc mcrger of programme elemcnts 4.9 and 4.15. as recommended by that Committee in paragraph 286 i a) of its report, and to rcport thereon to the General Asscmbly;

. lpproves the hudgct estimates for thc lntcrnational ( ·omputing Centre for the ycar 1984; 69

III

.-1pprorcs the programme of work and budget estimates for the Advisof\ Committee for the Co-ordination of lnformation Syst~·ms for thc biennium 1984-1985; 70

IV

/'akcs note of the repons of the Secretary-General on tirst-class travel 71 and on the organization and methods for official travel 7 2 and of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 73

V.INFORMATION): Ycarhook ()(the United Nations

I _ Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on thc Ycarhook of thc United Nations 74 and of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Quest1ons; 75 2.

Endorses the conclusions of the Advisory Committec as contained in its rcport:

VI.Yiwhook o(the Unitcd Nations

Bearing in mind the desirability ofmaking the Yearbook o! thc United Nations more widely used by the general public.

Recalling the problems which have been encountered in

ÁMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS JOINT STAFF PENSION FUND

MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE ACTUARIAL BALANCE OF THE FuNo

64 See also sect. X.B.6. decision 38/45~.

66 A/381547 65 Otficial Record.,· o('rhc General Asse,11/,/r, Thirry-c1gh1h Scssion. Supplcment No. 9 (A/38/9 and Corr.2): and A/38/9/ Add. l and Corr. l and 2.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES PENSIONABLE REMUNERATION FOR THE PRüFESSIONAL AND HIGHER CATEGORIES

ANNEX Amendments to the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Art1cle 1 DHINITIONS ··own contributions" shall mean the contributíons, not excccding (11) thc perccntage of his pensionable remuneration specified in column B in article 25 (a), made to the Fund by or on behalf of a participan! in rcspect of contnbutory scrvice under article 22, with interest, provided that, in respect of servicc in a member organintion prior to its admission to membership 1n the Fund, which has becn recognized as contributory, it shall mean:

Suhparagraphs (i) and (1i) rcmam unchangcd.

-lmcle 21 P4.RTICIP<\TION Participation shall erase when the organization by which the par- (/>) ticipant ,s employed ceases to be a member organization, or when he dies or separa tes from such mem ber organization, except that participation shall not be deemed to haw ceased where a participan! resumes his contributory service w,th a member organIZation within twelve months aftcr separatron. w1thout a henefrr havrng hem paid to him.

('ONfRIBl!TORY SJ-.RVICF (u)

( 'ontnbutory service shall accrue to a participan! in pay status from thc date ofcommencement to thc date ofcessation ofhis participation. For purposes of each of the articles 28 (/>), 28 (e) and 29 (h) separa te periods of contributory service shall be aggregated except that in such aggregat,on no account shall be taken of periods of service in respect of which a withdrawal scttlement was paid and which were not subsequently rcstorcd.

Arride 25 ( \)NTRIBUTIONS

(a) Contributions by the participan! and by the employing member organization shall be payable to the Fund concurrently with the accrual of COMPLEMENTARY PENSION SCHEME OF THE rnntributory servicc under artíclc 22 (a). at the percentage rates ofpension- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ÜRGANISATION able remuneration spccified hclow A B By emplo.,·mt mnnbn For penods of By pamcrpants ,irgam::arwn contnhutorv serria (per cenfi (¡wr cem1 Before 1984 ..

00 14.00 As from 1984 7.25 14.50 (/>)

(1) Contributions for the purpose of article 22 (h) in respect of a period of lea ve without pay ,hall be al a percentage rate of the pensiona ble rernuneration ofthc participan! equal to thc applicable rates specilicd in (a) above payable by the participan! and by the employing member organizat1on. combined. Such contributions shall be payable concurrently with such lcave by the participan! in full or by the organization in foil. or in part by EMERGENCY fliND the participan! and in part hy the organization:

Subparagraph (ii) remains unchanged.

Contributions for the purpose ofvalidation under article 23 shall be (e) payable, with interest, b) the participan! and the organization in the amounts which would have t>een payablc respectivcly by each, had service during thc pcrind been rnntrrbutory. 67 Officia/ Records ofthe General Assnnbly /"hir11•-/,nmh \'ns,on, Su¡,¡,/, ment No. 30 (A/34/30 and Corr. l ). chap 111

(h) Thc benetit shall. subJcct to (d) and (<') hel<m. 111 respcct ola pcnod or periods ofparticipation commencing on or alter I January 198}_ he pa1- able at the standard rate obtaincd by multiplying:

Subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) remain unchangcd. Howner. m re,pcct of a participant with a prior period of contrihutory service of live years 01 11 longer ending between I January 1978 and 11 Dcccmhn 1982. thc standard annual ratc specified a hove shall he cakulated by takmg into acrnunt '"

INTER!',A noNAL CoMPUTING CENTRE periods ofcontributory servicc for the purposc ofsuhparagraphs (1). (11) ami

(iii) above thc period of contrihutory sen ice bcforc I January 198:1_

(e) The bencfit shall, subject to (d) and (<') belo"', in rcspert of an, period ofparticipation commencing prior to 1 January 198:1_ he payahlc at the standard annual ratc obtained by multiplying:

(i) The first thirty ycars ofthc partietpant's contrihutor\ scn1l'l'. h, -' per cent of his final average rcmuncratton. and

(ii) The years of his contrihutory servicc 111 excess of th1rty_ hut not ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE Co-ORDINATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS exceeding livc_ by I pcr cent of hrs linal a,-eragc· remunerat1on

. lr11c/e ./l 0EFI-RMl:NT 01- PA'rl\.HNI OR Cl!OJCI U! BJ·"-<1·111

(a) The payment to a particrpant of a withdrawal sctllcmcnt. or tlw exercise by a participan! of a choice available to him hctwccn onc benelit and another, or between a form of bcnelit involving paymcnt in a lump sum and another form. may he delcrred al his requcsl at thc t11ne ofscpara- FIRST-l'LASS TRAVEL ANO ORGANIZATION ANO tion for a period of twelvc months_ METIIODS FOR OFFICIAL TRA V EL lrtu-/c 4ll

(h) Such a participant. who again becomcs a participant and 1s aga1n separated after at least five years of additional contributory scrvice, shall also be entitled, al the time of such subscquent ,cparation, in rc,pect ol such service and subject to (d) hclow, to a retircmcnt. carly rctrrement or deferred retirement bencfit. or a withdra"'al scttlcmcnt undcr anide 28_ 29, 30 or 31. as the case may he.

REVISED ESTIMATES UNOER SECTION 27 (PUBUC

(e) Such a participant, who again hccomcs a part1npant and is aga111 separated after less than tivc years of additional eontrihutorv sen ice. shall_ in respect of such servicc. bccome cntitled to:

(i) A withdrawal settlcmenl undcr articlc _l 1. or

(ii) If he is at lcast age fifty-livc at such separation, and suhicct to (d)

below, a retirement, early retiremcnt or defcrrcd retircmcnt henefit, as the case may be. under article 28. 29 or 30, hascd on tht' length of such additional contributory servicc: such henefit ma;

not be commuted into a lump sum. in wholc or in part. and shall not be subject to any mínimum provisions_

(d) Payment ofbenefits undcr (h) or (e) (ii) above shall commerice 011 the date of the resumption or commencemcnt. as the case may he, of pa;-- ment ofbenefits suspended under (a) ahove. In no cvent shall thc total henefits payable to or on account of a former participant in rcspect of scparak periods of contributory service exceed the bencfits which would havc bccn payable had his participation in the Fund hecn continuous.

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL ÜEVELOPMENT ÜRGANIZATION

68 !bid .. Thirty-ei!(hth Session, S11pp/ement No_ 38 (A/38/38). part one 74 A/C.5/_38, 38.

69 A/C.5/38/39.

75 Ofjic1a/ Record,- ,,1 thc <;mera! lssemhl_r. Thini--l'!ghth Scsswn. Supplc- 7o A/C.5/38/42.

ment No_ 7.-1 (A/38•7 \dd.1-23), document A/3817/Add.8.

71 A/C.5/38/14.

76A/C.S/38:18, paras. 10-15.

72 A/C.5/38/22.

77 O/final Record,,,¡ thc <icnera/ .-lsse111hfr,, F/1m_1·-cig/11h s,,_uwn. Supple- 73 Official Record1 ofthe (i('lleru/ 1s.,c111/>!,-_ /'/11r1_1--<'lghth Sn.11on. S11¡,¡1/,· '"""' N,, 7 1 (A•38 7 \dd.1-23). donrment A/38/7/Add.8, paras. 5-9. ment No. 7A (A/3817/Add.l-23). document A,l8-7'Add.6.