text: 23February 1990acknowledged thatthelong-term objective wouldbefullincome replacement andthattheITUproposal basedontheprinciple ofaPension Purchasing PowerProtection Insurance (PPPPI) couldprovide avalidmeansof achieving thatobjective; Concerned thatdueaccount should betaken,inthedecisions tobetakenby theUnited Nations General Assembly towards theendof1990,oftheobjectives laid downintheITUproposal, asadopted byitsPlenipotentiary Conference (Nice, 1989); Noting thepersistent concerns oftheUnion's staffonaccount ofthe prevailing climate ofinsecurity andinstability regarding pension levelsinthe common system, despite themanyinterventions byalltheITUorgans since1972; Reiterates itsrequest tothecompetent bodies inthecommon systemthata lasting andequitable solution should befoundassoonaspossible onthequestion ofincome replacement, withbenefits everywhere comparable tothoseprevailing at thebaseofthesystem (NewYork), andthattothisendtheITUproposal (PPPPI) should begivendueconsideration; Resolves toinstruct theSecretary-General tobringthisResolution tothe attention ofthefortieth session oftheUNJSPB andoftheforty-fifth session of theUnited Nations General Assembly. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library
analysis: This text appears to be related to the pension system and income replacement for employees of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It discusses the concerns of ITU staff regarding pension levels and instability, and requests that a solution be found to provide lasting and equitable income replacement. The text also mentions the principle of Pension Purchasing Power Protection Insurance (PPPPI) as a means of achieving this objective.