text: General Assembly at its fortieth session on changes to be made in that respect, taking into account the experience acquired over the forthcoming two years. At the current stage, the Committee should approve the .Advisory Committee's recommendations which constituted a good point of departure for resolving the problem of health insurance. I ... A/C.5/38/SR.49 English Page 5 10. Mr. MARRON (Spain) said that a solution must be found which would ensure the quality of health benefits provided to the staff and at the same time maintain the cost of health insuraoce at a level acceptable to all parties. In the abseoce of other proposals, his delegation was prepared to support the formula submitted by ICSC, but it would have preferred the solution suggested by the Secretary­ General whereby the United Nations would have paid a predetermined percentage of the cost of health insuraoce. The current percentage of 50 per cent was clearly inadequate and his delegation would have no objection to raising it to 60 or even 75 per cent. The use of a simple formula, applicable throughout the world, would also avoid similar problems in other duty stations. As to the method used to calculate the level of contributions of staff members to health insurarx:e, which represented 1.9 per cent of net salary for a single staff member and 3.8 per cent for a staff member with dependents, his delegation wished to know whether that was a weighted average or a simple arithmetical average. 11. Mr. LAHWU (r-t:>rocco) said that the lhited Nations should assume a larger proportion of health insurance costs so that the percentage of their salary that staff members paid in contributions would remain constant. In his delegation's opinion, the ICSC recommendations should enable the Committee to take a well­
analysis: This text appears to be discussing the allocation of health insurance costs and benefits for staff members of the United Nations. It touches on the importance of ensuring the quality of health benefits and the need for a fair and affordable solution. The language used suggests that the discussion is focused on the internal operations of the UN, rather than on broader economic, environmental, or societal issues.