text: UNITED NATIONS A General AssemblyDistr. GENERAL AlC.5/45122 15October 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH .we Forty-fifth session FIFTHCOMMITTEE Agenda item128reH. TI Fr-_M 'AB,_, -.t'1ifiJ! UNITED NATIONS PENSION SYSTEM TheSecretary-General transmits herewith, upontherequest ofthe Secretary-General oftheInternational Telecolrununication Union(ITU), thetextof ITUAdministrative Council resolution No.997onthesubject oftheUnited Nations pension system. 90-26112 1821c(E)/...UNITED NATIONS A General AssemblyDistr. GENERAL AlC.5/45122 15October 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH .we Forty-fifth session FIFTHCOMMITTEE Agenda item128reH. TI Fr-_M 'AB,_, -.t'1ifiJ! UNITED NATIONS PENSION SYSTEM TheSecretary-General transmits herewith, upontherequest ofthe Secretary-General oftheInternational Telecolrununication Union(ITU), thetextof ITUAdministrative Council resolution No.997onthesubject oftheUnited Nations pension system. 90-26112 1821c(E)/... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library----~--------------_._------ AlC.5/45/22 English Page2 [Original: English, French andSpanirlh] RESOLUTION No.q97 (approved atthe2ndmeeting ofCommittee 2) UNITED NATIONS JOINT STAFFPENSION FUND(UNJSPF) PENSION SCHEME ­ STUDY OFMEASURES TOBETAKEN FORTHEADJUSTMENT OFPENSIONS TheAdministrative Council, Recalling thatResolution No.COM5/1 adopted bytheITUPlenipotentiary Conference (Nice, 1989)wastransmitted totheUnited Nations JointStaffPension Board (UNJSPB) andtheUnited Nations bodies responsible forconditions ofservice inthecommon system; Observing thatthespecial session oftheUNJSPB heldinRomefrom20to 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.----~--------------_._------ AlC.5/45/22 English Page2 [Original: English, French andSpanirlh] RESOLUTION No.q97 (approved atthe2ndmeeting ofCommittee 2) UNITED NATIONS JOINT STAFFPENSION FUND(UNJSPF) PENSION SCHEME ­ STUDY OFMEASURES TOBETAKEN FORTHEADJUSTMENT OFPENSIONS TheAdministrative Council, Recalling thatResolution No.COM5/1 adopted bytheITUPlenipotentiary Conference (Nice, 1989)wastransmitted totheUnited Nations JointStaffPension Board (UNJSPB) andtheUnited Nations bodies responsible forconditions ofservice inthecommon system; Observing thatthespecial session oftheUNJSPB heldinRomefrom20to
analysis: This text appears to be related to the administration of a pension fund and the resolution of concerns about pension levels within the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting that it is a formal resolution or report. The content does not seem to be directly related to economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues, and it does not appear to be focused on specific industries or sectors. Instead, it appears to be focused on the internal administration of a pension fund and the resolution of issues related to staff pensions.