83.Thesizeandcomposition oftheUnitedNations JointStaffPension Boardare laiddowninarticle 5oftheRegulations oftheFund.Inaccordance withthe pr9visions ofthatarticle theBoardconsists of21members, 6ofwhomare appointed bytheUnitedNations Staff Pen~ion Committee and15bythestaffpension committees oftheothermemberorganizations oftheFund.Ofthe21members, 7are chosen bytheGeneral Assembly andbythebodiesoftheothermemberorganizations corresponding totheGeneral Assembly, 7bythechiefadministrative officers of thememberorganizations, andIby"participants inservice". Sessions ofthe Boardarealsoattended byalternate members appointed bystaffpension committees, and·byobservers (whosestatusisregulated bytherulesofprocedure). 84.Current representation ofmemberorganizations ontheBoardisasfollows: I:e outUnitedNations FAO,WHOandUNESCO ILO,ICAO,IAEA,ITU, WMO,ICITO, IMO,WIPO andIFAD6members 2members each 1membereach -24-ages .ngly Inis :er ),in85.AscanbeseenfromannexI,table1,thememberorganizations varygreatly in size.TheUnitedNations, including itsrelated programmes (suchastheUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)andtheUnitedNations Children's Fund (UNICEF», accounts formorethanhalfthetotalnumberofparticipants (28,147 out of53,204asat31December 1984). Ofthethreeorganizations represented bytwo members, theFoodandAgriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations (FAO)had 7,432participants on31December 1984,theWorldHealthOrganization (WHO)­ 5,801,andtheUnitedNations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) -3,517. Thesizeoftheorganizations represented byon~membervaried from3,009(theInternational LabourOrganisation (ILO»to189(theInternational FundforAgricultural Development (IFAD». lrgin :hat 1986; ;sof ;cale onthe '1the 'le )the Einal ~oard for a1ance (on :iare he pension , 7are ations sof he ittees, ws:86.OvertheyearstheBoardrepeatedly discussed thequestion ofits composition -mostlyinconnection withthere-ordering oftheseatsofthemember organizations otherthantheUnitedNations following theadmission ofnew members. Thelastsuchdiscussion washeldattheBoard's thirty-third session in 1984inconnection withthearrangements tobemadetoaccommodate theUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) asaseparate member organization oftheFund.Inthecourseofthosediscussions theviewwas repeatedly expressed thata21-member Boardwastoosmalltobetruly representative; inthisconnection reference wasmadetothefactthatinan 'organization thathadonlyonememberintheBoard,sixyearsmustelapse between theendofthetermofofficeofthememberfromoneofthethreeconstituent groups(representatives ofthegoverning body,ofthechiefadministrative officer andoftheparticipants) andthebeginning ofthetermofofficeofthenextmember fromthesamegroup.Itwaspointed outthatsuchasituation hadanadverse effectontherepresentative character oftheBoard. 87.Insection IXofresolution 39/246theBoardwasrequested, whenreviewing its composition, totakeintoaccount theviewsexpressed intheFifthCommittee. The delegations thatexpressed viewsonthisquestion wereinfavourofincreasing the numberofmembers oftheBoardnominated bygoverning bodiesingeneral andthe General Assembly inparticular. 88.Afurther element inthediscussion wasarequest bytheFederation of Associations ofFormerInternational CivilServants (FAFICS) foraformally recognized statusontheBoardforretired participants. Theirnumberwas increasing fromyeartoyear,andtheirsituation wasuniqueinthatalldecisions concerning pension benefits hadadirectandimmediate impactontheirliving conditions; theyfelttherefore thattheyshouldhaveasayinthosedecisions. 89.Inthecourseofthediscussion atthethirty-fourth session oftheBoard therewasgeneral agreement thatthemembers oftheBoardshouldcontinue tobe appointed bythestaffpension committees. Itwasalsofeltthatthetripartite composition oftheBoardhadprovedasourceofstrength andhadcontributed tothe emergence ofagreedrecommendations onmajorissues. 90.Inthediscussion, theviewwasexpressed that,evenifthesizeoftheBoard weretobechanged, theprinciple thateachofthethreegroups haveanequal numberofmembers intheBoardshouldbemaintained. Ontheotherhand,theview wasalsoexpressed thatthetripartite composition oftheBoarddidnotnecessarily reauire thatallthreegroups havemathematically equalrepresentation. 91.AsforthesizeoftheBoard,oneviewwasthatitshouldremainat21,even afterUNIDOwasadmitted tomembership intheFund;andanother thatthesize -25-Jj ~1J I;1 'I "1~\ : !should beincreased toprovide fortheadmission ofUNIDOandtoensurefull
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the governance and administration of a pension fund for international civil servants, specifically the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board. The text mentions various organizations and their representatives, as well as the composition and size of the Board. It seems to be more focused on the organizational and administrative aspects of the pension fund rather than specific economic or environmental issues.

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Employment, International relations