.to be borne by the organizations and 0.25 by the participants), envisaged for 1 January 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990. 63. The Board noted with satisfaction that the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions had recognized the soundness of that recommendation and had said that it was certain that the Board would not fail to make the necessary proposals at a later stage. The increase envisaged for 1 January 1984 would take the form of an obligation of $8.6 million a year for all the organizations (approximately $2 million a year on the United Nations regular budget) and $4.3 million a year for participants (para. 28). I ... A/C.5/38/SR.28 English Page 12 (Mr. Sauter) 64. With regard to the age of statutory separation and age of retirement, the Board had renewed the recommendation which it had made to the General Assembly in 1982 that the mandatory age of separation should be raised to 62. ·In accordance with General Assembly resolution 37/131, it had studied the question of the financial obligations of pensioners to their spouses or former spouses (paras. 51-56); without prejudice to the comments which he would make at the thirty-ninth session, he stressed that, from his point of view, the question came within the competence of national jurisdictions and should so remain. However, in implementation of resolution 37/131, the Board had taken up the question of the elimination of the possibility of excluding or preventing staff members from participation in the Fund and had reached the conclusion that article 21 of the Rules and Regulations of the Fund should be retained in its present form, including the provisions relating to exclusion. 65. Referring to paragraphs 62 to 64 of the Board's report, he explained why the Board had not been able to support the proposal of the Director-General of the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing administrative and budgetary matters within an international organization, specifically the United Nations, and its related organizations. It mentions recommendations, resolutions, and financial obligations, which suggests a focus on organizational management and governance.

**Category**
Employment, International trade