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