A/RES/3101(XXVIII) GA

122 General Assembly-Twenty-eighth Session Alternate members Mr. Harry L. MORRIS (Liberia), Mr. Svenn REFSHAL (Norway), Miss Kathleen WHALLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nol(hern Ireland). 3100 (XXVIII). Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to the General Assembly and to the member organizations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund for 1973,14 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,16 I ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFITS IN RESPECT OF COST-OF-LIVING CHANGES l. Decides that the system of additional adjustments in 1973 1974 and 1975 contained in section I, sub- paragraph (d) of General Assembly resolution 2944 (XXVII) of 4 December 1972, together with all the provisions relating to the payment thereof as set out in that resolution, shall be replaced by the payment dur- ing 1973 of a transitional adjustment c~lculated ~s a percentage of the basic benefit, together with the ~dJust- ment accruing thereon as a result of the opera~1on of the pension adjustment index in accordance with the provisions of Assembly resolution 2122 (XX) of 21 December 1965, as amendcri by resol~tion 2887 (XXVI) of 21 December 1971 and section I, sub- paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), of resolution 2944 (XXVII), the aforesaid percentage being: (a) 30 per cent of benefits and related adjustments not exceeding a total of $4,000 a year, and of the first $4,000 of any higher annual benefit, as adjusted, when the date of separation was prior to 1 January 1973; (b) 22.5 per cent thereof when the date of separa- tion was between 1 January and 31 March 1973; (c) 15 per cent thereof when the date of separation was between 1 April and 30 June 1973; (d) 7.5 per cent thereof when the date of separation was between 1 July and 30 September 1973; 2. Further decides that, during a period of three years from 1 January 1974, the pension adjustment index used for purposes of adjustment of benefits shall be replaced by a revised pension adjustment ~ndex, which shall be calculated for 1 January 197 4 m the manner indicated in paragraph 16 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative _and Budgetary Questions16 and shall thereafter be ad1usted and op- erated in accordance with the recommendations in sec- tion B of annex V to the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board,14 subject to such changes as may result from the introduction of the revised index on 1 January 1974; H Ibid., Supplement No. 9 (A/9009 and Corr.l and 2). lllA/9274. II ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Approves expenses, chargeable directly to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, totalling $1,664,300 (net) for 197 4 and supplementary expenses totalling $149,000 (net) for 1973 for the administration of the Fund, as estimated in annex III to the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board;14 III STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF ADJUSTING PENSIONS 1. Notes the decision of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to continue the study of alternative methods of adjusting pensions, with particular reference to selectivity; 2. Requests the Board to carry out an in-depth study on various selective systems designed to com- pensate for currency chang_es and inflati?nary move- ments in the countries of residence of pens10ners and to explain the administrative and financial implications thereof; 3. Requests the Board to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session. 2196th plenary meeting 11 December 1973 3101 (XXVIII). Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on the cost estimates of the United Nations Emer- gency Force established pursuant to Security Council resolution 340 ( 1973) of 25 October 1973 for the period from 25 October 1973 to 24 April 1974 10 and the report of the Advisory Committee on Adminis- trative and Budgetary Questions thereon, 17 Reaffirming its previous decisions regarding the fact that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by such operations, a different procedure is required from that applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations, Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to ?1ake relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relative_ly limited. ca- pacity to contribute towards peace-keepmg operations involving heavy expenditures, Also bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the States permanent members of the Security Council in the financing of such operations, as indicated in resolution 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963 and other resolutions of the General Assembly, 1. Decides to appropriate an amount of $30 million for the operation of the United Nations Emergency Force from 25 October 1973 to 24 April 197 4 in- clusive and requests the Secretary-General to establish a special account for the Force; 2. Decides, as an ad hoe arrangement, without prejudice to the positions of principle that may be taken 16 A/9285. 11 A/9314. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 123 -------------- ---------------- ------------ by Member States in any consideration by the General Assembly of arrangements for the financing of peace- keeping operations: · (a) To apportion an amount of $18,945,000 for the above-mentioned six-month period among the States permanent members of the Security Council in the proportions determined by the scale of assessments for 1974-1976;18 (b) To apportion an amount of $10,434,000 for the above-mentioned six-month period among the eco- nomically developed Member States which are not per- manent members of the Security Council in the propor- tions determined by the scale of assessments for 1974-1976; (c) To apportion an amount of $606,000 for the above-mentioned six-month period among the econom- ically less developed Member States in the proportions determined by the scale of assessments for 197 4-1976; (d) To apportion an amoun~ of $15,000 for !he above-mentioned six-month penod to the following countries among the economically less developed Mem- ber States in the proportions determined by the scale of assessments for 1974-1976: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Botswana Burundi, Chad, Dahomey, Democratic Yemen, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta and Yemen; 3. Decides that, for the purpose of the present res- olution, the term "economically less developed Member States" in paragraph 2 ( c) above shall mean all Mem- ber States except Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Czech?- slovakia, Denmark, Finland, the German Democratic Republic, Germany (Federal Republic of), Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Member States referred to in paragraphs 2 (a) and (d) above; 4. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the United Nations Emergency Force at a rate not to exceed $5 million per month for the period from 25 April to 31 October 1974 inclusive, should the Security Council decide to continue the Force beyond the initial period of six months, the said amount to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution; 5. Invites voluntary contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force both in cash and in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary- GeneraL 2196th plenary meeting 11 December 1973 3188 (XXVIII). Granting of privileges and im- munities to the members of the Joint Inspec- tion Unit and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions The General Assembly, Having considered the proposals of the Secretary- General19 that, in accordance with artiole V, section 17, 18 See resolution 3062 (XXVIlI). 111 See A/C.5/1584/Rev.l and Rev.1/Corr.1. of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly on 13 February 1946,~0 the categories of officials to which the provisions of articles V and VII of the Con- vention shall apply should include the members of the Joint Inspection Unit and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Approres the granting of the privileges and immuni- ties referred to in articles V and VII of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations to the members of the Joint Inspection Unit and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. 2206th plenary meeting 18 December 1973 3189 ( XXVIII). Inclu,:ion of Chinese among the working languages of the General Assembly and the Security Council The General Assembly, Recognizing that Chinese is one of the five official languages of the United Nations, Noting that four of the five official languages have already been made working languages of the General Assembly and the Security Council, and affirming that, in the interest of efficiency in the work of the United Nations, Chinese should be accorded the same status as the other four official languages, 1. Decides to include Chinese among the working languages of the General Assembly and to amend ac- cordingly the relevant provisions of the rules of pro- cedure of the Assembly;21 2. Considers it desirable to include Chinese among the working languages of the Security Council; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the President of the Security Council. 2206th plenary meeting 18 December 1973 3190 (XXVIII). Inclusion of Arabic among the official and the working languages of the General Assembly and its Main Committees22 The General Assembly, Recog,1izing the significant role of the Arabic lan- guage in preserving and disseminating the civilization of man and his culture, Recognizing further that Arabic is the ,language of nineteen Members of the United Nations and is a work- ing langua:se in such specialized agencies as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- tion, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organisation, as well as an official and working language of the Organization of African Unity, A ware of the need to achieve greater international co-operation and to promote harmonization of the actions of nations as envisaged in the Charter of the United Nations, 20 Resolution 22 A (I), annex. 21 See resolution 3191 (XXVIII). 22 See also ·'Other decisions", p. 137.

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