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224 General Assembly-Tbirty-fourtb Session including the factors and criteria, with their related per- 34/220. Participation of United Nations statl in the centage distributions, which determined those desirable consultative bodies within the United Nations ranges; system (b) A series of altemative tables of desirable repre- sentation for all Member States on the basis of a redistri- bution of the percentages used at present for the criteria of contribution and membership so as to reflect a mem- bership percentage of 50 per cent or a membership percentage equal to that of contribution while maintain- ing the existing percentage in respect of the population factor; these alternative tables, which shall take into account the new scale of assessment for 1980, 1981 and 1982, shall include: (i) A range of increases in the lower limit of the present mínimum desirable. range; (ii) An increase in the upper limit of the present mínimum desirable range; (iii) Suggested formulae for the removal or relaxa- tion of the upper limits of the desirable ranges of developing Member States; (iv) Formulae for relating the population criterion directly to regional populations, with sugges- tions for its utilization by individual Member States; (e) An outline of any possible additional criteria which, in the Secretary-General's considered view, might also be utilized in determining a system of desirable ranges or representation with suggestions for their inclu- sion under subparagraphs {b) {i) to (iv) above; (á) A study of the implications of the establishment of a ceiling on the percentage contribution for calculating the personnel entitlement of any Member State; (e) A detailed description of the way the present weighted desirable ranges have been calculated, with in- formation as to the basis of this calculation, as well as a study dealing with an indicative evaluation of posts so as to ensure that Member States will have a balanced quantitative and qualitative representation; 2. Also requests the Secretary-General to present the reports and submissions outlined above for the consider- ation of Member Sta tes at least six weeks before the open- ing of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly; 11 Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on amendments made to the Staff Rules during the period from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979;38 111 Requests the Secretary-General to pursue the im- provement of the computerized roster of candidates in accordance with section I, paragraph 1 (e), of General Assembly resolution 33/143 of 20 December 1978; IV Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the classification systems for posts in the Professional and General Service categories39 and the oral report of the Chairman of the Advisory Com- mittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 40 and requests the Secretary-General to report on progress in the implementation of those systems to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session. 111 th plenary meeting 20 December 1979 as A/C.S/34/7. so A/C.S/34/37. 'º Of/icial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Fifth Committee, 84th meeting, paras. 27-29. The General Assembly l. Takes note of the requests by members of the staff set out in the notes by the Secretary-General on access by staff representatives to the Fifth Committee;" 2. Further takes note of the comments and sugges- tions of the Secretary-General on the requests by the staff as set out in his note dated 21 November 1979;'2 3. Rea[firms the responsibility and authority of the Secretary-General as the Chief Administrative Officer of the United Nations under Article 97 of the Charter of the United Nations; 4. Expresses its readiness to receive and consider fully the views of the staff as set out by a single recog- nized representative of the staff of the United Nations Secretariat in a document to be submitted through the Secretary-General and issued under the item entitled "Personnel questions"; 5. Expresses its readiness to receive and consider fully the views of the staff as set out by a designated rep- resentative of the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations in a document to be submitted through the Secretary-General and issued under the item entitled "Report of the Intemational Civil Service Commission"; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session a report on the various forms of participation of staff in the con- sultative bodies of the United Nations Secretariat and within the United Nations system which deal with matters of direct concern to personnel and on the extent to which those bodies have fulfilled the purpose of better staff involvement; in preparing the report, due account should be taken of the views of the United Nations staff on the subject; 7. Expresses further its disposition to consider, as appropriate, other forms of communication between the staff and the Fifth Committee. 111 th plenary meeting 20 December 1979 34/221. Report of tbe 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 1979, 43 chapter III of the report of the International Civil Service Commission" and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Adminis- trative and Budgetary Questions, 45 I AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS folNT STAFF PENSION FuND Decides that the Regulations of the United Nations J oint Staff Pension Fund shall be amended, without 41 A/C.5/34/CRP.5 and 6. 42 A/C.S/34/29. 43 Of/icial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 9 (A/34/9) and A/34/9/Add.1. 44 lbid., Supplement No. 30 (A/34/30 and Corr.1). 45 A/34/721. vm. Reaolutlou adopted on dae reportl of die Flftb Commlttee w retroactive effect, from 1 January 1980, as set forth in annex VI to part one of the report of tbe United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board; 11 TRANSFER OF PENSION RIGHTS Concurs in the agreements'6 approved by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board with the European Space Agency and the European Free Trade Associa- tion, and in the revised texts of the transfer agreements with the Intemational Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund, concluded in 1960 under article 13 of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, witb respect to continuity of pension rights between those agencies and the Fund; 111 EMERGENCY FUND Authorizes the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to supplement the voluntary contributions to the Emergency Fund, for a further period of one year, by an amount not exceeding $100,000; IV ADMINISTRA TIVE EXPENSES Approves expenses, chargeable directly to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, totalling $3,881,500 (net) for 1980 and supplementary expenses of $42,500 (net) for 1979 for the administration of the Fund; V INTERIM MEASURES Authorizes the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund to implement in 1980 the interim measures recom- mended in paragraphs 34 and 39 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,'5 this authorization being given on the clear understanding that it does not create any entitlement to those additional payments or their equivalent beyond 1980 and that, should any long-term scheme adopted in 1980 result in a pension payment which would eliminate some or all of the additional payments deriving from the interim measures, the lower payment would be the one applicable for 1981 and beyond; VI PENSIONABLE REMUNERATION 1. Requests the International Civil Service Commis- sion and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to conclude in 1980 their comprehensive examination of the functioning, methods of establishment and adjustment and appropriate level of pensionable reinuneration with a view to submitting proposals to the General Assembly at its tbirty-fifth session for correcting, no later than January 1981, anomalies in the United Nations pension system brought about by the current economic and monetary circumstances, giving due consideration in the elaboration of those proposals to the fact that the ad- verse effects of currency fluctuations and inftation can less readily be absorbed by those with smaller pensions than by those with higher pensions; 46 See A/34/9/ Add.1, annexes 1-IV. 2. Invites, to that end, the International Civil Ser- vice Commission and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to take full account of the views expressed on this and related matters in the Fifth Committee during the thirty-f ourth session of the General Assembly. 111 th plenary meeting 20 December 1979 34/222. Invesbnents of the United Nations Joint Stafl Pension Fund A The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 31 / 197 of 22 December 1976 and 32/73 A of 9 December 1977, in which it requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the resources which the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund holds invested in transnational corporations are invested on safe and profitable terms and, to the greatest extent practicable, in investments in developing coun- tries, Recalling also its resolution 33/121 of 19 December 1978, in which the provisions of the aforementioned resolutions were restated, Reaffirming its belief that investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in shares of transna- tional corporations may contradict the objectives and purposes of the organizations of the United Nations system, Having considered the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board•1 and the report of the Secretary-General on the investments of the United N ations Joint Staff Pension Fund, 48 Noting with concern that investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in developing countries have shown little increase in the past year and invest- ments of the Fund in shares of transnational corpora- tions have been maintained at an appreciable level, 1. Renews its request to the Secretary-General that, in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 33 / 121, he should redouble bis efforts, in consultation with the Investments Committee, to ensure that the resources which the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund holds invested in shares of transnational corporations are re- invested in developing countries to the greatest extent practicable, subject to careful observance of the re- quirements of safety, profitability, liquidity and con- vertibility and in conformity with the Regulations of the Fund; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on the imple- mentation of the present resolution. B The General Assembly, 111 th plenary meeting 20 December 1979 Recalling its resolution 33/ 121 B of 19 December 1978, 41 Ofjicial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 9 (A/34/9) and A/34/9/ Add.1. •s A/C.5/34/30.

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