A/RES/37/130 GA

VIII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 247 37 /130. Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 36/230 of 18 December 1981, Deeply concerned at the increased cost of the goods and services associated with the operation of the United Nations and the United Nations system as a whole as a result of the persistence of inflation and monetary instability in those developed countries in which the United Nations makes its expenditures, Convinced that many Member States are not responsible for the losses that the budget of the United Nations expe- riences as a result of the monetary phenomena referred to in the preceding paragraph, Stressing that, in order to cover the substantial losses caused by inflation and monetary instability, there is a need for a continuing review of procedures that could help meet the above-mentioned budget costs in the most appropriate way, Having considered the study prepared by the Secretary- General on the impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations, contained in his report on the subject,48 Convinced of the need to analyse more thoroughly all aspects of the increased costs of the goods and services associated with the operation of the United Nations, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the impact of inflation and monetary instability on the reg- ular budget of the United Nations;48 2. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a more penetrating, extensive and detailed study on the impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations, taking duly into consideration the con- tent of the preambular paragraphs of General Assembly resolution 36/230 and the present resolution, together with the opinions of the Member States concerned, and to submit it to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session. 109th plenary meeting 17 December 1982 37/131. Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board49 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 Pen- sion Fund for 1982, 50 chapter III of the report of the Inter- national Civil Service Commission51 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget- ary Questions,52 Noting, in particular, the unanimous proposals made by the Board53 in response to the request of the General As- sembly to undertake a comprehensive analysis of all possible measures to improve the actuarial balance of the Fund, bearing in mind the views expressed in the Fifth Committee, "' A/C.5/37/39. •• See also sect. X.B.7, decision 37/429. ""Official Records of the GeMral Assemblv, Thirtv-seventh Se.uion, Supplement No. 9 (A/37/9 and Corr.1-4). · · " Ibid., Supplement No. 30 (A/37/30) 52 A/37 /674. "See Official Records of the General Assemblv. Thirtv-seventh Session. Supplement No. 9 (A/37/9 and Corr.1-4). ,eel ill.A · Noting further that a co-operative effort by member or- ganizations, participants and beneficiaries-sharing equi- tably the burdens such measures may impose on them-is required if the actuarial imbalance is to be reduced significantly, MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE ACTUARIAL BALANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS JotNT STAFF PENSION FUND I. Approves the measures designed to improve the ac- tuarial balance of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund which are contained in section III.A of the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board;~0 2. Requests the International Civil Service Commis- sion, in co-operation with the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, to undertake the study of the age of sepa- ration and of retirement in all member organizations, bearing in mind all the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly together with the views expressed in the Fifth Committee. and to submit proposals based thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session; 3. Amends, with effect from I January 1983, the Reg- ulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. without retroactive effect, as set forth in annex XII of the report of the Board, and the pension adjustment system in accordance with annexes IX and X thereof; II ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS JOINT STAFF PENSION FUND OF THE EUROPEAN AND MEDITER- RANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZA TI0N Decides to admit the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization to membership in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, in accordance with article 3 of the Regulations of the Fund, with effect from I January 1983; III 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 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Approves expenses, chargeable directly to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, totalling $5,955,300 (net) for 1983 and reductions of $205,400 (net) for 1982 for the administration of the Fund; V FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF PENSIONERS TO THEIR SPOUSES OR FORMER SPOUSES I. Takes note of section 111.F of the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board concerning the absence of effective measures for dealing with the financial obli- gations of a pensioner to his or her spouse or fonner spouse which, in some cases, might give rise to serious hardship; 2. Requests the Board to pursue the search for such measures along the lines indicated in paragraph 84 of its report or by any other methods and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session;

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