A/RES/65/249
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 February 2011
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 137
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2010
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/65/633)]
65/249. United Nations pension system
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 61/240 of 22 December 2006, 62/241 of 22 December
2007, 63/252 of 24 December 2008 and section II of its resolution 64/245 of
24 December 2009,
Having considered the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
for 2010, 1 including the financial statements of the United Nations Joint Staff
Pension Fund for the biennium ended 31 December 2009, the audit opinion and
report of the Board of Auditors thereon and the information provided on the internal
audits of the Fund and the observations of the Board and of the Audit Committee,
the reports of the Secretary-General on the investments of the United Nations Joint
Staff Pension Fund and measures undertaken to increase diversification 2 and on the
administrative and financial implications arising from the report of the United
Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, 3 and the related report of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 4
1.
Takes note of the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
for 2010,1 in particular the actions taken by the Board as set out in chapter II.B of
the report;
2.
Notes with concern that the Board of Auditors issued a modified audit
opinion on the financial statements of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
for the biennium ended 31 December 2009 5 with one emphasis of matter on the
management of investments, and requests the Secretary-General to implement the
recommendations of the Board without further delay;
Expresses concern at the results of the actuarial valuation of the United
3.
Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, which revealed a deficit of 0.38 per cent of
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 9 (A/65/9).
A/C.5/65/2.
3
A/C.5/65/3.
4
A/65/567.
5
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 9 (A/65/9), annex X.
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