A/RES/61/240 (b) Travel expenses related to the newly established Audit Committee; (c) Enhancement of the Investment Management Service through the addition of five new posts, indexed management costs, including the costs of transition management services, and consultant costs; (d) Enhancement of the external audit functions of the Fund and expansion of the Fund’s internal audit coverage; (e) Administrative costs to implement the approved modifications in the benefit provisions; 3. Notes that the Board requested the Fund to continue its efforts to consolidate the information technology services of the secretariat of the Fund and those of the Investment Management Service; Also notes that the Board agreed that its expenses would continue to be 4. shared and charged to the member organizations of the Fund under the current methodology until 1 January 2008, at which time all Board expenses would be included in the Fund’s budget and charged as administrative expenses; V Survivors’ benefits Recalling its resolutions 55/224, section V, 57/286, section V, and 59/269, section VI, 1. Notes that the Board requested the Secretary/Chief Executive Officer to present to the Board in 2007 a comprehensive study on the benefit provisions related to family members of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund participants and retirees; Also notes that the Board agreed that the Fund would record, for the 2. purposes of eventually determining entitlements to pension benefits under articles 34 and 35 of the Regulations of the Fund, the personal status of a participant as recognized and reported to the Fund by the participant’s employing organization; VI Size and composition of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and its Standing Committee Stressing the importance of fair representation of participating organizations in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and its Standing Committee, 1. Takes note of the information set out in the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board1 on the review of the size and composition of the Board and its Standing Committee, in particular the decision of the Board not to recommend any change in its size and composition; Notes, in this regard, that the Board recognized that its decision to retain 2. its current size, and its composition and allocation of seats did not fully respond to General Assembly resolution 57/286 regarding the size and composition of the Board to achieve fairer representation; Also notes that the Board agreed to review its size and composition after 3. it had had adequate time to assess the results of its other decisions under this item, which focused primarily on improving efficiency; 4