News & Announcements

UNJSPF Pension eLearning Modules launched

Are you a participant, retiree or beneficiary of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)? Do you want to learn about your pension plan, pension rights, options and obligations ...

18 May 2022

Retirees and beneficiaries in Russia: update on pension payments into/through Russian banks

We would like to provide an update to our previous announcements regarding pension payments to Russia. Our banking partner has informed us that US dollar payments for April 2022 benefits ...

18 May 2022

Participants: your 2021 Annual Pension Statement is now available in Member Self-Service

You can now access your 2021 Annual Pension Statement in your Member Self-Service (MSS) account under the ‘Documents’ tab. Every year an Annual Pension Statement is published for each participant and ...

16 May 2022

Suspension of benefit payments due to non-receipt of the 2021 CE

The payment of benefits to retirees and beneficiaries who have not submitted to the Fund their 2021 Certificate of Entitlement (CE) or another valid signature document by 20 May 2022 ...

26 April 2022

The 2022 Annual Letter is now published

Each year the Fund publishes an annual letter to provide participants and retirees/beneficiaries a summary of important developments from 2021 and the first months of 2022, as well as useful ...

14 April 2022

The 71st Pension Board session concludes

The 71st session of the UN Joint Staff Pension Board held on 11-12 April 2022 in a virtual setting has just concluded, and the following topics were touched upon. Update ...

13 April 2022

Message from Pedro Guazo on the fixed income portfolio

Our Fund is in a strong financial position and the teams that compose the Office of Investment Management have created a strong culture focused on results. We recognize our double ...

5 April 2022

Q&A on the Fund’s fixed income portfolio

The following Q&A responds to the main questions raised about the operational plan to temporarily manage 65% of the fixed income portfolio using external advisors. Why was the plan proposed? ...

24 March 2022

Retirees and beneficiaries in Russia: update on pension payments into/through Russian banks

As an update to our initial announcement of 4 March 2022 regarding the suspension of payment into and through Russian banks. The Fund has secured a new payment channel to ...

21 March 2022

UNJSPF releases first climate finance disclosure report

Today, the UN Pension Fund released its first report explaining how it addresses the challenges caused by climate change on its investment activities. The publication of this report follows the ...

18 March 2022

Digital CE finalist of the UN Secretary-General Awards, nominated for 2022 World Summit on the Information Society Prize

The Fund’s Digital Certificate of Entitlement (DCE) app is among the finalist project for the UN Secretary-General Awards under the Innovation and Sustainability category, and has been nominated to compete ...

18 March 2022

Additional clarification from Pedro Guazo on the fixed income portfolio

The Fund is aware of additional concerns expressed on the temporary outsourcing of part of the fixed income portfolio. As presented at the last Pension Board meeting on 24-25 February ...

16 March 2022

Retirees and beneficiaries in Mali: update on pension payments

As an update to our initial announcement in early February regarding sanctions imposed on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Fund has secured a new ...

14 March 2022

A message from Pedro Guazo on the investments of the Fund

Despite recent turmoil in global markets the UNJSPF remains in a strong and stable financial position. As of 9 March, the preliminary market value of the Fund stood at US$ ...

11 March 2022

New transfer agreements with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund

Effective 1 January 2022, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund have joined the list of organizations with transfer agreements with the Fund, bringing to 24 the number ...

10 March 2022

Attention Retirees and Beneficiaries Using Russian Banks: Suspension of Payments into and through Russian Banks

Due to the sanction by the United States Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC), and suspension from the SWIFT platform on Russian banks (e.g., all banks in Russia and ...

4 March 2022

Retirees and beneficiaries: Cost-of-living Adjustment to the US Dollar Track in April 2022

In accordance with the UNJSPF Pension adjustment system, there will be an 8.6 per cent cost-of-living adjustment to the US dollar track of periodic benefits for this year. The adjustment will be applied effective 01 ...

28 February 2022

The 70th session of the UN Pension Board concludes, highlighting strong performance of pension administration and investments

The 70th session of the UN Joint Staff Pension Board, a two-day virtual meeting, concluded today, recognizing the strong performance in pension administration and investments of the UN Joint Staff ...

25 February 2022

Update on pension payments to Mali

The Fund was informed by its bank that all payments in XOF (West African CFA franc) to Mali ceased effective with the January 2022 benefit payments, following sanctions imposed on ...

15 February 2022

Retirees and beneficiaries: Suspension of payments to Mali

The content of the article is now outdated. Please refer to the article published on 15 February, available here. The Fund has been informed by its bank that it has ...

2 February 2022