Who We Are

The Office of Investment Management (OIM) is responsible for managing the investments for the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, a fund established by the General Assembly of the United Nations to provide retirement, death, disability and related benefits for the staff of the United Nations and the other organizations admitted to membership in the Fund.

Investments at A Glance

The Fund invests in various asset classes such as global public equities, bonds, real estates, private equities, infrastructure, timber and agricultural lands and cash and short-term securities. The Fund mitigates risks through diversification in asset classes, geographical regions/countries, currencies, sector/industry, securities, investment strategies, and market capitalizations.

How We Invest

The Representative of the Secretary-General (RSG) has been delegated the responsibility and authority to act on behalf of the Secretary General in all matters relating to the investment of the assets of the Fund. The RSG is assisted by the Office of Investment Management (OIM). Investments must, at the time of initial review, meet the criteria of safety, profitability, liquidity and convertibility.

Sustainable Investing

As a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles of Responsible Investing or PRI since 2006, the Office of Investment Management (OIM) incorporates Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations throughout the investment decision-making process for all asset classes.

Risk Management

Identifying, measuring and managing all aspects of risks to which the Fund is exposed is the primary responsibility of our Risk Management and Compliance department, along with implementing key compliance measures such as adequate monitoring and control processes covering the Fund’s investments.

Our Member Organizations

WHO WE ARE

Our Member Organizations

(As of 31 December 2017)

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is a defined benefit fund established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. The Fund is entrusted to provide retirement, death, disability and other benefits and related services to its participants, retirees and beneficiaries comprising the staff of the United Nations and 23 other organizations admitted to membership in the Fund.

As of 31 December 2017, the member organizations of the Fund are the United Nations* and the following:

Member Organization	Year of Admission	Number of Participants
World Health Organization (WHO)	1949	10,732
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	1950	10,533
International Organization for Migration (IOM)	2007	5,052
International Labour Organization (ILO)	1953	3,629
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	1958	2,679
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO)	1951	2,434
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	1977	1,209
International Criminal Court (ICC)	2004	1,167
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)	1951	799
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)	1960	721
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)	1986	673
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)	1977	580
Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)	2009	450
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	1952	350
International Maritime Organization (IMO)	1959	280
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)	1996	175
World Trade Organization (WTO)	1996	83
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)	2005	45
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)	1997	41
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)	1981	39
International Seabed Authority (ISA)	1998	38
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)	1983	18
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)	2019	277
TOTAL		127,013

Note:
* Number of Active Participants from the United Nations were 85,009