United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
Prior contributory service/restoration of
Standing Committee of UNJSPB (UN Joint Staff Pension Board)
UNSPC (UN Staff Pension Committee)
UNAT considered the appeal. UNAT noted that the relationship between a pension fund and its members and beneficiaries is determined principally by the Regulations of the Fund and that there is no other explicit contractual basis obliging the Fund to assume duties beyond those expressly provided for in the Regulations and Administrative Rules. However, UNAT emphasized the importance of contracts being executed in good faith. UNAT found that the Fund breached its duty of good faith because the correspondence between the Appellant and the Fund indicated that she needed assistance and further...