Status of provident fund loan scheme as at 31 December 1993

Schedule 20 Status of provident fund loan scheme as at 31 December 1993 . 143

AREA STAFF PROVIDENT FUND AND VIENNA HEADQUARTERS AREA STAFF PROVIDENT FUND

Provident Fund benefits

13.6 The only major insurance benefit scheme for most workers is the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF).

Due from Provident Fund

HEADQUARTERS (VIENNA) AREA STAFF PROVIDENT FUND

Due from Area Staff Provident Fund

Due to Area Staff Provident Fund

Provident Fund Secretariat S60,956,012 at 12.00

Source Vanuatu National Provident Fund, August 2003.

Provident Fund secretariat 538 522 538 522

AREA STAFF PROVIDENT FUND AND VIENNA HEADQUARTERS AREA STAFF PENSION FUND

Reimbursement of Area Staff Provident Fund administration costs

Vienna Headquarters Area Staff Provident Fund SCHEDULE 19

The Provident Fund loans are not considered an investment asset.

26. UNRWA, Provident Fund Advisory Committee 27. International Narcotics Control Board

(e) The exclusion of many individuals, including women who are homemakers, persons with disabilities and older persons, from the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme, due to their inability to make sufficient voluntary contributions

Private and statutory enterprises have their own scheme such as the Medical Benefit Scheme of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund, the Medical Benefit of the National Bank of Vanuatu and the medical benefits for staff at the University of the South Pacific.

The costs of these two items are charged to the Area Staff Provident Fund.

Note 10. Contributions and funding Area Staff Provident Fund (statement XXI and schedule 16)

(vii) The Area Staff Provident Fund was set up to provide a retirement fund for area staff members on their separation.

The contribution rate for the Central Provident Fund is now 34.5 for people with higher incomes.

The Provident Fund humanitarian loan system was never intended to grant loans in any commercial sense.

This makes men and women eligible for General Provident (G.P.) Fund, Gratuity and other pension benefits.

Note 11. Contributions and funding Headquarters (Vienna) Area Staff Provident Fund (statement XXIV and schedule 17)

Some Latin American and Caribbean countries have gained considerable experience in developing innovative pension and provident fund schemes.

(iii) A provident pension fund with no disability or death coverage and ad hoc adjustment of pension benefits

Neither can the Provident Fund nor any part of it be used for any other purpose than the one for which the Fund was established.

As a result of the significantly high number of domestic helpers, the Vanuatu National Provident Fund has introduced an additional category of membership to cater specifically for women engaged in domestic work to also benefit from the superannuation scheme.

3. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Provident Fund Advisory Committee

The estimation of the present value of Provident Fund loans on an aggregate basis indicates that the difference between the book value and the present value of the Provident Fund loans would be immaterial relative to the overall balance sheet total and amount to 1,371,727.20.

The Committee recommends that HKSAR enable domestic helpers to acquire pension rights through their inclusion in the Mandatory Provident Fund.

A regional stabilization fund could provide countries with a self insurance scheme.

Most are not covered under the Vanuatu National Provident Fund by their employers even though by law anyone receiving a monthly wage of VT 3,000 is required to contribute to this superannuation fund.

Open end fund (or open ended fund) is a collective investment scheme which can issue and redeem shares at any time.

My brotherinlaw was not what one calls a provident father.

The Vanuatu National Provident Fund provides options for non wage earners to contribute however, few do and it is suggested that many do not know about this provision.

The staff member is expected to contribute to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund or any other pension scheme in accordance with the staff regulations and rules of the organization and the relevant rules of the fund or scheme.

The staff member is expected to contribute to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund or any other pension scheme in accordance with the staff regulations and rules of the organization and the relevant rules of the fund or scheme.

The substance of the Provident Fund loans is a facility that would allow the members of the Fund to have access to their individual Fund credits in the form of an advance withdrawal repayable over a number of years, depending on the humanitarian purpose of the loan.

The above charges have been allocated to each fund based on the total credits due to participants in each fund at 31 December 1993 with the exception of (a) the travel costs of Staff Provident Fund Representatives and (b) staff costs incurred in the fields of operation.

This figure essentially represents the difference between total Agency apos s and participants apos contributions received and payments made by the Agency on behalf of the Area Staff Provident Fund.

Scheme? What scheme? Yes, Mr Poulton.

This figure essentially represents the difference between total Agency apos s and participants apos contributions received and payments made by the Agency on behalf of the Headquarters (Vienna) Area Staff Provident Fund.