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About FAFICS

FAFICS is the Federation of Associations of Former International Civil Servants. It brings together Associations of retired International Civil Servants from the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies of the UN. There are currently 63 Member Associations of FAFICS, located in all regions of the world, with a total membership of about twenty thousand retirees.

 

FAFICS exists in order to

• promote and defend the interests of all former international civil servants, most notably in pension and health insurance issues;
• support local Associations as they assist their retiree members and enable their solidarity and co-operation with each other;
• support and promote the purposes, principles, programmes, and achievements of the United Nations system.

 

To achieve these ends, FAFICS represents the community of former international civil servants on appropriate organs of the United Nations system and in particular retirees and beneficiaries of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. FAFICS keeps abreast of developments at the UN General Assembly and other Governing Bodies of UN System Organizations. The Federation promotes exchanges and coordination with federations of staff members in service and cooperates with other associations and organizations as appropriate.

 

The Federation is a non-profit association with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (see Statutes).

 

The governing body of the Federation is the FAFICS Council, which elects the Federation Officers.

 

 

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