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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 April 2022. Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) letters with these details will be issued by the end of April 2022. All beneficiaries who have registered for access to their UNJSPF Member Self-Service (MSS) account will be able to access their COLA letter in MSS under the DOCUMENTS tab. The Fund will mail out the COLA Letters to the address of the beneficiaries who are not MSS subscribers. What is the Cost-of-Living Adjustment? Your initial benefit is adjusted over time for movements of the consumer price index in the United States or for your country of residence. If your benefit is on the dollar track, it will be adjusted periodically in accordance with the movements of the United States consumer price index (CPI). If you have opted for the two-track system, your pension a

"I thought it was a dream, but it happened to be real" Last year, 16-year-old Viktoria from Ukraine shared a poem on peace. Today, her message is more important than ever. 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/BwaAm1B8Gz — UNICEF (@UNICEF) February 26, 2022 Yelyzaveta, 14, dreams of peace in #Ukraine . Her poem, performed two years ago, is as powerful now as it was back then. pic.twitter.com/nMxxiN14vB — UNICEF (@UNICEF) February 26, 2022

  Please browse our website to read all of the articles that appeared on our website during this and previous weeks. We post new articles nearly every day, so there is no need to wait all week for the Digest to read what is new. Bookmark our page and visit often.   xunicefnewsandviews.blogspot.com Building Calyndrix: Ronald van Dijk  This week, Ronald tells us of how after a retiring to Malaysia, he decided to build his own sailboat. He purchased a plan and what to us looks like a pile of plywood, and set to work one plank a day . Evidently, precision craftsmanship and patience are essential ingredients. Ronald takes us through all steps until the final launch of his sailboat, and closes with a video shot while sailing the Strait of Malacca. Click here to see some milestones of this great project.     This week Leon Shestani responds to our 10 Questions . In this series, members of the XUNICEF network can respond to 10 standard questions, about themselves and UNICEF, and about any ad

Ronald Ernst van Dijk  commented on  " Building Calyndrix, my Gaff-Rigged Yawl: Ronald van Dijk " 9 hours ago Thank you Ian, About the music you mentioned, it should this time be George Frederic Händel's "Water Music" 🎶    Ken Gibbs  commented on  " Death and Destruction : Detlef Palm " 20 hours ago You might want also to watch China over this. In a BBC interview on Feb 23rd, just before the invasion started, a Chinese official was asked if China would support Russia if it invaded Ukraine ? The official said that they would. Immediately, the BBC interviewer asked if China was going to invade Taiwan knowing that if they support Russia over Ukraine, then Russia would support them over an invasion of Taiwan. . . . . Food for thought ?     Leon Shestani  commented on  " Death and Destruction : Detlef Palm " 21 hours ago Well said! All true, sadly.    Unknown  commented on  " Death and Destruction : Detlef Palm " 23 hours ago