The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) has announced that, in accordance with the provisions of the UNJSPF Pension Adjustment System and based on consumer price index data published by the UN Statistics Division, there will be a 2.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the US dollar track with respect to periodic benefits. The increase will be effective 1 April 2026, and the initial month’s COLA adjustment will be reflected in April pension benefits, pay

The UNJSPF announced on 3 March 2025 that in accordance with the UNJSPF Pension adjustment system and based on CPI (consumer price index) data from the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) published by the UN Statistics Division, there will be a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the US dollar track of periodic benefits for this year, effective 1 April 2025. You can read more about this announcement here.

First the good news, The Cost-of-Living Adjustment for US dollar track in April 2024 is 3.4% UNJSPF provides more information on this, here. The FAFICS proposal to the Pension Board, advocating an inflation adjustment for Small Pensions, received strong support from the Board during its Seventy-sixth session (21-22 February 2024). The CEPA agreed to provide background information and suggestions to remedy the lack of inflation adjustments to small pensions. The financial