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Click on Latest News in left column unless otherwise directed.
Please don't forget to sign up for the reception following the AFICS/NY Assembly on Wednesday 5 June 2013.  

New website for Seniors!  
Up-to-date information on benefits and entitlements.

Our Fall 2012/Winter 2013 Quarterly Bulletin is now available as a double issue on the AFICS/NY Bulletin page.  You will not receive a hard copy of these two issues (see below).

Retirees with Medicare B who pay the standard amount of $104.90 starting 1 January 2013 DO NOT NEED to submit a reimbursement form. If you pay a different amount, you MUST submit the form for reimbursement. Click at the bottom of the column on the left - Latest News,  Medicare B, Annex 3 for form.
Don't forget to sign up for Medicare B if you are eligible when you turn 65. Click on Documents for practical information about Medicare B when turning 65.

Publication of the last two issues of the Quarterly Bulletin has been delayed because of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the UN printing facilities. On an exceptional basis in the coming weeks the Bulletin will be posted online until such time as it can once again be printed and mailed.
Printing and mailing of the biennial Directory of Members as of 31 December 2012 has also been affected.
Please continue to monitor our website on this.

Click here for Margaret Bruce Obituary Molly was a past President of AFICS/NY and FAFICS.

Click on Documents for UNJSPF and ASHI presentations at the Annual Assembly which took place 7 June 2012.

Tributes to AFICS Members who have passed away recently.
Click on Documents.


ASHI changes effective
1 July 2012 -  Documentation on changes  effective January 2012 regarding After-Service Health Insurance and required enrolment in Medicare B for UN retirees resident in USA.


Tax Assistance - Experts available to assist you.
Click on US Tax Booklet to download latest list

See list of 57 UN Clubs, which AFICS members are invited to join.
Click on Documents.
UN Videos - Take Action to Promote the UN
See details in UN News.


Reminder – Please send in your annual dues

URGENT - AFICS needs your current Email address.
Send to afics@un.org

Volunteer Survey - 2012
The Association of Former International Civil Servants in New York (AFICS/NY) was established at United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1970.

The mission of AFICS/NY is to support and promote the purposes principles and programmes of the United Nations System; to advise and assist former international civil servants and those about to separate from service; to represent the interests of its members within the System; to foster social and personal relationships among members, to promote their well being and to encourage mutual support of individual members. For membership eligibility click on By-Laws.

Membership Application Form (MS-Word)

On the proposal of the Governing Board, honorary membership of the Association may be granted, by the Assembly, to individuals who have rendered meritorious service to the Association or to the United Nations system.

A member may resign from the Association effective at the end of a calendar year by submitting a written communication to that effect.


FAFICS is a Federation of 52 member Associations of Former International Civil Servants of organizations and agencies of the United Nations system located in all regions of the world. The Federation was established in 1975 and has offices at the UN Headquarters in Geneva and New York.

Visit the FAFICS website »