US demands new contracts and post-retirement benefits for United Nations employees

in a series of secret meetings between the United States Mission to the UN (USUN) and Secretary general Ban Ki-Moon's management and human resources officials, the USUN has outlined a radical reduction both in the type of UN employment contracts, and in the benefits the remaining contracts would offer. the above proposal will also affect G4 visa status as well as post-retirement possibility of acquiring US Green Card/legal residence status.

The proposed documents which have been discussed with Ban's team, have been reportedly collected again at the end of each meeting, in order to prevent leaks. 

Well informed sources say that USUN has begun lobbying the European Union and other regional groups to try to find support for the above proposal.

From Ban's Team - Ms. Angela Kane (USG- DM) has attended the meetings and she seem to be quite positive towards the US proposal. While the current ASG-HR - Ms. Catherine Pollard seem less supportive of the US plan.

On the other hand both administration and the USUN seem to have left the UN Staff Union out of the picture, and the unionists claim that they "were not consulted" on the US plan to change contract modalities and benefits.