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  2. United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund - also known by its acronym UNJSPF in English or CCPPNU in French- was established in 1949 by the General Assembly of the United Nations to provide retirement, death, disability and related benefits for staff of the United Nations and the other organizations admitted to membership in the Fund.

  3. UN pension - Wikipedia

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    UN pension is a retirement benefit provided to people who have worked directly for the United Nations organization. It is provided through the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) under Article 28 [1] of the Regulations, Rules and Pension Adjustment System of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF Rules).

  4. Two track - Wikipedia

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    Two track may refer to: Trail; Double track in rail transport; A method of multitrack recording using only two audio channels This page was last edited on ...

  5. Dual-tracked roller coaster - Wikipedia

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    A dual-tracked roller coaster is a roller coaster that consists of two tracks. They can be configured as racing, dueling, or Möbius loop roller coasters. Some dual-track coasters operate only one track side at a time, including Rolling Thunder and Colossus. Others may opt to run one side facing frontward and one side facing backward.

  6. Gauntlet track - Wikipedia

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    The five-track railway line just south of Kursky Terminal is crossed through a narrow tunnel built at the beginning of the 20th century and unsuitable for a two-track tram line. Other similar stretches were removed or re-organised, since according to the standards, gauntlet tracks on tram lines are only permitted as a temporary measure. [ 14 ]

  7. Island platform - Wikipedia

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    Beecroft railway station in Sydney, Australia, is an island-platform station in the middle of a reverse curve. This platform is accessed by an underpass.. An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway ...

  8. Sunset Route - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] By 2012, 72% of that section, or 547 miles (880 km), would have two tracks, including the entire section between Tucson and El Paso. Union Pacific no longer provided a specific timeline for full completion of the second track, though. [28] As of 2015, the double-tracking project reached 80% completion. [20]

  9. NATO Double-Track Decision - Wikipedia

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    Protest in Bonn against the nuclear arms race between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact, 1981. The NATO Double-Track Decision was the decision by NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [1]