The budget proposal for 2008 2009 should be based on the final approved budget for 2006 2007.

The budget document indicates how the Agency expects to fund the budget from the different income sources on which it relies.

Contributions in kind were classified either as budgetary or extrabudgetary.

Contributions in kind were classified either as budgetary or extrabudgetary.

Traditionally, a large majority of the budget has gone either on agriculture or on the development of backward regions.

7. Requests the Secretary General to strictly abide by the above mentioned established budgetary procedures and methodology in future budget submissions

3. Reaffirms that the proposed programme budget outline shall contain an indication of the following

2. Reaffirms that the proposed programme budget outline shall contain an indication of the following

Patching up holes in the budget and individual initiatives are not enough to ensure economic renewal.

(i) Requests the Secretariat to provide such assistance subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources

(j) Requests the secretariat to provide such assistance, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources

(j) Requested the secretariat to provide such assistance, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources

(i) Requested the secretariat to provide such assistance subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources

The initial budgetary requirements were based on the assumption that UNMIS would rent existing buildings.

38. Requests the Secretary General to ensure by all means that the project costs are brought back within the approved budget

(a) Servicing of intergovernmental and expert bodies (regular budget extrabudgetary)

(a) Servicing of intergovernmental and expert bodies (regular budget extrabudgetary)

(a) Servicing of intergovernmental and expert bodies (regular budget extrabudgetary)

(a) Servicing of intergovernmental and expert bodies (regular budget extrabudgetary)

(c) After their approval, the budget outline and strategic framework shall together form the basis for preparing the proposed programme budget

Member States should be concerned by the growing dominance of extrabudgetary resources over the regular budget.

It has been assumed that, for the purpose of these budget estimates, the duration of the Committee's sessions will remain six weeks in the off budget year and four weeks in the budget year.

2. Requests the Secretary General to keep Member States informed of regular budget expenditures on a quarterly basis

Corruption can also lead to the misallocation of public resources, in violation of the law and budgetary rules and regulations.

The World Bank will continue to coordinate a consolidation support programme, a budget support programme which is expected to contribute some 10 million to 15 million to the national budget of Timor Leste.

The budget is broadly divided into two parts

But how, exactly, should the balanced budget requirement be defined? In a letter to the officials negotiating the formal agreement, Jorg Asmussen, the German member of the European Central Bank s Executive Council, stressed that a balanced budget meant just that.

27. Requests the Secretary General, in future budget submissions, to propose measures to offset budget increases, wherever possible, without undermining the implementation of mandated programmes and activities

Lastly it was concerned about the increasing use of extra budgetary funds to finance activities that logically ought to have been financed through the ordinary budget.

(a) The Secretary General shall be authorized to transfer credits between sections of the budget, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee

The Danish government has sought to break free from this vicious circle by introducing reforms before pledging to increase budgets.

It may also give a financial contribution to the aforementioned bodies and or concerns within the budgetary limits.

The Committee understands that the proposed budget for UNOTIL is currently under preparation.

It was also noted that, given the distribution of regular budget and extrabudgetary resources, the projections for the 2006 2007 budget should be realistic and based on a thorough assessment of the likelihood of securing funding.

It is further divided into cash and in kind portions.

Results are also mixed for the regular budget.

12. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly for its consideration possible options on how to remain within the approved budget of 1,876.7 million dollars in the unlikely event that it becomes evident that the costs will exceed the approved budget

The Committee was informed that this was due to the fact that the resolution was drafted some time after the proposed programme budget was prepared.

The budget deficit, unsurprisingly, ballooned.

The regular budget has been prepared on a needs based approach rather than finance constrained approach with provisions being made to incorporate and enhance new core programme activities and or implement government decrees promulgated by host authorities, to include resources required to meet the MTP objectives as well as to address unmet priority needs.

6. Requests the Secretary General to continue to support the Programme through the provision of adequate regular budget resources

The Group wished to commend the considerable efforts made to improve the budget presentation and the use of results based frameworks.

OIOS noted that the envisaged shift of regular budget resources under advisory services, as well as travel of staff, to subregional offices in the 2006 2007 programme budget is aimed at remedying the shortfall.

30. Reaffirms that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

But this has to be a European project one that eventually must find its way into the European budget.