The implementation of operative paragraph 17 of the draft resolution is being understood as requiring the Secretary General to mobilize extrabudgetary resources and would not require the use of any regular budget funds.

The implementation of operative paragraph 17 of the draft resolution is being understood as requiring the Secretary General to mobilize extrabudgetary resources and would not require the use of any regular budget funds.

Taking into account the level of consulting funds available in the budget as a whole, the Committee recommends against the provision of an additional 104,800 for consultant and expert services at this time.

He drew their attention to the bleak position of the general purpose funds of the drug programme of UNODC.

The Committee welcomes the information that the scheduled budgetary allocations for education have been increased for 2004.

Regular budget resources constituted 30 per cent of the core allotted resources, excluding project funds, and they remain a key resource in the effective implementation of the activities outlined in the programme budget.

In 1999, the budget for special needs children in licensed early childhood education centres was  639,000 in 2004, the budget was 1,153,446.

The Government of Pakistan has increased the budget for S T 60 fold and the budget for education 10 fold.

An increase in non earmarked contributions and in the regular budget allocation would represent a meaningful and long term solution to the problem.

The Committee is also concerned about the weak levels of community participation in the promotion of health, and about insufficient budgetary allocations for health services.

An increase in both the general purpose and special purpose contributions was recorded during 2004, with the general purpose contributions amounting to US 10.5 million and the special purpose contributions to US 22.2 million.

B. Extrabudgetary funds are not strategically allocated

It often happens in the course of programme implementation that priorities may dictate reallocation of resources within the section, including reallocation of unspent balances of funds under the individual projects within a budget section.

The rising trend of extra budgetary funding was becoming a worry.

UNCTAD devotes a significant portion of regular budget resources allocated to this area in support of technical cooperation, as mandated in the United Nations Medium Term Plan.

Voluntary contributions to the general purpose funds, which were mostly from a handful of donors, could decline by some 6 million in 2005 compared with 2004.

Under this budget proposal, the following are foreseen to be financed from the supplementary funds

Unearmarked contributions finance the core project of the trust fund.

Kenya was committed to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and of the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium as well as to the strengthening of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation.

In addition, the Institute raised 716,025 in extrabudgetary funds earmarked for projects.

The Jordanian delegation was even more concerned by the volume of resources spent on recruiting consultants and contractual staff, because the proposed programme budget did not give enough information to justify the sums requested.

Taking into account the guidelines for the use of general purpose funds of the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, adopted in its resolution 44 20, in particular the priority given in the guidelines to the funding of the support budget,

While both general purpose and special purpose contributions recorded an all time high, there remains an imbalance between the two types of contributions.

The Government has increased the budgetary allocation for marketing substantially, the aim being to increase the number of tourist arrivals by 15,085 and to increase hotel occupancy rates from 45 per cent to 60 per cent in 2005.1

That would allow them to establish proper visibility in countries which previously they could not reach, bringing them closer to becoming the real operational arms of ECA. There are two aspects to the issue regularizing the process of the allocation of extrabudgetary funds and allowing subregional offices to raise them.

An adequate level of contributions to the general purpose fund was considered to be essential, and the introduction of a resolution on securing adequate and predictable voluntary funding was welcomed.

However, the extrabudgetary funds available were not sufficient to cover the ongoing integrated programmes and country service frameworks (CSFs).

In this regard, the Committee recommends that the State party increase budgetary allocations for the social sector and make sure that revenues from oil and other sources is handled in a transparent manner in order to prevent embezzlement and corruption.

Extra budgetary funds were seen as an important complement to resources allocated to the Organization in the ordinary budget, but it was essential that they were allocated consistently with the priorities agreed upon by member States.

The new budget, recognizing the country s acute water crisis, also calls for more money to expand irrigation.

It is therefore essential to continue strengthening it by providing it with a legal foundation, mechanisms for follow up and evaluation, and financial guarantees in the national budget.

This would be important in order to eventually establish correlations between observed spectral properties and internal structure

The consolidated budget further explains that the share of special purpose (earmarked) voluntary income is on the increase, rising from 68 per cent of total income in the biennium 2002 2003 to a projected 73 per cent in the biennium 2006 2007.

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.

This approach reinforces the usefulness of the budget as a planning, managerial and fundraising tool, while at the same time maintaining the Agency's financial transparency and integrity.

Under those arrangements, the regular budget appropriations for the security related projects were allotted and the related funds transferred for utilization to the construction in progress account.

Mexico, which itself applied extremely rigorous budgetary principles, knew how to show discipline, effectiveness and transparency in the use of public funds.

The Division will also focus on training mission personnel on the Funds Monitoring Tool, which will lead to improved budget implementation rates.

It was in everyone's interest that the budget were presented clearly and strategically, and that the funds were allocated on results criteria.

However, meteograms can be constructed using observed data or forecast data.

The existing arrangements for intergovernmental review and management of these extrabudgetary funds provide for the Governing Council of UNEP to approve biennial budgets for the use of such extrabudgetary resources.

The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts to increase budgetary allocations for the realization of children's rights, especially to basic services in the areas of health, education and protection (including recovery and reintegration of child victims of war), to the maximum extent of available resources .

The delivery of the work programme would benefit immensely if Parties would choose to render the funding sufficient and predictable by including the respective activities in the core budget.

Endorses the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and approves the charging of 5,419,300 dollars against the unallocated balance of funds appropriated under section 3, Political affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2004 2005, for special political missions

However, it notes that the overall level of allocations to the social sector remains very low.