It was essential that the funding modalities for operational activities for development should be reviewed.

Reform of the United Nations system should be accompanied by a substantial and sustained increase of earmarked core funding for operational activities.

They are intended to serve as seed funding that helps create conditions for other development partners to contribute project funding.

Any failure to approve core funding along the lines requested would inevitably have unacceptable programmatic implications.

Taking note of the report of the Secretary General,A 62 140. in which he stated that the Regional Centre's ability to fulfil its mandate continued to be hampered by the lack of funding, in particular core funding,

(b) Assessed contributions for core organizational budgets. Funds and programmes seeking to increase the reliability of core funding could consider introducing a system of assessed contributions for meeting core expenses that guarantee their basic functioning.

programmes in local development and micro finance and initiate new investments.

I also urge Member States to increase core funding and reduce the proportion of earmarked funds so as to help increase coherence in the system.

Important improvements have been made over the past year to expand the pension system s coverage, move toward universal health care, and provide public funding for basic education.

But commensurate additional core funding had not been forthcoming, while other parts of the multilateral system had been provided with significantly increased resources.

Initiatives to enhance funding mechanisms and clarify leadership roles will seem extraneous if we fail to safeguard the basic security of humanitarian personnel.

We have also heard about the international financing mechanisms that must be perfected to improve living standards, the primary indicator of development that should guide our work.

It called for greater linkage between the advocacy instruments and other programmes and advisory services of UN Habitat and for increased core funding for the global campaigns.

The voluntary scale applies to the Environment Fund, which finances UNEP's core programme of work, while additional funding is secured through trust funds and other earmarked contributions.

An appropriate application of multi year financing frameworks may mitigate this problem by establishing a strategic framework that covers both core and supplementary funding.

Yes, Dubai is certainly an autocratic state where finances are tightly and secretively controlled. Indeed, lack of detailed information on the Emirates finances was a central reason why the Dubai World default came as such a shock.

In contrast, the primary purpose of coordinating mechanisms is not to provide funding instead, they assist in resource mobilization by identifying outside sources of funding and assistance and helping countries apply for such funding and assistance.

The ECB is the only institution in the European Union that is able to provide unlimited funding to governments, but its governing statute prohibits government bailouts.

Indeed, lack of detailed information on the Emirates finances was a central reason why the Dubai World default came as such a shock.

The time has come for Member States to make full use of the potential benefits of this approach by committing core resources through sustained multi year pledges over extended periods of time, as indicated in the core resource targets agreed in the multi year financing framework.

The Asian Development Bank is in the process of completing the final infrastructure rehabilitation project for roads and bridges, funded by the Trust Fund for East Timor, and the micro finance project.

But, however important the fiscal and banking union elements of this process may be, the key is whether large scale financing and gradual adjustments can restore sustainable growth in time.

115. Recognizes that the growth of non core supplementary extrabudgetary funding and of the number of associated projects increases transaction costs and is an important factor that can hinder efforts to maximize efficiency of the United Nations development system

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When fully functional, it will provide financing for the mobilization of seed capital and technical assistance to develop and support mechanisms for mobilizing domestic resources and capital in order to improve the availability of affordable housing, adequate shelter and infrastructure.

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(a) The compatibility of the proposed regulations with the statutes governing the officials referred to above

Since the law's adoption in 1997, the proportion of girls enrolled in basic education had increased, largely as the result of an influx of girls from rural areas, and the number of girls enrolled in middle schools had risen by 134 per cent.

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