The compilation of data required to provide the Executive Board with the most current information has delayed the submission of the present report.

D. Non budgeted contributions

Management additional inputs and outputs

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Value of non budgeted contributions

B. Budgeted income for the 2005 season

Contributions in kind were classified either as budgetary or extrabudgetary.

Contributions in kind were classified either as budgetary or extrabudgetary.

Actual expenditure exceeded budgeted expenditure by 0.5 per cent.

The budget amounted to 1,147,530,000, excluding budgeted voluntary contributions of 3.2 million.

Coherent programme descriptions and justification for all budgeted activities have been provided.

The total provision made under this budget line is a non recurring cost.

The expenses of the compensatory project have been adjusted to take account of the modifications in Annex II as well as further adjustments including A 30 year duration for the operation and maintenance of the proposed preserve, instead of 20 years as proposed Reduction in the size of the facility and a decrease in the staff required to operate the preserve Adjustments to unit costs and contingency estimates and Additional allowances for items not budgeted, such as fencing and a pier ramp.

Therefore, while the 2004 experience was below budgeted rates, the 2005 experience to date has exceeded budgeted rates, resulting in a second year experience trending towards an offset of the first year shortfall.

The net saving of 317,900 was attributable primarily to higher than budgeted vacancy rates and the incumbency of posts at lower than budgeted levels in the Office of Human Resources Management and the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts.

Given the limited number of budgeted posts and the workload, general temporary assistance has also been provided to the Unit.

Budgetary contributions in kind replace commodities that have been budgeted for and that would have been purchased by UNHCR or one of its implementing partners in the normal execution of the programme.

The overall vacancy rate in the Department was 3.8 per cent compared to a budgeted vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent.

Upon request, the Advisory Committee was provided with details on budgeted and non budgeted voluntary contributions for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (see annex V).

Additional requirements were due also to unbudgeted fuel delivery charges following the repatriation of the Ukrainian aviation unit.

The indicators of achievement of the programme budget did not allow success in the realization of the objective to be measured, since there was no quantitative specific goal.

Extrabudgetary resources complement provisions under the regular budget and enable ITC to implement concrete technical cooperation projects using the tools and knowledge base developed with regular budget resources.

The net budgeted costs for administering the Multilateral Fund and the Executive Committee for 2005 were US 3,867,547.

The estimated value of non budgeted contributions for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 is as follows

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UNOPS has also developed a financial model to monitor year to date actual expenditure versus budgeted expenditure by initiative.

As indicated in paragraph 13.16, extrabudgetary resources complement the regular budget provisions and enable ITC to implement technical cooperation projects using the tools and knowledge base developed with regular budget resources.

Taking into account rates budgeted for new and continuing posts, composite rates of 3.9 per cent and 5.8 per cent were budgeted for the General Service and related categories for 2004 and 2005, respectively.

The submissions from Parties reveal that some non Annex I Parties consider that the work plan should give a more balanced weight to issues of importance to Annex I and non Annex I Parties.

The unutilized balance was due mainly to the reduced requirements for contingent owned equipment and self sustainment as a result of the lower than budgeted average troop strength.

The additional requirements are mainly attributable to a higher actual rental cost of the three Puma military helicopters than estimated in the budget for 2004 05. The Mission will also replace the Bell 212 civilian helicopter with a fixed wing aircraft (Casa 235 or Dash 7) for logistical flights and aero medical evacuations.

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However, it wished to know why the average grade level of Congolese staff had been budgeted at G 2, step 1, and what the budgeted level was in other peacekeeping missions.

The total budgeted expenditure (at 2004 2005 costs) under contributions to the cost shared services has increased by 1,208,600 (7 per cent).

Budgetary provisions reflected a 10 per cent delayed deployment factor compared to an actual average vacancy rate for the period of 9.3 per cent.

As regards the United Nations Office in Nairobi, for the first time funding assigned to it in the ordinary budget would exceed extra budgetary resources.

However, it is anticipated that the costs could be absorbed within overall resources included in the programme budget for this biennium under Section 24, Human Rights.

It is anticipated, however, that the costs could be absorbed within overall resources included in the programme budget for this biennium under Section 24, Human Rights.

The unspent balance was due mainly to the recruitment of approximately 70 per cent of the national staff at lower grades than the budgeted G 4.

However, it remains concerned about the risk of budget overruns given the material amounts of budgeted project expenditure rephased from 2005 to 2004 and will keep this matter under review.

Additional requirements were also due to the fact that the actual average cost per trip ( 2,500) was higher than the budgeted cost per trip ( 2,300).

As a result, the requirements in euro terms under the Staff costs items in the proposed core budget are higher by 2.5 per cent than the provision in the current budget, corresponding to an increase of 24.4 per cent in United States dollar terms.

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The estimated value of non budgeted contributions for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 remains unchanged.