Management of petty cash

Several offices did not formally designate petty cash custodians, nor provide instructions to the custodians concerning the types of expenditure allowed from the petty cash account.

Several offices did not formally designate petty cash custodians, nor provide instructions to the custodians concerning the types of expenditure allowed from the petty cash account (Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Namibia, and New York).

UNHCR is currently taking the necessary steps to remind the Ffield on the adherence of petty cash management rules.

Travel on mission to Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Santiago for 2 support staff 60.7

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to ensure that petty cash management rules are adhered to by field offices.

Paragraph 255 UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to ensure that petty cash management rules are adhered to by field offices.

In paragraph 48 of the report, UNEP informed the Board that it had established a mechanism to comply with the established guidelines on the maintenance of the petty cash fund.

Of that amount, about 1.26 million was to support attendance at convention meetings, and 13 ( 615,00) represented administrative overhead.

The Administration of the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean received from UNEP headquarters the formal designation of the Finance Assistant and the Administrative Assistant as cashier and petty cash custodian, respectively.

The Board also recommends that the Office obtain covering approval from the Under Secretary General for Management for the bank accounts which were opened without prior approval and formally designate custodians of petty cash in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

In paragraph 58, the Board recommended that the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean seek from UNEP headquarters the formal designation of the Finance Assistant as cashier and the Administrative Assistant as petty cash custodian.

The report recommends that organizations introduce the payment of full advance of subsistence and or terminal expenses if not already done, in order to reduce the workload for processing travel claims.

It is estimated that an additional amount of 505,700 would be required in the biennium 2006 2007 to provide for the travel, daily subsistence allowance and terminal expenses of members of the Committee attending the two additional sessions and two additional pre session working group meetings.