Efficiencies and cost effectiveness will be realised through rationalization of corporate structures, sound financial management, optimization of technology, and improvements in business processes systems.

28B.32 The Treasury ensures the timely receipt and safe custody of cash and works to improve payment systems in order to streamline processing, reduce costs and enhance security.

Rationalization of procurement practices

(i) At the United Nations global headquarters level, member state expectations are high for rationalization of procurement and human resource management, increased administrative efficiency and cost reductions.

Strategic and operational streamlining

Rationalization of the work of the Commission 669 675 464

There are 38 municipalities in the countryside who are going through official water rationing.

It is up to us to make real efforts towards streamlining the work of the First Committee.

34 (XXI) Rationalization and increased efficiency of energy and the use of renewable sources of energy

(c) Rationalization of the regional office base through realignment and integration

The feasibility study requires structural police reform with a view to rationalizing police services.

(c) Rationalization of support to thematic fact finding procedures in the Special Procedures Branch.

This analysis suggests the need to further rationalize procurement practices of the organizations.

Indeed, the government indicates that it may begin rationing gasoline.

Attempts to shave costs by economizing on energy use reduce pollution.

Efforts of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in rationalization of monitoring and evaluation

The Committee welcomes the measures designed to rationalize the institutional framework for efforts to combat discrimination.

Currently, the price for non rationed gasoline is almost 40 cents (November 2008).

It will significantly improve investment performance by streamlining and organizing the daily workflow.

The Section faced several challenges during the period under review, including the rationalization of legal aid.

But these gains have come at the expense of and to some extent because of industry rationalization and employment reductions.

Financial markets and institutions with global reach need a global macro prudential regulator, not just a loosely organized college of supervisors.

The chairpersons of the treaty bodies reported on the progress made to draft an expanded core document, which would facilitate reporting by allowing States parties to report on the implementation of human rights norms that were common to the various treaties (referred to as congruent provisions) in one document.

With regard to the financial arrangements, it will be recalled that in accordance with the practice followed on the occasion of previous multilateral disarmament conferences, and as reflected in the Rules of Procedure, the costs of such conferences, including those pertaining to preparatory meetings, would be shared among the States Parties participating in the conferences, based upon the United Nations scale of assessment pro rated to take into account the number of

Subject to the States Parties' approval of the estimated costs and cost sharing formula, assessment notices will be prepared based on the overall estimated costs and applicable cost sharing formula.

Total cost 133 300

Administrative costs

3. Stresses the need for rationalization of the current United Nations system of contractual arrangements, which lacks transparency and is complex to administer

Several participants referred to the practice of other United Nations bodies, where items are taken up cyclically or in multi year programmes of work.

Overall, the reorganization has rationalized operations by eliminating fragmentation and duplication of functions and structures.

They expressed the wish for further clarification and to be kept informed as progress was made in mainstreaming such activities.

In addition, governments introduced modest subsidies and regulations to encourage conservation and renewable energy sources.

A third role for the IMF is macro prudential supervisor.

Rationalization of the agenda should not be used to remove subjects of vital importance because some countries do not want to address them.

Before concluding my substantive remarks, allow me to say few words on the issue of the rationalization of the working methods of the First Committee.

An additional benefit of a merger of the two would be to combine their respective strengths and initiate a process of rationalizing procurement services and practices of the common system.

Client management structures will be rationalized and kept at the minimum level necessary to ensure business development and close client relations.

There are a number of other costs, some potentially quite large, although quantifying them is problematic.

(a) General costs

Costs and economic damage

Operational costs

Cost effectiveness

Now we see that these were only a small part of the total costs.

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Welcoming the efforts undertaken so far to rationalize and improve the functioning and impact of United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies,