UNICEF was committed to the pooled funding scheme, but to date in the country there had been limited experiences with pooled funding among United Nations agencies.

The same delegation asked if UNICEF would participate in pooled funding for the CHAP with other United Nations agencies.

Currently, there were four women at the Secretary General level in the Civil Service and a number of female heads of State agencies.

Most countries increased funding levels over the past year.

Shared funding of posts of Deputy Special Representatives of the Secretary General

2 99, 55 02 and 23 03) and the Foundation for Publishing (Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nos. 53 00 and 43 03).

Most rich countries choose to finance their health care publicly for several reasons.

The one area where Europe is posting better results is public finances.

Hamilton emphasized the importance of a commitment to sound finance as a prerequisite to public economy.

Second, public financing of health care frees the poor to use their money to satisfy other needs.

That brings us to the link between corporate short termism and weak public finances.

Third, publicly financing health could increase overall employment. Canada s provinces phased in national health insurance from 1961 to 1975.

For one thing, there is a notable absence of expensive consultants folded into so called technical assistance packages, a practice that has been a key focus of criticism directed at many funding agencies.

The secretariat was also encouraged to continue its cooperation and exchange of information with other funding agencies, in particular the European Commission and the Oak Foundation, in order to better monitor the management of the projects financed by the Fund.

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.

OWAFD's staff also came from various agencies, such as the Community Development Department and the Department of Public Welfare.

With the exception of Greece, the deterioration in public finances was a symptom of the crisis, not its cause.

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(d) Report of the Secretary General on the status of possible funding arrangements for the capital master plan (A 58 729)

In Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia, funding continues to be well below what is required, even after considerable effort by United Nations agencies and their partners to better assess needs and prioritize activities.

2. Requests the specialized agencies and other bodies and programmes of the United Nations system to cooperate to this end with the Secretary General and the Executive Secretary

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,

Admittedly, the current global economic environment has placed public finances in many developed countries under extreme pressure.

Since China s era of reform and opening up began, the country has experienced three instances of large scale public finance problems.

(a) United Nations agencies

1. Requests the Secretary General to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to implement resolution 59 137 expeditiously

Requests the Secretary General to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to implement resolution 59 137 expeditiously

Requests the Secretary General to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to expeditiously implement resolution 59 137

Fiscal discipline came back with a vengeance last year, when the state of public finances in a number of countries had deteriorated massively, owing to the recession and financial rescue packages.

Now when I was in sixth grade, the public funding all but eliminated the arts budgets in the Worcester public school system.

5. Recommends that the Secretary General seek ways to increase the funding of the Institute, within existing resources.

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Within the United Nations system, many agencies have leveraged the events of the last year to start new, or to highlight existing, road safety activities.

Taking note of the report of the Secretary General concerning the implementation of resolution 58 119, as well as relevant parts of the reports of the agencies and organizations of the United Nations system,

Similar cooperation formulas are to be applied between the IFRC and eight major United Nations agencies working in Southern Africa.

Innovative financing solutions might also undermine the clear assignment of responsibilities for raising and using public money.

Expansion of public financing for pensions, nursing care, and health insurance is therefore crucial.

A corollary is that public money makes it possible for adventuresome programming even if audience tastes run to the conservative side.

The available evidence provides strong support for public funding of health services delivered by not for profit providers.

We therefore urge that their implementation be accelerated, particularly in the areas of financing for infrastructural development, agriculture and capacity building in the public sector.

Finally, my delegation takes this opportunity to congratulate all those who have been so rapid and generous in their response to the tsunami disaster, including the Secretary General and the members of the agencies of the Organization.

Given the range of United Nations agencies involved in protection activities, the Council believes that the Special Representative of the Secretary General must direct and coordinate such activities in a vigorous manner.

Finally, officials everywhere should invest in institutions that help to convince markets of their commitment to public finance sustainability.

The loss of potential public revenue from forests can in turn reduce funding for other public sector investments.