Preparation of draft budget

These procedures address the preparation and approval of the budget.

The UNEP submission to the regular budget is currently under preparation.

The Committee understands that the proposed budget for UNOTIL is currently under preparation.

These should be taken into account in the preparation of the proposed budget for 2005 06.

1.217 The project budget represents the Agency's best estimate at the time of budget preparation of its immediate project funding requirements for the 2006 2007 biennium.

The results of the review have been an important input to the preparation of the proposed programme budget.

The Budget Division of the Finance Department will again provide guidance on results based budgeting for purposes of the preparation of the budget for the biennium 2008 2009.

In addition to exchanges of information and views on the preparation for the September 2005 Summit and flagship publications, the Committee gave particular attention to the preparation of the 2006 2007 programme budget.

Mr. Motomura (Japan) considered that the criterion of zero nominal growth should have governed the preparation of the programme budget.

1.50 As was the case for the previous two biennia, the budget preparation has been guided by planning and budgeting assumptions.

At the preparatory segment of the Meeting, the Parties may wish to establish that budget committee to facilitate preparation of a budget decision for consideration and transmission to the high level segment.

The preparation of the budget provided an opportunity to realign resources with programme needs, which was part of the normal budgetary process.

The country was forced to protect itself against the possible unleashing of war and therefore to devote budget resources to military preparation.

The existence of these detailed strategic planning documents greatly facilitated the preparation of the programme and budget document in line with RBM principles.

7. Also stresses the need for Member States to participate fully in the budget preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process

4. Also stresses the need for Member States to participate fully in the budget preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process

(a) Preparation of the programme budget for the biennium 2008 2009 and the budget performance reports for the biennium 2006 2007 with respect to the offices and programmes at the United Nations Office at Vienna and UNODC

3. Stresses also the need for the Member States to participate fully in the budget preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process

Since the preparation of the budget, the Security Council, by its resolution 1635 (2005), had extended the mandate of the Mission until 30 September 2006.

The Committee recalled that the biennial programme plan for the period 2006 2007 provides the policy framework for the preparation of the proposed programme budget.

At its current session, the Working Party was expected to bring its contribution to the preparation of the new programme budget for the period 2006 2007.

However, the exchange rate situation continues to be difficult and presented the greatest challenges in the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the next biennium.

5. Emphasizes that the performance report should be submitted in a timely manner in order to allow Member States to analyse it and to facilitate budget preparation

There had been a history of difficulties with the preparation of the MONUC budget, which, to some extent, reflected the very difficult nature of the Mission itself.

It trusted that the Secretary General would consider the relevant observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee during the preparation of the comprehensive budget for the Mission.

In the third option, although the accounts must be kept in United States dollars, the budget could be prepared in both United States dollars and euros at the rate of exchange prevailing at the time of preparation of the budget.

Preparation

Preparation

(d) Preparation of a master plan for a pilot implementation phase, including criteria for selection of participating countries and a budget for the financial requirements of the project.

(i) Review of budgetary issues in draft resolutions before legislative bodies and their subsidiary bodies and the preparation of reports on revised estimates and programme budget implications (800)

(c) Preparation of the UNODC consolidated budget for extrabudgetary funds (Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme and Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund) for 2008 2009

Comment by the Administration. Instructions have been issued to the directors and programme managers responsible for the implementation of the programmes funded under section 23 of the budget in the context of the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007.

The office of the Director of Operational Support will take the lead in the preparation of those policies and procedures with the active participation of the Budget Division as required.

The mandate for the preparation of a programme budget also derives from the financial procedures of the Convention (FCCC CP 1995 7 Add.1, decision 15 CP.1, annex, paras.

(b) Preparation of draft statements of programme budget implications for approval by Headquarters and provision of related services to the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other bodies

Status of preparation

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The Committee also notes the institutionalization of integrated results orientated budget preparation and review mechanisms through country programme management plans for country offices and office management plans for regional and headquarters offices.

Since the time of preparation of the budget for the present biennium, requirements that have remained unchanged in euro terms have risen by 21.4 per cent when expressed in United States dollars.

Inventory preparation As part of its inventory preparation, each Party included in Annex I shall

The second option would be to introduce a contingency amount that can be drawn only if the United States dollar falls below the exchange rate applied in the preparation of the approved budget.

Preparation of incoming members

A separate report presenting a full budget of UNOTIL for the period up to December 2005 is under preparation and will be submitted to the General Assembly at the beginning of its sixtieth session.

Preparation of the parliamentary elections