Unfunded projects

III. Unfunded

These increasing liabilities are unfunded.

The increase in unfunded liabilities to 262 million is alarming.

The unfunded liability associated with this will total billions of pounds.

There is therefore an unfunded amount of 12,792,221 gross ( 15,332,321 net).

America s current fiscal problems are rooted in a long period of unfunded spending.

Converting unfunded pension schemes to funded pension systems is one option available to Governments.

A United Nations system wide solution is being sought to address the issue of unfunded liabilities.

It's partly due to tax cuts that were unfunded, but it's due primarily to the rise of entitlement spending, especially Medicare.

In 2004, the United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Eritrea was less than 60 per cent funded, and the 2005 Consolidated Appeal remains largely unfunded.

The current estimated amount of 156.1 million as at 31 December 2004 for such termination indemnities represents an unfunded contingent liability for the Agency.

The request from the General Assembly was unfunded and it has been necessary for WHO to find funding from other sources to support its coordination role.

With the exception of MMP, a self funded project for which recurrent costs amount to 9.1 million for the biennium, the project budget represents unfunded activities.

Windfall gains from the high price of an export commodity may make possible many development projects that would otherwise remain unfunded, and may boost economic growth.

UNHCR has also been discussing the matter with other United Nations organizations that have unfunded liabilities with a view to formulating a comprehensive approach to this issue.

UNHCR has also been discussing the matter with other United Nations organizations that have unfunded liabilities with a view to formulating a comprehensive approach to this issue.

Similarly, in terms of volume, the unfunded part of the total approved programme budget was reduced from 31 per cent in 2004 to 25 per cent in 2005.

Most people might agree that living beyond our means in the aggregate, via unfunded social services and insurance, or disproportionate use of resources, imposes a burden on our offspring.

For voluntarily funded organizations such as UNHCR, unfunded post retirement benefits could mean enormous termination costs, with the ensuing risk of serious financial jeopardy this issue thus requires immediate attention.

For voluntarily funded organizations such as UNHCR, unfunded post retirement benefits could mean enormous termination costs with the ensuing risk of serious financial jeopardy this issue thus requires immediate attention.

The Secretariat shared the concern about unfunded end of service and post retirement benefit liabilities and was currently preparing a report on that question, which would be available in early 2005.

To the extent that the trillion or more dollars of unfunded war costs contributed to the budget deficit that plagues the US today, Bin Laden was able to damage American hard power.

The US is a net debtor with an aging population, unfunded entitlement spending on social security and health care, an anemic economic recovery, and risks of continued monetization of the fiscal deficit.

Moreover, an unfunded liability path, once taken, is hard to leave, because at the point of departure, some generation is paying for past commitments and at least beginning to fund future ones.

With the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, six of the 11 frozen posts under the main programme budget were unfrozen , leaving five unfunded posts in the staffing table in 2005.

In addition, an internship programme was formally established in January 2004 under which 10 funded and additional unfunded internships have been granted to Sierra Leonean and international junior professionals during 2004 2005.

An additional 1 million is required for three other projects that are still unfunded and will be the subject of consultations with the PA and prospective donors to enable implementation in 2006 2007.

Furthermore, the long term financial planning necessitated by some organizational structures, such as the regional commissions, makes it challenging for them to add new unfunded road safety programmes to their predefined long term workplans.

Although the integrated programme had undoubtedly proved effective, there were some inadequately funded and unfunded activities and projects that had great potential to give impetus to rural development, including hydropower projects and skills development.

His delegation was concerned that future end of service and post retirement liabilities exceeding 3 million had remained unfunded at the end of 2003 and wondered how the Administration intended to resolve the issue.

Simpson never met an unfunded tax cut proposed by a Republican president that he would vote against, and he never met a balanced deficit reduction program proposed by a Democratic president that he would support.

The most likely explanation for this public investment shortfall is fiscal constraints. And, indeed, debt and unfunded non debt liabilities increasingly weigh down public sector balance sheets and pension funds, eroding the foundations of resilient, sustainable growth.

Owing to the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, any future British government will inherit a military that is overstretched, undermanned, and working with worn out equipment. The unfunded liability associated with this will total billions of pounds.

In most advanced economies, aging populations a serious problem in Europe and Japan exacerbate the problem of fiscal sustainability, as falling population levels increase the burden of unfunded public sector liabilities, particularly social security and health care systems.

In paragraph 32 of its report, the Board reiterated its recommendation that ITC address, in conjunction with the United Nations Secretariat and with proper funding, the issue of unfunded liabilities for end of service and post retirement benefits.

The Regional Office's capacity for core advisory functions in the area of health and nutrition has also been strengthened by converting an unfunded other resources post to the support budget, partly through cost efficiencies within the regional allocation.

The General Assembly needs a mechanism to review the decisions of its committees so as to avoid overloading the organization with unfunded mandates and continuing the current problem of micromanagement of the budget and the allocation of posts within the Secretariat.

As a result of the measures taken, the ratio of projects unfunded or partially funded, compared with the total number of projects, constantly decreased during the biennium (from 57 per cent in 2004 to 48 per cent by the end of 2005).

She noted that this additional requirement would come at a time when there were still unfunded activities of the order of USD 6.8 million for the biennium 2004 2005 and when the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process was almost depleted.

7. Requests the Secretary General to report to the General Assembly on the full extent of unfunded staff termination and post service liabilities in the United Nations and its funds and programmes and to propose measures that would ensure progress towards fully funding such liabilities

Comment by the Administration. So far, the only action taken by the United Nations Secretariat to address the issue of unfunded liabilities has been the preparation of a report on the funding of after service health insurance benefits, for consideration by the General Assembly.

From this rostrum last year, the Bahamas called for the convening of a global forum to address the unfairness of unelected bodies imposing mandates that are unfunded upon developing economies like ours in the region, without our countries having an opportunity to be heard and to influence the result.

In accordance with Programme and Budget Committee conclusion 2000 2, a detailed actuarial study to determine the financial impact of the after service health insurance was carried out, which showed the level of unfunded liabilities as at December 2004 to be 35.2 million ( 47.7 million based on the year end exchange rate).

Most of the public debt increase in the US and elsewhere is not due to any kind of discretionary fiscal stimulus it s all about the loss of tax revenue that comes with a deep recession. (And the Bush administration s tax cuts for the wealthiest, unfunded Medicare prescription benefit, and debt financed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have severely weakened the long term fiscal outlook.)