(iii) Cashier Unit

At the Fund, only the staff of the Cashier Unit possess such expertise.

Objective 1. Implementation of the Cashier Unit's treasury activities.

Professional and above posts changes Total

Statement IV

General Fund

GS OL General Service (Other level)

The Mission is headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General at the Under Secretary General level, who is assisted by two Deputy Special Representatives of the Secretary General, both at the Assistant Secretary General level.

For obvious reasons of security, this usually has to be provided by or through the personnel in the Cashier Unit.

An additional level of staffing for the Cashier Unit was strongly recommended by the consulting group which conducted the whole office review for the Fund in 2002.

In a small unit such as the Cashier Unit, any staff member taken off day to day work has a significant impact on performance.

The Cashier Unit has begun to undertake new treasury related functions following the implementation of the new banking contract in mid 2004.

As recommended by the Board of Trustees of the Fund at its tenth session and approved by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of the Secretary General, donors are invited to contribute to the Fund by the end of the year in order for the contributions to be duly recorded by the United Nations Treasurer in advance of the annual session of the Board.

General Fund 56 65 20

The approved budget for the biennium 2004 represented a nominal increase of 5 per cent from the previous budget.

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (ASG)

The Public Fund for Child Protection provides funds for these purposes.

(General Fund, Supplementary Fund, associate experts and programme support)

Note 2. General Fund and Working Capital Fund

4. Also takes note of the support of the Board for the efforts of the Secretary Chief Executive Officer to continue to search for permanent premises for the Fund in New York

Supplementary contribution to the Convention activities by the

12. Commends the Secretary General for the establishment of the Trust Fund for Peace Building in Somalia, welcomes the contributions made thus far to the Fund, and appeals to Member States to contribute to it

15. Commends the Secretary General for the establishment of the Trust Fund for Peace Building in Somalia, welcomes the contributions made thus far to the Fund, and appeals to Member States to contribute to it

This includes both the General Fund (with its in kind component) and the project budget.

Table 3. Summary of expenditures in the biennium 2004 2005 by programme

New voluntary contributions should be paid by donors to the Fund by the end of 2005, in order to be duly recorded by the United Nations Treasurer in advance of the annual session of the Board.

Requests are made for (a) reclassification of the post of the head of the Section, (b) creation of a business analyst post and (c) addition of staff in the three units (Cashier, Payments and Accounts).

The report of the Secretary General on the Central Emergency Revolving Fund, contained in document A 60 432, makes some useful recommendations for improving the operations of the Fund.

Voluntary contributions to the Fund can be made by bank transfer to the United Nations Geneva General Fund

Its membership will consist of a chairperson, who will be the Deputy Secretary General, two members at the Under Secretary General level and an external expert in public sector management.

In this document detailed information on the utilization of funds under the General Fund has been provided.

UNOPS recognizes the need for a balanced budget to ensure that, as a self financing entity, expenditures are fully covered from revenues earned and thus submits a projection for 2005 of revenue of 53.77 million and expenditures of 50.86 million.

Amin Sabeti

Registrar

GE.05 14337 (E) 020605through established channels of assistance, humanitarian, legal and financial aid to individuals whose human rights have been severely violated as a result of contemporary forms of slavery.

Also taking note of the report of the Secretary General on the improvement of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund,

10. Decides to retain the post of the Chief of Staff to the Special Representative of the Secretary General at the level of Assistant Secretary General

28. Requests the Secretary General to ensure that staff at all duty stations have access to the Ombudsman

She recalled that decision XIV 40 had extended the trial period of the fixed exchange rate mechanism, and that the latest report of the Fund Treasurer had shown a gain of 4.6 million by virtue of its use.

Among these three positions, women rarely occupy the presidency, are found slightly more often as first treasurer and more often yet as first secretary.

14. Commends the Secretary General for the establishment of the Trust Fund for Peacebuilding in Somalia, welcomes the contributions made thus far to the Fund, and appeals to Member States to contribute to it

14. Commends the Secretary General for the establishment of the Trust Fund for Peacebuilding in Somalia, welcomes the contributions made thus far to the Fund, and appeals to Member States to contribute to it

A 60 376 Item 133 Administration of justice at the United Nations Activities of the Ombudsman Report of the Secretary General A C E F R S

We congratulate the Secretary General for his bold report concerning the improvement of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund (CERF) (A 60 87).

General voluntary trust fund in support of the United Nations Non Governmental Organizations Informal Regional Network