Allocation of budgetary resources

The new budgeting method should help reallocate resources and make it possible to pinpoint areas where economies could be made without undermining approved priorities.

Sixty percent of the budget will be allocated for Palestinian Authority (PA) wages and salaries.

Despite the general trend towards expansion, the programme budget had grown modestly, with increased sums for priority areas being covered by a reallocation of resources within the approved budget outline.

Varying the allocation of resources according to current needs is part of the normal process of managing a budget.

Gender responsive budget initiatives have, for example, pointed out the need to redirect spending within the education system so as to meet the needs of women37 and have led to increased resource allocations to reproductive health.38 Budget initiatives have also resulted in increased employment opportunities for women in infrastructure projects.39

The Indian delegation noted with satisfaction that the allocation of resources between different budget sections had made it possible to limit requests for supplementary appropriations, which only amounted to about US 15 million.

Corruption can also lead to the misallocation of public resources, in violation of the law and budgetary rules and regulations.

That would allow them to establish proper visibility in countries which previously they could not reach, bringing them closer to becoming the real operational arms of ECA. There are two aspects to the issue regularizing the process of the allocation of extrabudgetary funds and allowing subregional offices to raise them.

Human resources within the system should be reassigned to ensure optimum use and reduce duplication and waste.

Recalculation of the TRAC line 1.1.1 earmarkings

It has also sought to reallocate offices to ministries in most urgent need of space and staff.

By resolution 59 71, budget and services have been allocated for the holding of the Open ended Working Group meetings for next year.

Summary of recosting of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007

With regard to new elements in the proposed programme budget for 2006 2007, adequate resources should be reallocated to UNCTAD's activities in favour of the LDCs, particularly in view of the annual publication of the LDC Report.

In the context of these budget proposals, it is proposed that a separately identifiable secretariat of the Board and the Committee with specifically dedicated resources be established.

The Norwegian Government fully supported the proposed budget, its priorities, its overall amount, and the reallocation of resources.

Schedule IV. Effects of recosting by budget section and main determining factor.

To this end, BNDES loans should be reallocated from incumbents to innovative firms.

In particular, he welcomed the fact that priority activities could largely be financed by reallocating resources.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty ninth Session, Supplement No. 6 (A 59 6 Rev.1).

Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items request for the reallocation of sub item (b) of agenda item 85

Full budget of the Joint Inspection Unit (before recosting) 10,574,900

Under those arrangements, the regular budget appropriations for the security related projects were allotted and the related funds transferred for utilization to the construction in progress account.

On the whole, it would be prudent to approach the issue of institutional reform within the framework of sovereign and democratic States. Nonetheless, the contribution to regional welfare of various interdependent interest groups must be increased by putting into place reallocation and redistributive policies and by streamlining outmoded legal and institutional frameworks.

Typically, earmarked contributions are subject to criteria that are determined a priori, reducing the ability of recipients to reallocate the resources to evolving international or national priorities.

The President of Pakistan announced a special of Rs. 100 million for advancement of rural women in Pakistan and the national budget for 2004 2005 includes this amount.

Full budget of the International Civil Service Commission (before recosting) 15,017,800

A total of 24 reclassifications are proposed for headquarters, which are shown in a consolidated table in annex IV to the budget document (23 upward and one downward reclassification).

(b) When resource reallocation follows trade liberalization, it is also necessary to provide adjustment assistance programmes so as to facilitate the transition.

These are isolated and presented separately in the column entitled recosting in the proposed programme budget.

When allocating budget funds, particular attention is paid to the activities of national cultural societies, so the members and supporters of such societies are thereby provided with the opportunity to preserve their cultural identity and their own culture.

Some Parties also suggested a need for greater transparency in the allocation of resources and assessment of the cost effectiveness of programmes, particularly in relation to extra budgetary funding.

Escalation by the Working Group of the issue of power for mobile devices has led the Secretariat to redirect resources and find economical ways of meeting this need.

Recosting of outstanding statements of programme budget implications and revised estimates

Regular budget resource requirements for United Nations share (before recosting) 5,661,700

Regular budget resource requirements for the United Nations share (before recosting) 1,689,300

29.13 Resource growth with respect to regular budget resources would be 1.2 per cent before recosting.

It would have been helpful to have some feedback on discussions that had taken place within the UNCTAD secretariat on the allocation of the overall budget provided from New York.

To finance new needs, it was necessary to establish priorities and reallocate resources to key activities from less important ones.

Resource requirements (before recosting) this subprogramme is funded solely from extrabudgetary resources

In reviewing resource allocations between subprogrammes, priority has been accorded to key functions, which in the biennium 2004 2005 are financed through extrabudgetary funding.

It was important to focus attention on the allocation of the resources requested in the proposed programme budget in accordance with established priorities, with particular emphasis on urgent development activities.

Under the treaty, Japan renounced its sovereignty claims over the Spratly and the Paracel Islands, but did not reassign them to any single country.

UNFPA is considering strengthening further its country offices, especially those in Africa, and reallocating resources from headquarters to enhance its regional presence.