An innovation by current President Romano Prodi's Commission helped.

Reports on OHCHR activities in a number of Member States are before the Commission at its present session.

Its current blockage of the adoption by the European Council of the Commission's financial aid and direct trade regulations stands witness to this reality.

The Russian Federation supported efforts to increase the effectiveness of UNHCR activities and reform its financial structure within its existing mandate.

OHCHR would produce a concept paper early in 2006 which would take into account the current human and financial resource requirements of the present system of seven committees with a combined membership of 115 experts, which met for a total of 57 weeks each year.

His country would appreciate continued assistance from UNHCR in order to improve current programmes and strengthen cooperation between government institutions and local non governmental organizations on such issues.

Next, the Commission will build on our current proposals for deposit guarantee schemes and bank resolution mechanisms to move toward a single resolution fund and a single resolution authority.

The team learned of a European Commission and World Bank initiative to fund the repair of parts of the existing water treatment installation and the rehabilitation of the trunk mains, as well as to invest in groundwater production infrastructure.

UNHCR will take the following steps to ensure greater compliance with the UNHCR Manual (Chapter 4).

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OHCHR will also invite the Division to participate in relevant meetings of the field representatives of OHCHR.

The European Commission is weary of trying to build a single energy market, which has required it to persuade governments that they must dismantle their existing monopoly operators a prerequisite to competition.

A number of constructive proposals had been made to enhance the Office's facilitation of the work of special procedures and OHCHR would give them careful consideration.

UNHCR will produce a special ledger when rolling out the Management Systems Renewal Project (MSRP) to the concerned UNHCR offices.

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The Commission s approach is misguided.

Mr. Jonathan Claridge, European Commission

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Table 1 Expenditure of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2004

European Union, Delegation of the European Commission

In an introductory statement to the item, the representative of UNHCR made a number of observations and proposals from the Office's perspective.

UNHCR is preparing a comprehensive anti fraud policy that includes information and communication technology concerns relevant to UNHCR.

The advance has been posted to a UNHCR UNDP reconciliation account (debit) in MSRP by UNHCR headquarters.

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The problem is aggravated by the composition of the new Commission.

With a deficit of 58 million, the financial situation of UNHCR has deteriorated again.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights should be given substantially more resources for this purpose.

UNHCR will remind the field in this respect.

UNHCR agrees with the recommendation.

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Requests the Secretary General to provide appropriate resources, from within existing overall United Nations resources, to fund the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner in implementing the present resolution, including a revision of the Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions

The Board recommends that UNHCR ensure that its field offices fully comply with the provisions of chapter 4 of its Manual on programme implementation.

In preparation of audit assignments, the UNHCR Audit Service requires access to various UNHCR financial and other reports.

Requests the Secretary General to provide appropriate resources, from within existing overall United Nations resources, to fund the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner in implementing the present resolution, including a revision of the Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions

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