The RCF was largely prepared internally within RBAS headquarters with relatively limited discussion even with Resident Representatives and country offices.

All participating countries have submitted data to the regional office for review.

(c) Rationalization of the regional office base through realignment and integration

Mr. Julio Calderon, United Nations Environment Programme, regional office for Latin America

OIOS found many examples of scaling up in the operational aspects of the global programmes and other initiatives of the Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States.

Copenhagen, Denmark World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, due Oct 2012 (in press)

The Subregional Office in North Africa must be moved to Rabat as soon as possible

The Regional Bureau for Arab States and Arab Human Development Report Advisory Committee should be brought more systematically into the process of designing and programming the RCF RP in the future in order to ensure continuity and coherence.

The regional programme is managed in RBAS in parallel with relatively few, or no inter linkage with the country programmes.

The Programme Officer post (P 3), initially approved for the Regional Office for Mexico and Central America, was redeployed to the Regional Office for the Caribbean to assist in programme development in the region.

Regional Bureau headquarters staff and Regional Programme Coordinators should go out of their way to ensure that Regional Focal Points are kept informed of activities as they pertain to their countries and that they are consulted.

Its National Council on Drug Control was cooperating with the United Nations regional bureau in Cairo.

Collaboration across pillars should also be enhanced among Regional Bureau staff under the leadership of the new Regional Division Chief.

Its reform agenda placed special emphasis on strengthening regional and international cooperation in matters of mutual legal assistance.

In a coordinating role, a regional centre requires little technical infrastructure and, being housed in the UNEP regional office, has the required administrative support to undertake its work successfully.

In paragraph 101, the Board recommended that the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific ensure that e PAS performance records were complete.

(i) Conference services (ROE) maintenance and servicing of a publicly accessible environmental library and cyber café.

Based on the commitment of the Government of Morocco, the Subregional Office in North Africa should take proactive practical measures to relocate to Rabat by the end of 2005 (paragraph 53) (SP 04 002 014).

The recommendation has been implemented through the introduction of IMIS in the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and monthly expenditure reporting to the programme coordinators by the Administration of the Office.

4. Notes with appreciation the activities of the Institute's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Hiroshima, Japan, during its first year of existence

Sihaka Tsemo, Head of the OHCHR Regional Office for Southern Africa, also spoke on the empowerment of women of African descent.

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The regional office in Fukuoka, Japan, supported the Poverty Alleviation through Rural Urban Linkages initiative in Indonesia and the Rural Urban Partnership Programme in Nepal.

The recommendation has been implemented through the introduction of IMIS in the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.

To expedite the approval process, UNDP has set up a regional advisory committee on procurement at the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean with effect from 15 March 2005.

Moreover, the State party notes that the complainant did not apply to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons for refugee status or for the issue of a residence permit on grounds of territorial asylum.

Given the development of the UNDP Regional Service Centre, the SURF and substantive backstopping capacity at the Regional Bureau headquarters, more direct programme management mechanisms should be considered with the support of the Executive Board if necessary.

In that connection, the speaker was especially grateful to the UNDP for the aid that it was providing to Tokelau through its regional office in Samoa.

In paragraph 105, the Board recommended that the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific coordinate with UNEP headquarters in facilitating its recruitment process.

Similarly, German language materials prepared by the German desk at the Regional United Nations Information Centre are distributed through the United Nations Information Service Vienna and other outlets.

It works together with the WHO Regional Office for Africa, and with the African AIDS Vaccine Programme for the HIV AIDS project in Africa.

(iii) Fellowships and grants (ROLAC) fellowships granted to cover costs to attend selected environmental courses and workshops under the Environmental Training Network Programme

To increase the efficiency in programme development and implementation at the Regional Office for Russia and Belarus, the Associate Programme Officer post (P 2) was replaced by two positions at the National Programme Officer level.

Further national or subregional consultations with two or three selected countries in Asia are foreseen in cooperation with the Regional Plant Protection Officer at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand. Pakistan has been identified as one of those countries.

(b) Cost saving measures. Since January 2005, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia handles all its non staff payments from its own local bank accounts.

(b) Also decide that financial support to members of the Bureau from developing countries and countries with economies in transition should cover participation in one of the meetings of the Bureau to be held outside New York and the respective regional implementation meeting and other relevant meetings in the region.

The Administration of the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean received from UNEP headquarters the formal designation of the Finance Assistant and the Administrative Assistant as cashier and petty cash custodian, respectively.

(iii) Fact finding missions (ROLAC) missions led by UNEP and advisory services to countries facing environmental emergencies and natural disasters (1)

Regional project mangers report directly to regional programme advisers at RBAS headquarters in New York and are, in some instances, also supported by the SURF in Beirut.

Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels

Draft resolution X Confidence building measures in the regional and subregional context

Draft resolution XXI Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels

Progress had been made in that direction through the regional office in Mexico City and a number of visits to Mexico by the Director General, during which high level talks had taken place.

It began with a subregional conference in West Africa on improving industrial performance and employment promotion with the active participation of the subregional office of the International Labour Organisation, the Islamic Development Bank and the African Development Bank.

There have been important developments at the regional and subregional levels as well.