than 1 per cent of the total cost of peace keeping operations

Centrally administered costs of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations

It is expected that, with the rising costs for peace keeping operations, one of the most heated arguments in the years ahead will be the apportionment of peace keeping expenses among Member States.

The estimates do not include the costs of peace keeping operations which are funded separately.

The estimates do not include the cost of peacekeeping operations or the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

This methodology is equivalent to less than 1 per cent of the total cost of peace keeping operations.

All delegations were aware that the future of peace keeping operations was at stake when troop contributors were not reimbursed on time.

Participation costs of staff members from peace keeping missions in this type of training will be covered by their respective missions.

Secondly, we must ensure that the permanent Members of the Security Council continue to bear a greater burden of the cost of peace keeping.

This would enable the preparation of a cost benefit analysis for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

The current basic systems for allocating regular budget and peace keeping costs were adopted two decades ago.

Poor hygiene, sanitation and water exacerbate poverty by reducing productivity and elevating health care costs.

An analysis of the vehicles written off in 2004 05 revealed that vehicles that had not reached their maximum mileage or age in accordance with the guidelines were written off owing to the impact of non rotation.

The standards applicable to staff on assignment to peace keeping missions should be examined in the context of the overall policy on the standards of accommodation for travel.

Furthermore, socio economic assessments should be included in cost benefit analysis for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

It was also essential that standard criteria should be set for the composition of groups for purposes of determining assessments for peace keeping operations.

The air transport requirements currently account for approximately 30 per cent of the total operating costs of peacekeeping missions.

This structure was established prior to the proliferation of peace keeping operations and, therefore, the cost sharing arrangements exclude the staff assigned to such operations.

Although it is acknowledged that peacekeeping budgets should fund their share of the costs of after service health insurance, it is not clear to the Committee why active peacekeeping missions should fund an accrued liability attributable at least partially to peacekeeping operations that have closed (see also para.

The cost of extrabudgetary posts (including related other staff costs) is estimated at 2,168,149,600, including staff financed from the support account for peacekeeping operations.

Other official travel costs 424.0 424.0

b Charter costs include fuel costs.

Indeed, the yearly cost of operating the Tribunal is less than one twentieth the yearly cost of the peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia during the war.

In some parts of the mission area the roads have been completely destroyed by the hostile activities, resulting in higher costs for maintenance and repairs compared to other peace keeping missions.

Concerns were expressed at delays in reimbursement for troop and equipment costs, which caused difficulties, especially for developing countries, and which undermined the principle of the universality of peace keeping operations.

41. The recommendation that, since peace keeping was an investment in security, Governments should consider financing future peace keeping costs from their national defence budgets needed further study.

English Page It is well known that the cost of peace keeping operations has grown rapidly in recent years, and this trend is apparently becoming irreversible.

In that context, the Committee was advised that a manual was being developed describing the generic equipment and service requirements for peace keeping operations, along with standard unit costs.

25. In an effort to address the problems of presentation of peace keeping cost estimates, the following specific changes are being introduced with emphasis on standardization, transparency and concentration on issues of substance

The costs of renovation of office space in the Secretariat building for appropriate contiguous offices for the Department of Peace keeping Operations, and the costs of relocation and rental of additional outside offices for other affected Secretariat units will be shared between the regular budget and the Support Account for Peace keeping Operations.

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5. A Reserve Fund to assist in the financing of peace keeping operation start up costs has been established by General Assembly resolution 47 217 of 23 December 1992.

The cost of peace keeping missions is expected to rise from 1.4 billion in 1992 to an estimated 3.6 billion by the end of 1993 (see figure 5).

Operating costs

Investment costs

Communication costs

Travel costs 520.0 474.8 45.2

2. OPERATING COSTS

Travel costs 1 762.5 1 591.0 171.5

Start up costs a

(c) Conference costs

Hire charter costs 4 000.0 4 000.0

Travel costs 229 400