(b) To achieve cost savings

The True Costs of the Iraq War

As market shares increase, steady progress in lowering costs can be expected to continue through economies of scale.

Subsidies Obscure the True Costs of Longlining

5. Also requests the Secretary General to make every effort to achieve savings in operational costs, taking into account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee

Also requests the Secretary General to make every effort to achieve savings on operational costs taking into account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee

Also requests the Secretary General to make every effort to achieve savings on the operational costs taking into account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee

(b) The cost savings in the Procurement Division resulting from the combination of management review visits with business seminars in one of the locations.

The administration has tried to keep the war s costs from the American public.

a Total budget of 17,342,900 less expected cost savings of 1 million.

This may require further relocation of certain functions to more economic cost centres, as well as the aggressive reduction of the cost base.

But oil prices do not reflect the true costs of fossil fuel consumption.

a Total budget of 20,799,300 less expected cost savings of 400,000.

Other costs, which might represent additional marginal savings, such as office space and electricity, have not been taken into consideration given the preliminary nature of this report.

UNICEF is encouraging its offices to participate in and provide leadership to common services as a way to save administrative costs at the field level.

Recognizing the challenges of introducing competition, the Government has set up regulatory agencies in the communications and energy sectors. South Africa has begun to develop an institutional infrastructure in response to competition and the privatization of various services and utilities.

That Americans are willing to pay this suggests that the option value exceeds the costs.

It now appears that Lindsey s numbers were a gross underestimate.

In short, even our moderate estimate may significantly underestimate the cost of America s involvement in Iraq.

The removal of non strategic weapons would represent significant savings in terms of security and storage costs, constitute a valuable contribution to nuclear disarmament and improve regional and international security.

But the sooner the underlying reality is made transparent and becomes widely recognized, the lower the long run cost will be.

The proactive clearance of roads by the mission would enable greater use of ground transport and decrease reliance on air support, resulting in significant cost savings.

UNODC has provided technical assistance in computer based training and joint drug control policies, which have enhanced the efficiency of standardized drug law enforcement training for the whole region, resulting in cost savings.

Deficits are convenient for politicians as they hide and delay the true tax cost of spending.

Lastly, MONUC must administer its operational costs, particularly those relating to official travel, in a more effective manner and make savings wherever possible.

First, they can improve value for money (in that better value for money can be achieved through a competitive market price, and substantial cost savings can be realized through dynamic and real time trading).

Savings are anticipated upon their renewal in 2007.

For 2002, there were savings of 473,062 kWh for 2003, average energy savings were of the order of 27.6 per cent.

In short, even our moderate estimate may significantly underestimate the cost of America s involvement in Iraq. And our estimate does not include any of the costs implied by the enormous loss of life and property in Iraq itself.

Also, substantial savings can be made by avoiding unnecessary costs such as overpayments to creditors or penalty interests due to poor bookkeeping.

In terms of overall cost, holding these meetings back to back in a United Nations venue, particularly in Montreal, often results in cost savings compared to holding the meetings independently.

And now, having underinvested in energy efficiency and security when the costs of doing so were lower, America is poorly positioned to face the prospect of rising real prices.

Nonetheless, it is argued, whatever the real cost of the damage, developed countries currently cannot afford to provide that kind of money.

And the estimate of avoided emissions ignores indirect land use changes, making the likely real cost at least eight times higher.

On the other hand, higher competitiveness and erosion of the real value of debt would quickly outweigh these costs by restoring confidence in the French economy s prospects.

American voters, who are famously loathe to increase taxes, might start thinking a lot harder about the real economic costs of their country s superpower status.

Under such conditions, prices reflect real opportunity costs, and market forces can be relied upon to provide the benefits contingent on a move towards freer trade.

It is estimated that participation in SWIFT will yield savings in costs of transactions.

It was estimated that 17.2 million MWh of electricity was saved.

Cuba had to acquire diagnostic kits for the medical entomology laboratories on foreign markets, for example in Asia. The country would have saved 30 per cent of the cost 52,116 if it had bought them on the United States market.

1. Takes note of the results of the monitoring of the costs savings of recent modifications of the two track feature of the pension adjustment system and the intention of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to continue to monitor those costs savings every two years, on the occasion of the actuarial valuations of the Fund

Other economies were doubtless possible in that area and should be discussed.

Piped water and sanitation networks are expensive. Consumers in most countries don t realize this, because the true costs are hidden by subsidies.

In issuing contingent capital, banks would have to pay a higher interest rate than they would on ordinary long term debt, because debt investors will face the true cost of capital, not the government subsidized cost.

In particular, the E2 Panels found that compensation can be awarded for loss of future earnings and profits that the claimant expected to earn under a contract to the extent that they can be ascertained with reasonable certainty, less any cost savings resulting from the interruption of the contract.