(b) To achieve cost savings

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

(g) A framework and options for building the regular process, including potential costs.

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.

But potentially significant costs offset these small benefits.

In particular, the report identifies potential opportunities for savings in the areas of lump sum and processing of travel claims and recommends modifying relevant rules and provisions.

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.

Thus, the immediate benefits become more politically salient than potential future costs.

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.

The Committee recommends approval of the resources requested for the expanded role of UNPOS, but is aware that savings may be achieved as events dictate possible movements.

But any further move toward interest rate liberalization must account for all potential costs and benefits.

In Hyderabad, governments will be presented with the likely costs of scaling up efforts to achieve that goal.

They noted potential joint programming costs and overlapping agency roles, which could blur accountability and transparency.

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.

Burma s peaceful protests are nearing their tipping point, with the military junta weighing the potential costs of a full military crackdown.

If Taiwan were to declare independence, it is likely that China would use force, regardless of the perceived economic or military costs.

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.

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.

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

What are the likely costs and benefits of stimulus versus consolidation? And what is the best combination of spending cuts and tax hikes?

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

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.

The Bush team not only misled the world about the war s possible costs, but has also sought to obscure the costs as the war has gone on.

Regulation of goods and services for public health clearly is a good idea but it must always be balanced against potential costs in this case, the cost of not providing more vitamin A to eight million children over the past 12 years.

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.

A social cost benefit analysis (taking into account impacts other than on the budget) makes such expenditures, even when debt financed, even more attractive.

In total, the study exaggerated more than 12 fold the number of deaths that could possibly be attributed to climate change, and it more than quadrupled the potential economic costs, simply to grab attention.

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.

However, while I remain fully committed to the principle of greater cooperation among the three United Nations peacekeeping missions deployed in West Africa, the potential costs and benefits of such an approach must be carefully weighed in the light of the current subregional context.

It also wished to know whether consideration had been given to the potential cost savings of needing fewer security guards and to the need to accommodate emergency evacuations.

Concerning the staff buy out, Indonesia is of the view that more detailed information should be provided to justify such action and to indicate what the likely costs will be, and we hope that it will not create imbalances in geographical representation.