Commodity Procurement Section I Commodity Procurement Section II Support Services Section

The new organizational structure for procurement was commodity based, with the Commodity Procurement Section being organized into various clusters, each being responsible for an identifiable range of commodities.

The Commodity Procurement Section has been organized along the lines of commodity clusters whereby the staff resources in each cluster manage each transaction from start to finish.

UNCTAD has also outlined a number of measures for international procurement and the trading of strategic food commodities, including a seminar on commodity trading and commodity supply management.

UNICEF procurement services and expertise in international commodity purchasing and supply will increasingly enhance its country programme support.

This restructuring of the Commodity Procurement Section has allowed the removal of one level of supervision in the Procurement and Transportation Division, thus flattening the hierarchy and increasing operational flexibility and responsiveness to procurement demands.

As indicated in annex VI to the report, the volume of procurement orders processed by the Procurement and Transportation Division was 396.4 million in 1995, with 24 Professional and 37 General Service staff in the Commodity Procurement Section.

Upon enquiry, the Committee was furnished with the organizational chart of the Commodity Procurement Section (see annex to the present report).

As noted in paragraphs 3 to 7 and annex I to document A 52 534 and Corr.1, the Procurement Division was then restructured into two Commodity Procurement Sections, each with four clusters, and one Support Services Section.

7. The Advisory Committee notes from paragraphs 14 and 15 of the report of the Secretary General that the Procurement and Transportation Division has been reorganized into two sections, namely, the Commodity Procurement Section and the Support Services Section.

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(a) Commodity chains

In that regard, it is important to emphasize the fact that the ideal qualifications of a procurement professional need not necessarily include expertise in a particular commodity although that would be useful.

Latin America s Commodity Windfall

Federation of Commodity Associations

Global contraceptive commodity programme

(e) There is a need to speed up and streamline commodity procurement as well as to improve supply management at the country level, in order to deliver an uninterrupted supply of medicines and diagnostics

This system also enables the immediate recognition of surplus assets in missions that have been downsized or are undergoing liquidation and provides commodity managers the flexibility to redistribute assets in lieu of new procurement.

The detailed functions of the Commodity Procurement Section and each of its clusters were set forth in paragraphs 11 to 19 of document A C.5 50 13 Rev.1, dated 9 February 1996.

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Why Are Commodity Prices Falling?

DIVERSIFICATION IN COMMODITY DEPENDENT COUNTRIES

DIVERSIFICATION IN COMMODITY DEPENDENT COUNTRIES

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The Fund is an intergovernmental financial institution exclusively concerned with commodity development issues and commodity development projects.

Commodity dependent countries, particularly in Africa, will require an integrated approach, including special support to diversify their exports, add value to their commodity exports, build the associated supply capacity, manage commodity price volatility and develop a new generation of commodity financing schemes.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

United Nations commodity and other conferences.

3. Diversification in commodity dependent countries

A. Diversification in commodity dependent countries

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Total non food (part A) Commodity

2. Agenda for commodity based diversification

Note 9. Global Contraceptive Commodity Programme

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(d) In commodity dependent countries, special efforts are needed to generate funds for the development of the commodity sector.

The new organizational structure comprised four sections two Procurement Sections having a total of eight commodity specific clusters a newly created Support Services Section to provide management information and administer the vendor roster and a Transportation Section.

Further, studies suggest that owing to concentration in the structure of international commodity markets, commodity producers are less likely to benefit from increases in international commodity prices at the wholesale and retail levels.

How can measures to increase commodity price stability and returns from commodity exports contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals?

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