By serving as a common repository, DevInfo can add value to national statistics systems by complementing existing databases and bridging data dissemination gaps.

7. UNITAR should reconcile its computer inventory with that maintained by the Purchase and Transportation Section and compile a comprehensive inventory of non computer equipment at the earliest possible opportunity.

For instance, at UNIDO, three databases on industrial statistics in the INDSTAT series are maintained.

Audit of inventory controls of expendables

The Department holds an inventory of 448 personal desktop computers.

UN Comtrade

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Higher Education Statistics, Databank, 1996.

Source UNCTAD database, based on Comtrade.

Moreover, a pilot version of the United Nations distributive trade statistics database for storage, processing and dissemination of distributive trade statistics will be developed and its outline will be presented to the Expert Group.

38. The aggregate value of inventory as at 31 December 1997 totalled 24,583,000, consisting mainly of programme supplies in stock at the UNICEF Supply Division warehouse at Copenhagen and greeting card and related operations stock.

Virtual Memory Statistics

UNIDO is in the process of shifting its INDSTAT database series and industrial statistics database to a client server platform.

2. Design a computer based data management system in the form of a database.

3.2 Design a computer based data management medium in the form of a data base

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2 Estimate for 2000, data provided by FAOSTAT.

Inventories

Continuing reduction in the European Community stockpile would be expected.

Limitations to the database used for the report of the Statistics Division

Stock The claims for loss of stock in this instalment mainly concern the loss of inventory as a result of theft or destruction of stock.

The security data banks, maintained by the Academy, included one on existing Arab criminal laws and one on criminal statistics.

Any statistical data in your database will be overwritten

UNU notes the recommendation and will continue to explore the possibility of using a computerized property and inventory control system.

Inventory management

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Proposed inventory

inventory Proposed Additional

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Custodian Cash holding

Likewise, at OECD, the Statistics Directorate maintains its own industrial databases on structural statistics for industry and services and statistics by economic size class. Moreover, other directorates at OECD also maintain related databases.

Source UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data.

System enhancements will be instituted to improve the overview of inventory and sales.

Apart from UN Comtrade, the Statistics Division also maintains a series on total merchandise exports and imports within its Monthly Bulletin of Statistics database, which are sourced from the IMF International Financial Statistics and national publications.

Audit of the migration of the field assets control system database

International organizations have begun the process of extracting data directly from countries' database systems through the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX).

Note 15. Stocks

Out of a total of 78 copiers, 35 will be provided through United Nations surplus stock.

The system s computer has software that enables it to rapidly compare the patterns of unknown organisms with patterns of known organisms stored in the database.

The Statistics Division is developing a worldwide database for trade in services in cooperation with OECD to complement the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (Comtrade) merchandise trade database.

(d) Organize and maintain a vendor database in the Reality system, issue purchase orders and coordinate it with the database in the Sun accounting system

The Panel also noted that the United States stockpiles amounted to 1,521 tonnes at the end of 2004, and that that figure did not include pre 1996 stockpiles, which might satisfy regulatory requirements for use in MDIs.

(a) The Statistics Division as the custodian of the MDG database