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1.50 As was the case for the previous two biennia, the budget preparation has been guided by planning and budgeting assumptions.

(d) The benefits shall be indexed as determined annually by the Budget Act in accordance with the appropriate calculation of resources.

Views were expressed that priorities should be established also for the short term, in the context of the budget outline, to guide the allocation of resources in the programme budget.

Approved budgets for 2004 2005 as the budget base

The Budget Division of the Finance Department will again provide guidance on results based budgeting for purposes of the preparation of the budget for the biennium 2008 2009.

Priorities as determined by the General Assembly are meant to guide the allocation of resources in the budget.

The Secretary General had indicated that it would not be advisable to predetermine whether the averaging method or the latest month should be used for budget forecasting and recosting and that such decision should be taken at the time of each recosting.

The General Trust Fund for the operational budget has been assigned the code RO and the voluntary special trust fund has been assigned the code RV .

Table for offset.

Paragraph 4 of the guidelines (national budget)

As the focal point for the budget, the Budget Officer will be responsible for data collection, the development of performance indicators, the calculation of budget proposals, the layout and presentation of the budget and performance reports and the subsequent issuance of budgetary advices.

VIII.68 The Advisory Committee notes that pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58 269, the budget fascicle identifies resources estimated at 36,000 (regular budget) and 5,000 (extrabudgetary) for the conduct of monitoring and evaluation.

Indicative budget for electionsa

The Agency is also dependent on additional funding earmarked for project budget and emergency operations.

The Board of Directors of FDA has not approved a budget, nor has it appointed an independent financial manager.

VIII.56 The Advisory Committee notes that pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58 269, the budget fascicle identifies resources estimated at 154,000 (regular budget) and 20,800 (extrabudgetary) for monitoring and evaluation.

VIII.63 The Advisory Committee notes that pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58 269, the budget fascicle identifies resources estimated at 64,700 (regular budget) and 231,200 (extrabudgetary) for monitoring and evaluation.

26. Within the framework of the Programme Budget Outline for 1998 1999, target figures were set for all budget sections.

It would be adjusted, in accordance with the Agreement, at a certain index rate on that basis, the projection for the 1998 1999 budget would be made, taking into account the exchange rate fluctuations applicable in the recosting process.

Furthermore, in its audit report of February 2006, the Office of Internal Oversight Services noted that the approved budget for 2004 2005 was not sufficiently results based but that for 2006 2007, the guidelines for preparation specifically encourage organizational units to reflect a results based budgeting approach.

(b) Whether to adopt budget periods for targets, rather than single year targets

The portion of the State budget allocated to basic investment has risen from 10 to 30 per cent in the past five years.

Summary of programme performance for the biennium 1996 1997 by programme budget section and subprogramme designated high priority by the General Assembly

Results based budgeting definitions

The programme budget is funded mainly from special purpose funds (earmarked voluntary funds) and the support budget from general purpose voluntary contributions.

For budgetary calculations, it has been assumed that

Four special budgets were established in the state social insurance budget the state pension special budget, the employment special budget, the special budget for accidents at work and special budget of sickness, disability and maternity.

They shall be prepared in a form consistent with the approved budget.

Under objective 1, change indicator of achievement (b) to (b) (i), and add an indicator of achievement (b) (ii) reading (ii) Availability of budgetary documents by the required dates .

Indicative 10 per cent budget reduction. Proposals by the Director General

Indicative 20 per cent budget reduction. Proposals by the Director General

Indicative 30 per cent budget reduction. Proposals by the Director General

(a) Approved budgets for 2004 2005

(a) Status of approved budget

(ii) Related budget decisions

The Meeting of the Parties shall also, prior to the first budget period, decide upon modalities for the accounting of emission budgets.

Mr. Motomura (Japan) considered that the criterion of zero nominal growth should have governed the preparation of the programme budget.

With regard to the programme of work and budget for 2006, the representative of the secretariat recalled that the budget as approved by the Conference in decision RC 1 17 was an indicative budget which needed updating.

The Committee points out that a total of 431 regular budget and extrabudgetary posts were available to UNCTAD during the 2004 2005 biennium.

The indicative budget does not include the publication of results.

Annex 2 Indicative start up budget for the GM 59

Regular budget Extrabudgetary Headquarters (74 per cent)

Approved budget for the biennium 1996 1997

It should be noted that no budgetary provision has been made, except that in the case of the operational budget, as reflected in statement II and note 3(f) (operating reserve).