In paragraph 246, the Board of Auditors recommended that UNFPA (a) strengthen monitoring of the timely submission of travel claims by utilizing available reports (b) follow up on outstanding travel claims to fully recover all travel advances and (c) to the extent practicable, refrain from authorizing additional travel advances if previous travel claims have not been submitted.

Audit of travel claims

(vi) Travel and Reimbursement Unit

44. The Travel Reimbursement Unit has one P 3 post funded by the support account.

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.

The claim settlement charge, amounting to 50 per cent of the fee, represents the cost of processing an average of 33 claim transactions per participant per year at approximately 6.60 per transaction.

(e) Medical claims

(e) Medical claims

For the fifty second session, for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 claims submitted to date involved 30 such journeys at a cost of 156,028.

This will include on line booking facilities, automated processing of travel claims and automated travel requests, which will result in speedier booking of flights that are more in line with individual requirements and less overheads incurred in processing travel requests and travel claims.

Since its implementation date, over 40 changes have been prioritized and implemented to further enhance the travel request and travel claim processing.

Finance Budget Clerk (Travel Claims Unit) (GS 4)

Total claims processed in 1996 1997

(j) On travel on appointment, assignment, transfer or separation from service of a staff for whom removal costs will be paid under staff rule 107.27, a staff member may be reimbursed the costs of advance shipment by the most economical means up to a maximum of

(h) When the authorized travel is by air or by land, charges for unaccompanied shipment of personal effects or household goods relating to travel on home leave, family visit or education grant may be reimbursed to a maximum of

Resources should be allocated for regular reviews of the claims in question and subsequent corrective action taken, as necessary, to ensure that they are handled efficiently by the plan administrators and that the latter s claim settlement figures and administrative charges are accurate and reasonable

OIOS pointed out the need for UNCTAD to review work processing procedures and to streamline the issuance of travel authorizations, processing of travel claims and procurement of services.

Lower cost under group travel arrangements.

(ii) Travel on official business Costs of travel taking place in the current period and travel which commences before the end of the current year but extends into the next year

You couldn't get authorization for the expense, paid it out of your own pocket.

Communications to the Editor

(i) Travel of Head of Mission and senior staff to United Nations Headquarters in New York for briefings and political consultations, 34,400 (four trips at 8,600 per trip for 10 days each including travel time)

Other option is to reimburse the employee daycare expenses.

(b) Streamline the travel process, exempting the claims procedure for travel that did not deviate from the authorized itinerary

Travel arrangements should be made well in advance of the meetings to reduce travel costs.

UNICEF concurs with this recommendation, provided that IT systems can be implemented to reconcile claim submission.

Claims settled by and administrative charges paid to New York and Van Breda plan administrators in 1997

Other travel costs (total costs)

8. Other travel (total costs)

The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions supported the concept of regional strategies for peacekeeping operations (see A 58 759, para.

It represents a growing distribution channel, complementary to traditional ones, for consumers, tourism enterprises such as hotels, transport companies, leisure companies and distributors, including travel agencies, tour operators and DMOs.

Since then, I've been working to get enough money for stage fare.

(a) Automate the travel process to provide staff with an electronic travel request form interfaced with IMIS and an electronic travel claim form, which would use data available in the system

(i) Travel of Head of Mission and senior staff to United Nations Headquarters in New York for briefings and political consultations, 25,800 (three trips at 8,600 per trip for 10 days each including travel time)

The German classes took place outside working hours and the reimbursement of the cost of the classes was restricted to 50 per cent.

The objective of the report is to conduct a comparative analysis of various elements of travel categories, class and means of travel, stopovers, subsistence allowances, terminal expenses, and lump sum option for officials travelling at the expense of the United Nations, and to propose measures for harmonizing travel policies and practices through the United Nations system.

Two claims for such travel relating to the twentieth special session of the Assembly have been submitted for a total of 11,381.00.

His delegation supported the use of official travel funds for travel to meetings with those organizations.

During the reporting period, three such journeys were carried out at a total additional cost of 6,299.

Well, let ' s just say, enough to pay for this trip, plus the letter of credit.

Non post resources relate to travel undertaken by the staff of the Office and provision for contractual translation services.

UNFPA should take action to recover overdue travel advances, including, where appropriate, recovery action from salary where travel claims have not been submitted within two weeks of actual travel, as required under the UNFPA regulations (para. 26).

They are reimbursed up to the maximum amount approved by the General Assembly.

But according to Department of Defense hourly rates for fiscal year 2017, the DoD reimbursement rate for the VH 3D is 24,380 per flight hour.

Despite the fact that the companies contracted to administer the New York plans are remunerated by the United Nations on the basis of the reimbursement claims received from participants, no regular checks have been carried out by the Secretariat to verify the number and dollar value of those claims.