In accordance with article 15 (b) of the UNJSPF Regulations, the administrative expenses of the Fund are estimated and approved on a biennial basis.

Second Overall Performance Study of GEF, GEF A.2 4, at 46 (2002) hereinafter GEF OPS2 .

The first meeting will be held immediately following the endorsement by the General Assembly of the new Fund.

In view of the above, the BMS is reported under other funds rather than under General Fund and Working Capital Fund from the previous biennium.

Recalling the Beijing Declaration of the Second GEF Assembly that confirms that the GEF will be available as a financial mechanism of the UNCCD pursuant to paragraph 21 of the Convention, if the Conference of the Parties should so decide

Noting also the convening of the first Assembly of the Global Environment Facility at New Delhi from 1 to 3 April 1998 and the conclusion of the second replenishment of the Facility,

GEF OPS2, 3 4.

The first replenishment of the GEF amounted to circa US 2 billion for all focal areas.

The new information at the disposal of this session of the SBI comprised the report prepared by the GEF (see FCCC SBI 1997 2), discussions at two workshops conducted by the GEF and a question and answer session between the GEF and the SBI.

Much of the evaluation in this section is based on findings in the Second Overall Performance Study of the GEF (OPS2).

Welcoming the outcome of the first pledging meeting of potential donors to the Special Climate Change Fund and noting that USD 34.6 million has been pledged for that fund,

Also noting the convening of the first Global Environment Facility Assembly at New Delhi from 1 to 3 April 1998 and the conclusion of the negotiations on the second replenishment of the Facility,

The Fund Secretariat monitors Fund activities at different levels.

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292. A statement was made by the Observer for the United Nations Population Fund (49th).

Though the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility calls for the GEF Assembly to meet every three years, in practice it has met every four years to coincide with the replenishment cycle.

The Working Capital Fund has been built up to the level envisaged in the decision of the eleventh Meeting of States Parties (SPLOS 70, para. 3) and as a consequence of the approved transfer of savings and appropriations in previous years currently stands at 1,150,000.

See Gareth Porter et al., Global Environment Facility, Study of GEF's Overall Performance (1998) see also GEF OPS2.

At its fifth session, the SBI welcomed the information at its disposal, which comprised a report prepared by the GEF, discussions at two workshops conducted by the GEF, and a question and answer session between the GEF and the SBI.

The Bali Partnership Fund shall be replenished on an annual basis.

A substantial increase in quotas is being considered in the IMF Eleventh General Review of Quotas.

From 1991 to 1994, he held the post of Chairman of the External Audit Committee of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and, during the same period, he was the Head of the Italian delegation for the third replenishment of IFAD.

The two multidonor trust funds became operational in June 2005 with the first meetings of the interim oversight committees.

Data refer to contributions paid and commitments received by GEF, for the first replenishment, as of March 31, 1997.

The Fund has been replenished five times.

At the end of the second year of operation, there will be an independent review, including an assessment of both the grant and revolving elements of the Fund of administration, operations and actions supported by the Fund and of its ability to meet the agreed core objectives.

(e) UNFIP and the Foundation will work together in programme development consistent with the priorities set by the Secretary General and the Foundation.

They are duly informed of this by the secretariat of the Fund as soon as they submit their first request for funding.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women provided support for the first regional women's meeting, held in Kigali in October 2004, in preparation for the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, convened in Dar es Salaam in November 2004.

214. Statements were also made by the observers for Switzerland (40th) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (40th).

At its 20th meeting, on 3 July, the Council held a dialogue with executive heads of United Nations funds and programmes.

The study is to inform the GEF Assembly, planned for early 1998, the second GEF Replenishment Process and GEF stakeholders.

Outcome of three subregional workshops in Africa, organized in the context of the medium sized Global Environment Facility (GEF) project (see below), was transmitted to CRIC 3 through an official document.

2. Austria indicated in its national communication that it contributed US 35 million to the GEF pilot phase and US 20 million to the first replenishment of the GEF.

Second GEF Assembly, Second Overall Performance Study of GEF, GEF A.2 4 (2002), http gefweb.org participants Assembly 2nd_Assembly OPS2_English final 9602.pdf.

Second report. Administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund .

The next important step in that process would be taken during the Thirteenth General Review of Quotas of the Fund.

(d) Contributions made to this fund by Annex I Parties shall be replenished biannually.

GEF should consider this as a number one priority.

Concern was expressed at the incomplete tenth replenishment of IDA and the prospects for the eleventh replenishment.

10. Also welcomes the initiation of the third replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund, invites all donor countries and other countries in a position to do so to make contributions to the third replenishment and ensure its successful conclusion, and invites the Facility to submit a report to the Summit on the status of the replenishment negotiations

The Multilateral Fund has been replenished five times.

5. Notes that, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 47 217, the assessments of Switzerland and Timor Leste for the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund should be calculated by the application of their first rates of assessment for peacekeeping operations to the authorized level of the Fund.

(iii) The Common Fund for Commodities should expedite its exploration of ways and means to utilize the resources of its First Account.