A recent EC communication proposes a framework for services GP basically providing for commitments on GP to be taken within the framework of schedules of specific commitments, listed in a fifth column on limitations on GP.

The procuring entity should therefore take steps to avoid running such a performance risk.

In violation of financial rule 110.16, which stipulates that contracts for purchase of goods and services shall be entered into only by officials authorized for the purpose, the Chief Procurement Officer procured such services, which involved a financial commitment well above his authorized limit of 70,000.

The time has come to act on those promises.

Policies and measures to fulfil the commitments

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See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

Decentralization of procurement from the central to the provincial level required training the staff in how to tender with contractors and procure local materials.

The Board is concerned at these failures to comply with the Board s recommendation that such procurement actions should be undertaken by the Procurement Unit.

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These include better procurement planning by requisitioning units, streamlining the procurement process in the Procurement Division and by the Headquarters Committee on Contracts and making necessary changes to the procurement framework, including regulations, rules and refinements in the Procurement Manual.

The Section is considering new procurement practices to provide more flexibility for small purchases.

There must be commitment in return for commitment.

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

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All countries should act on those commitments by 2010.

She called upon the international community to pledge to take immediate action towards that goal.

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

(i) Compatibility of rules and platforms would facilitate sharing of procurement proceedings and outsourcing within the system by enabling agencies to procure on behalf of others (ii) uniformity in the quality of products and (iii) enhanced compliance and easier statistical compilation

We expect all parties to live up to their commitments and to take coordinated steps in line with the principle of commitment for commitment, action for action , aimed at implementing the 1992 Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

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See, e.g., in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, articles 22 and 27 the Shenzhen City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 31 the Zhuhai City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 29 and the Hefei City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 25.

Some progress has been made towards most of them, but much more action is needed on all of them.

Although expenditures incurred locally by all field missions were significant, no local vendor review committee had been established nor a local vendor database officer appointed at MONUC, UNDOF, UNIFIL, UNLB, UNMISET, ONUB, UNAMSIL and MINURSO.

The Procurement Division procured a total of 309 million in 1997, or 11 per cent of total United Nations system procurement.

There was a growing commitment on the part of Governments to take direct action against child labour.

In accordance with the contract, PTFI has undertaken, among others, the following concrete measures

The Administration reported one ex gratia payment amounting to 40,000 that had been made to the father of a deceased UNMIK staff member who had lost her life while performing official duties during the financial period ended 30 June 2005.

The primary source of procurement statistics is the annual report on United Nations system procurement issued by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office of UNDP.

22. Procurement planning should be improved to avoid piecemeal purchases.

3 bis. The revised article 9 of the Model Law provides that the procuring entity may choose the method by which it will communicate with suppliers or contractors in the procurement process.

UNDP Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) already has an advanced e procurement platform.

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See the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 8 the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 6 and the Xuzhou City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 8.

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The Procurement Service was of the view that the requirement to establish local vendor review committees may in certain cases place an additional burden on some missions where staffing capacity is problematic.

3. Affirms also the firm commitment of the United Nations to provide fair treatment on as wide a geographical basis as possible to all participants involved in United Nations procurement activities, including outsourcing

1. States Parties undertake to adopt immediate, effective and appropriate measures

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