It is true that there are problems with the scales of assessments for both the regular and the peacekeeping budgets.

What's all this talk about balancing the budget?

Moreover, the regular budget represented less than half of the peacekeeping budget, which was subject to very little intergovernmental scrutiny, and only a fraction of global national defence spending.

Concern was expressed that the progressive reduction of resource levels in the programme budget had led to increased recourse to extrabudgetary funding and peacekeeping budgets to carry out activities that normally should be funded from the regular budget.

Budgetary requirements for peacekeeping operations

Requirements were redeployed from the Fund budget to the programme support cost budget, while maintaining the overall budget level.

Budgetary levels for peacekeeping operations

The headquarters and field operation budget is maintained at the level of the initial budget, except for some increases resulting from recosting adjustments.

Level and timing emissions budgets

The average vacancy rate, which was much higher than during previous bienniums, was caused mostly by the need to meet a predetermined level of budgeting.

The predictability and availability of extra budgetary resources were closely linked to that balance.

He welcomed the improved cash on hand situation for both the regular and peacekeeping budgets.

Operationally, the budgetary policy target should be the structural balance, which takes account of the impact of cyclical developments on the budgetary outcome, rather than the nominal balance.11

The Court based its ruling on section 3A of the Budgetary Principles Law, which established the criteria of equality in budget allocations to public institutions.

The rate of increase in the budget for the support account was far greater than that of the budgets for peacekeeping missions.

A balanced budget or better is expected for 2004 2005.

In view of the continued rapid growth in the regular and peacekeeping budgets, it was all the more important to examine how budgetary resources were used and the results achieved with them.

However, it wished to know why the average grade level of Congolese staff had been budgeted at G 2, step 1, and what the budgeted level was in other peacekeeping missions.

In exchange, the Territory would be committed to, inter alia, a balanced budget.

Projections are based on the average of the previous 12 months.

While the Group supported approval of the revised programme and budgets for 2006 2007, it was concerned at the low level of implementation of the 2005 regular budget, particularly in the area of staff costs.

In addition, the distribution of the travel budget appeared to lack balance.

d) Develop and institutionalize gender responsive budgets, monitor gender budget analysis and the utilization of these gender budgets

70. Any reform of the scale of assessments for the regular budget would have significant implications for the peacekeeping budget also.

Member States might, however, compare the benefit accruing from a reduced assessment to the dividend accruing from a downsized budget as a result of a decline in peacekeeping budgets.

The total number of General Service staff is evenly divided between the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources.

His delegation recalled that the General Assembly approved the Organization's regular budget, the budget of the two International Tribunals and the huge peacekeeping budget after they had been fully discussed.

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The share of the national budget devoted to justice is 0.29 per cent of the total budget.

Mr. Elnaggar (Egypt) said that there was a need to review the timing of the Committee's consideration of peacekeeping budgets, particularly vis à vis its discussion of the regular budget.

Peacekeeping operations funded from the regular budget

2. Examination of the budget by the Advisory Committee includes not only the regular assessed budget but also extrabudgetary expenditures as well as the financing of the various peacekeeping operations.

The United Nations regular budget expenditure should be not taken into account in the calculation of the level of the reserve.

a Revised estimates based on HSP GC 20 9.

b Budget estimates based on HSP GC 20 9, with the regular budgetary component maintained at the same level as the 2004 2005 biennium pending approval of the proposed regular budgetary submission by the General Assembly.

The headquarters and field operation budgets have been maintained at the level of the initial estimates, except for some increases resulting from recosting adjustments.

Regular budget Extrabudgetary Headquarters (74 per cent)

The issue here was coherence between the programme budget and the ministerial decisions made at São Paulo. The European Union had from the outset requested that the new elements in the programme budget be identified, along with the corresponding budgetary provisions at the activity level.

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.

This cost would be evenly spread over staff in posts in the General Service and related categories under the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources.

The present report is being issued at the present time to best reflect data availability.

Certain peacekeeping operations, which are funded from the United Nations regular budget, are reported as part of the United Nations regular budget, and are listed in annex I to this volume of the accounts.

30. Reaffirms that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

8. Reiterates that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

Recognizes the continued progress in the presentation of the peacekeeping budgets using results based budgeting techniques