(d) Simplification of the administration of transaction and lower transaction costs.

Recovery charges cover the costs for programme support and management and administration.

In 2003, the United Nations regular budget met 39.5 per cent of management and administration costs and 13 per cent of programme support costs.

In 2003, the United Nations regular budget met 39.5 per cent of management and administration costs and 13 per cent of programme support costs.

A subvention, used to cover the costs of the Director and administration, is necessary for the coming biennium.

The Advisory Committee acknowledges that the administration has limited flexibility in influencing expenditures related to staff costs and allowances.

With regard to the projected shortfall of funds under air operations ( 386,000), the Advisory Committee is of the view that the administration should make further efforts to reduce air operations costs and or absorb any additional costs through reprioritization of funds available under operational costs ( 37.9 million).

The costs of the cooperative management programme will consist of two elements administration expenses and funds needed for financial incentives to reduce herd sizes.

Consequently, after the deduction of all administrative costs, including those pertaining to the overall administration and management of the Institute and rental and maintenance costs, the remaining balance should cover the training programme for international cooperation and diplomacy.

The Administration informed the Board that support costs and other overhead costs relating to the project should be kept to a minimum, not only during the design and pre construction phases, but also throughout the implementation of the project.

In that report the Committee reviewed in detail various aspects of the Mission's administration, including results based budgeting, organizational and staffing structure and operational costs.

In an effort to minimize operating costs, the Administration reduced its capital master plan staff from 17 (including Security Service) in 2004 to 14 in March 2005.

The management and administration costs cover the organizational units whose primary function is the maintenance of the identity, direction, welfare and security of UNHCR staff, including the units that carry out the functions of executive direction, organizational policy and evaluation, external relations, information and administration.

(iii) The United Nations Regular Budget Fund covers staff and other management and administration costs as determined under the statute of the Office (General Assembly resolution 428 (V), annex, art.

Management provided a list of 220 staff posts (including the High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner posts) and related costs categorized as management administration at Headquarters funded under the regular budget.

Management provided a list of 220 staff posts (including the High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner posts) and related costs categorized as management administration at Headquarters funded under the regular budget.

Reaffirming that the costs of the Transitional Administration are expenses of the Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations,

(c) Expenditure under the management and administration category corresponds to the costs of organizational units whose primary function is the maintenance of the identity, direction, and welfare and security of UNHCR staff, including the units that carry out the function of executive direction, organizational policy and evaluation, external relations, information and administration.

Nor does the administration want to face up to the military s recruiting and retention problems. The result is large re enlistment bonuses, improved benefits, and higher recruiting costs up 20 just from 2003 to 2005.

The Bush administration may be correct in arguing that the extremely high costs and risks of promoting democracy are less than the costs and risks of allowing the authoritarian status quo in the Middle east to persist indefinitely. But democracy is not the only instrument for a transformation that addresses the roots of terrorism.

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3. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to keep its support costs, including management and administration, under review with the objective of reducing these as a percentage of total budget expenditure, and welcomes the decision of the Office to initiate a headquarters process review with the aim of simplifying and streamlining administration

For 2004, a United Nation Regular Budget allotment advice was received for an amount of 27,749,500, covering staff and other management and administration costs, including the posts of the High Commissioner and the Deputy High Commissioner.

Costs

Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.

While the Board recognizes the efforts of the Administration to reduce administrative expenses, it remains concerned that the budget for such costs continued to rise, notwithstanding the fact that the project is still in its pre construction phase.

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Administration

Administration

7. Reiterates its request to the Secretary General to make the fullest possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Transitional Administration

Administrative costs

Investment costs

Administrative costs

Investment costs

Audit costs

Operational costs

Operational costs

This amount was inclusive of extrabudgetary costs amounting to 642,400 to be funded by a number of member organizations and comprised 35,671,100 for administrative costs, 43,014,100 for investment costs and 1,443,200 for audit costs.

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Administration, Nairobi

Administration, Geneva

Administration, Vienna

Administration Sector

Administration Unit

Administration, Nairobi