The diversion of the funds and programmes from their original mandates was a matter of serious concern.

And this regrouping might involve eliminating or merging those funds, programmes and agencies which have complementary or overlapping mandates and expertise.

Moreover, the mandates of such organizations are often ambiguous, and they compete with each other, e.g. for members, funds, and government contacts.

Play a major role in the overall coordination of funds, programmes and agencies, ensuring coherence among them and avoiding duplication of mandates and activities

Play a major role in the overall coordination of funds, programmes and agencies, ensuring coherence among them and avoiding duplication of mandates and activities

The Council calls upon United Nations departments, funds, programmes and specialized agencies, within their respective mandates, to participate actively in this process.

Understandably, funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system focus on programme areas in which they have specific mandates and special expertise.

(e) Play a major role in the overall coordination of funds, programmes and agencies, ensuring coherence among them and avoiding duplication of mandates and activities.

Several speakers expressed concern over the current imbalance between the extensive mandates of UNODC and its limited financial resources, in particular the limited levels of general purpose funds and funds from the regular budget of the United Nations.

7. Stresses the importance of the country driven approach in the operational activities of the United Nations funds and programmes, bearing in mind their existing mandates

23. Requests that the establishment of new trust funds by United Nations funds and programmes be done in accordance with their mandates, mission statements and the relevant decisions of their governing bodies, and that such new trust funds, to the extent possible, be multi donor in nature and not detrimental to core or regular resources

2. With the aim of contributing to the ongoing efforts to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of General Assembly mandates, the Secretary General has recommended that new mandates creating new organizational structures and or requiring major commitments of funds be subject to specific time limits.

There are no other sources of funds with which to maintain the Organization, or carry out the mandates entrusted to it by Member States.

Mandates and objectives

40. UNDP should ensure that there is a clear and demonstrable analysis of the mandates of the funds and their contribution to all of UNDP corporate objectives (para. 13 (a)).

(c) Identify in each case, benefiting from the expert advice of the appropriate programmes, funds and agencies, specific peace building activities that could strengthen the Secretary General s political effort, and could be initiated by them in accordance with their existing mandates, lines of authority and funds and arrangements

In that connection concepts such as division of labour or comparative advantage were not proper arguments for weakening the specialized agencies or the bodies, funds and programmes with development mandates.

The Commission on Human Rights currently has 27 thematic mandates and 14 country mandates.

Operational activities must be tailored to the specific needs of each country, and the mandates and specific features of each of the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system must be safeguarded.

Fundline includes portfolio investment funds, private equity funds and companies, venture capital funds, mutual funds and other equity vehicles.

Major players and their mandates

Such resources have allowed more studies to be undertaken in the context of thematic special procedures by making funds available for consultancies for specific short term research mandates.

4. To comply with their respective mandates while addressing the overall situation of Cuba, the programmes, funds and specialized agencies represented in the country are currently working along the following fundamental lines

Recognizing the need to take into account the individual mandates and complementarities of the organizations and bodies of the United Nations development system, and the priorities agreed in the Executive Boards of the funds and programmes,

Operating Funds UNDP and UNDP Trust Funds

It was also necessary to secure prompt start up of operations in order to reduce the time which elapsed between the granting of mandates by the Security Council and the appropriation of funds.

15. Reiterates its invitation to the relevant United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, the Global Environment Facility and international and regional financial and trade institutions, within their mandates, to participate actively in the work of the Commission

Recognizing the need to take into account the individual mandates and complementarities of the organizations and bodies of the United Nations development system, and the priorities agreed upon in the executive boards of the funds and programmes,

Legislative mandates

Legislative mandates

Legislative mandates

Legislative mandates

Legislative mandates

b Including UNDP administered funds and trust funds.

At the end of the first sentence, add consistent with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and taking into account the role and the mandates of the executive boards of the United Nations funds and programmes

At the end of the first sentence, add consistent with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and taking into account the role and the mandates of the executive boards of the United Nations funds and programmes

Encourages all relevant United Nations funds, programmes and the specialized agencies, in accordance with their respective mandates, to assist Governments in strengthening their capacity to reform laws, practices and institutions in order to promote women's entrepreneurship

It also stresses the need to ensure, in the formulation and implementation of mandates, congruity between mandates, resources and objectives.

(a) Ensure that the relevant programmes, funds and agencies are informed about the action the Secretary General is taking to fulfil his political mandates and are invited to provide him with information and assessments relevant to his efforts

A. Mandates and goals 23 24 12

Selection of mandates

I. THEMATIC MANDATES

II. COUNTRY MANDATES

B. Legislative mandates

C. Legislative mandates