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GENERAL
FCCC/CP/1995/5/Add.3
22 March 1995
Original: ENGLISH
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIESFirst session
Berlin, 28 March - 7 April 1995
Item 5 (d) (v) of the provisional agenda
1. The purpose of this note is to report on the status of
extrabudgetary funding requirements for the remainder of 1995,
including such requirements for the activities of the interim
secretariat until 31 December 1995 and for support for participation
in the sessions of the subsidiary bodies envisaged for October and
early November. The note updates the tables annexed to document
A/AC.237/80, prepared for the eleventh session of the
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on
Climate Change. Other elements of that document remain
valid.
2. Annex I and annex III report, respectively, on the status of
the trust fund for the negotiating process and the special voluntary
fund for participation. Changes from the figures presented in
document A/AC.237/80 reflect new pledges made and contributions
received.
3. Annex II presents revised financial estimates for the interim
secretariat, including a reduced provision for additional staff.
Other changes from the figures in document A/AC.237/80 are
methodological: the use of different standard cost figures for staff
costs and a more realistic dollar:franc exchange rate. With these
methodological changes, the figures are comparable to those used in
the proposed budget for the Convention biennium 1996-1997 (see
FCCC/CP/1995/5/Add.2).
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4. The revised forecast of funding required from the trust fund
for the negotiating process (see annex IV) is approximately $1.3
million less than the previous estimate. On the basis of the money
currently available, the contracts of interim secretariat staff
financed from this fund have been extended until 30 June
1995.
5. Sufficient funding has been made available to enable the
special voluntary fund to finance the participation of a second
delegate from least developed and small island developing countries
at the first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1). The
estimates of funding required from the special voluntary fund for
participation (annex IV) are based on an assumption that the sessions
of the subsidiary bodies in October/November 1995 would last for
three weeks. The third week has been reserved in the calendar of
conferences (and included in this estimate) as a contingency in view
of the uncertainties about the work load of the subsidiary bodies, in
particular, requirements for any process to follow-up on the review
of Article 4.2(a) and (b).
6. Annex IV summarizes the funding requirements for the balance of
1995 for both of the trust funds. The balances sought
are:
$2,462,000 for the trust fund for the negotiating process;
and
$466,000 for the special voluntary fund for
participation.
7. The Conference of the Parties is invited to consider and, if possible, endorse these revised estimates and lend its support to the efforts of the Executive Secretary and of contributors in mobilizing the voluntary funding required.