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FCCC/CP/1997/L.8
10 December 1997
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
Third session
Kyoto, 1-10 December 1997
Agenda item 3(a)(ii)
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling paragraph 4 of the financial procedures for the
Conference of the Parties,
Having considered the proposed budget for the biennium
1998-1999 submitted by the Executive Secretary
(FCCC/SBI/1997/10),
Noting the annual contribution of the host Government, DM
1.5 million, which offsets planned expenditures,
1. Approves the programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999, amounting to
US$19,570,700, for the purposes specified in table 1
below;
2. Approves the staffing table for the programme budget, including the post of the
Executive Secretary at the level of Assistant Secretary General
and two other senior posts at the level of D-2, as contained in table
2 below;
3. Approves a contingency budget for conference
servicing, amounting to US$ 5,184,900, to be added to the
programme budget for the coming biennium in the event that the
General Assembly of the United Nations decides not to provide
resources for these activities in the regular United Nations budget
for the biennium 1998-1999 (see table 3 below);
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4. Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at
its eighth session on the implementation of paragraph 3 above, and
on the deployment of staff and financial resources to perform the
tasks arising from the decision to adopt the Kyoto
Protocol;
5. Authorizes the Executive Secretary to make transfers, between each of the main
appropriation lines set out in table 1, up to an aggregate limit
of 15 per cent of total estimated expenditure for those appropriation
lines, provided that a further limitation of up to minus 25 per cent
of each such appropriation line shall apply;
6. Decides to maintain the level of the working capital reserve at 8.3 per cent of the
estimated expenditure;
7. Invites all Parties to the Convention to note that contributions to the core budget are due
on 1 January of each year in accordance with paragraph 8(b) of the
financial procedures and to pay promptly and in full, for each of the
years 1998 and 1999, the contributions required to finance
expenditures approved under paragraph 1 above, as offset by estimated
contributions noted under the third paragraph of the preamble to this
decision, and the contributions which may result from the decision of
the General Assembly referred to in paragraph 3 above;
8. Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund for Participation in the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Process
and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change specified by the
Executive Secretary and included in table 5 below, and
invites Parties to make contributions to these funds;
and
9. Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth
session on income and budget performance, and to propose any
adjustments that might be needed in the Convention budget for the
biennium 1998-1999.
Table 1. Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 (US$
thousand)
Expenditures I. Programmes |
1998 |
1999 |
Executive Direction and Management |
621.3 |
642.8 |
Science and Technology |
2,223.1 |
2,779.4 |
Implementation |
2,333.6 |
2,553.0 |
Conference and Information Support |
1,500.1 |
1,901.2 |
Resources, Planning and Coordination |
1,599.5 |
1,807.6 |
Activities related to the Kyoto Protocol |
242.3 |
462.9 |
Subtotal (I) |
8,519.8 |
10,147.0 |
II. Payments to the United Nations |
|
|
Overhead charge(1) |
1,107.6 |
1,319.1 |
Subtotal (II) |
1,107.6 |
1,319.1 |
III. Working capital reserve(2) |
99.7 |
152.7 |
Subtotal (III) |
99.7 |
152.7 |
Total Expenditure Lines (I+II+III) |
9,727.1 |
11,618.8 |
Income |
|
|
I. Contribution from the host Government |
|
|
Total Income |
887.6 |
887.6 |
NET TOTAL |
8,839.5 |
10,731.2 |
Table 2. Programme budget staffing table
1998-1999
|
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
|
Executive Secretary |
|
|
|
D-2 |
|
|
|
D-1 |
|
|
|
P-5 |
|
|
|
P-4 |
|
|
|
P-3 |
|
|
|
P-2 |
|
|
|
Total A |
|
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
|
Total B |
|
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
|
Table 3. Resource requirements for the conference servicing
contingency (US$ thousand)
Item of expenditure |
1998 |
1999 |
I. Meeting servicing(3) |
419.4 |
431.5 |
II. Documentation(4) |
698.5 |
737.4 |
III. Other requirements(5) |
707.5 |
728.1 |
IV. Travel of staff to meetings(6) |
265.5 |
265.5 |
V. Miscellaneous(7) |
10.5 |
10.5 |
VI. Contingencies and exchange rate fluctuation |
63.0 |
65.2 |
SUBTOTAL |
2,164.4 |
2,238.2 |
VII. Overhead charge(8) |
281.4 |
291.0 |
VIII.Working Capital Reserve(9) |
203.0 |
6.9 |
TOTAL |
2,648.8 |
2,536.1 |
Table 4. Staffing requirements for the conference servicing
contingency
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
P-4 |
|
|
Total A |
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
Total B |
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
Table 5. Summary of other voluntary funding resource
estimates for the biennium 1998-1999 (US$ thousand)
Proposed source of funding |
1998 |
1999 |
Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process |
2,256.1 |
2,324.4 |
Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities |
2,062.6 |
2,086.2 |
TOTAL |
4,318.7 |
4,410.6 |