Adjustments to the Appropriation approved for 2004 2005 arising from donations and special contributions

However, the Office agrees to continue to try to persuade donors to honour their commitments and to pay their contributions in a timely manner, if possible during the year for which the pledge was made.

While both general purpose and special purpose contributions recorded an all time high, there remains an imbalance between the two types of contributions.

Donors also increased their funding levels.

This was due in part to the reclassification of contributions made for operations in Iraq as rehabilitation (development) rather than emergency.

And within half a day donation sites were up, and donations were pouring in from all around the world.

(d) To promote an appropriate balance between core and non core contributions

Other countries in a position to make contributions were invited to do so.

11. Calls upon all donors, as a matter of urgency, to make the most generous efforts possible to meet the anticipated needs of the Agency, including the remaining costs of moving the headquarters to Gaza, encourages contributing Governments to contribute regularly and to consider increasing their regular contributions, and urges non contributing Governments to contribute.

In this context, we invite other countries in a position to do so to contribute to the Fund.

Figure 1 illustrates the contributions and pledges received during the period by regional group.

Grants and contributions (increase 976,000)

Seventeen donor countries and EU increased their contributions in 2003.7 Of the countries that registered increases in funding levels, three countries had actually decreased their contributions in terms of their local currency, but showed an increase in terms of the United States dollar.

Outstanding contribution pledges

Funds received for future years for purposes specified by donors are considered deferred income and recorded as contributions received in advance .

In that report, the Secretary General sought a subvention of up to 40 million to supplement voluntary contributions, including those that had been pledged but had not yet been paid, as well as those received.

C. Contributions and pledges to and financial statements of the Fund

Contributions and pledges toward 2003 2005 budgeted activities

The donor base for these contributions has remained relatively narrow.

I call on all donors to fulfil their pledges and to increase them.

(c) Combining assessed contributions with a voluntary contribution scheme.

For example, for the 2007 meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the column headings for the table would be Party scale of assessment adopted for 2006 and 2007 budget years expected contribution for 2006 actual contributions received for 2006 expected contributions for 2007 contributions received to date for 2007 scale of assessments for 2008 and 2009 budget years expected contributions for 2008 and expected contributions for 2009.

2. Notes the establishment of a voluntary fund for the erection of a permanent memorial, expresses sincere appreciation to those Member States that have already made contributions to the fund, and invites other interested parties to do likewise

Experience with this indicative scale has so far been positive and has led to a significant increase both in the number of countries making voluntary contributions and in the level of their contributions to UNEP.

Contributions received in advance

While voluntary contributions could theoretically yield immediate cash resources, its feasibility depends to a large extent on the likelihood and timing of necessary donations.

The Institute is supposed to be funded entirely by voluntary contributions which, unless they are freely given by Member States, must be solicited through specific project proposals.

The Office would encourage considerably less earmarking by larger donors of extrabudgetary resources for specific projects, while encouraging smaller donations from a number of other countries.

The Donors shall specify the Thematic Programme for which a contribution is intended and may request the Executive Director to make proposals for allocating their contributions.

Those pledges do not include contributions from individual EU member States.

So they're not a donation.

How to make a contribution to the Fund

The Chairman, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, sent a letter to all Governments on 14 October 2005 drawing their attention to the mandate and work of the Fund and appealing to them to contribute to the Fund, if possible before the eleventh session of the Board of Trustees in January February 2006 so that their contributions could be taken into consideration at this session when recommending travel and project grants.

Accounting policy for voluntary contributions

Aging analysis of contributions receivable

The financial plan projects income based on pledges and indications received during the pledging event, recent trends in contributions, fund raising objectives of the Programme Funding Office and the workplan of the Private Sector Division (PSD).

Further to contributions received in advance, pledges amounting to 153,212,000 have already been received for future years.

The voluntary contributions receivable balance in statement II represents contributions outstanding from donors after year end currency revaluation, the details of which are reflected in schedule 1 for 2004 and schedule 2 for prior years.

Over the past five years, on average, the top 10 donors have contributed 60 per cent of total contributions to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation.

He thanked donors and appealed to them to further strengthen their contributions.

Norway and Sweden provided the bulk of thematic contributions ( 57 million and 44 million, respectively).

An increase in both the general purpose and special purpose contributions was recorded during 2004, with the general purpose contributions amounting to US 10.5 million and the special purpose contributions to US 22.2 million.

An increase of 16 posts is proposed under earmarked contributions owing to additional programme requirements arising from increased levels of contribution.

The Working Group expressed its gratitude to all those who contributed to the Fund and strongly encouraged them to continue doing so.

Of course, sponsors are also welcome. )