People are willing to invest more, and the budgets are larger.

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4. Also reaffirms that the budget outline should provide a greater level of predictability of resources required for the following biennium and promote greater involvement of Member States in the budgetary process, thereby facilitating the broadest possible agreement on the programme budget

Overall, the funds monitoring tool would be utilized to more accurately formulate budgets and increase budget implementation rates, bringing expenditures more in line with budgets.

Since the revised budget was only modified for costing assumptions, estimated expenditure could differ considerably from the revised budget.

3. Also reaffirms that the budget outline should provide a greater level of predictability of resources required for the following biennium and promote greater involvement of Member States in the budgetary process, thereby facilitating the broadest possible agreement on the programme budget

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When faced with budgetary constraints, the pressure to apply the above mentioned measures is even greater.

39. The Director then turned to the broader issue addressed by the ACABQ, that of the proposed budget structure itself.

3. Also reaffirms that the budget outline should provide a greater level of predictability of resources required for the following biennium and promote greater involvement of Member States in the budgetary process, thereby facilitating the broadest possible agreement on the programme budget

55. While there was good reason to devote more resources to many of the activities in the core budget, the proposed programme of activities would ensure full implementation of the various legislative mandates approved by the General Assembly.

As outlined above, the budget methodology has been modified by introducing volume adjustments for the revised budgets which align budget estimates with estimated expenditure.

The change was made in order to be consistent with the new budget concept.

It was time seriously to consider the possibility of a more realistic budget than the one approved in 2001.

In view of the continued rapid growth in the regular and peacekeeping budgets, it was all the more important to examine how budgetary resources were used and the results achieved with them.

21. Decides that no changes to the budget methodology, to established budgetary procedures and practices or to the financial regulations can be implemented without prior review and approval by the General Assembly, through the Advisory Committee, in accordance with agreed budgetary procedures.

With the acquisition of more spacious premises, better suited to the needs of readers, expected by the end of 1998, the creation of a cyberspace is envisaged.

B. Budget calculations Consultations with ACABQ appear to indicate that it recommends the following two major modifications of the methodology for budget calculations a change in the calculation of revised budgets and a change in the comparison between the forthcoming and the preceding budget.

That had obliged the Agency to advance funds from other budget lines against expected pledges to avoid delaying implementation and incurring even costlier penalties.

That's 20 percent of the budget, and that presents a more difficult issue.

It can evaluate budget plans and provide additional rationales to support budget and special funding requests.

Some areas in the economic and social development sphere seemed to have suffered more than other areas of the budget.

We have vast budget deficits.

However it can be said that it is probably half the entire budget, if not more.

Consideration is being given to delegating greater responsibility to programme managers for the management of their budgets.

Transparency had to be increased by making the presentation of the budget clearer and more concise, and submitting exhaustive reports on its execution.

This is a public budget.

Despite the general trend towards expansion, the programme budget had grown modestly, with increased sums for priority areas being covered by a reallocation of resources within the approved budget outline.

3. Also reaffirms that the budget outline should provide a greater level of predictability of resources required for the following biennium, promote greater involvement of Member States in the budgetary process and thereby facilitate the broadest possible agreement on the programme budget

4. Reaffirms also paragraph 21 of its resolution 51 221 B of 18 December 1996, in which it decided that no changes to the budget methodology, to established budgetary procedures and practices or to the financial regulations could be implemented without prior review and approval by the General Assembly, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in accordance with agreed budgetary procedures

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Field missions have been given greater flexibility in the management of their budgets and in their capacity to procure locally.

Priorities, as determined by the General Assembly, in the medium term plan shall guide the allocation of budgetary and extrabudgetary resources in the subsequent programme budgets.

Modifications of the approved budget introduced in the context of the revised and final budget, which capture major changes in terms of programme and budget.

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The Advisory Committee also expects the new proposal to reflect a greatly improved results based budgeting presentation.

a According to the budget approved by the General Assembly in 1995.

The rate of increase in the budget for the support account was far greater than that of the budgets for peacekeeping missions.

The projected budgets for 2005 2009 showed that more funding was sorely needed to meet the objectives.

Requests UNDP to continue to improve on the quality of the budget proposal by streamlining the presentation, avoiding repetition and promoting greater clarity and transparency

(c) After their approval, the budget outline and strategic framework shall together form the basis for preparing the proposed programme budget

A number of innovations have been introduced in the budget documentation, including the presentation of a programme support cost budget, utilization of costed work plans for budget preparation, a linkage between activities and mandates, as well as a comparison between the budget and the outline.

Regarding peacekeeping budgets, those for the financial period 2004 05 featured more measurable indicators of achievement and outputs and improved linkages between the results based budgeting frameworks and resource requirements.