II. TRUST FUND FOR THE CORE BUDGET OF THE UNFCCC

The status of contributions to the General Fund for the ccore bbudget and the Supplementary Fund is summarized in table 1.

They underscored that core resources were the bedrock of UNFPA and called for increased contributions to the Fund.

Recognizes with appreciation the increases in both core and particularly non core contributions to the Fund made by Member States, private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working

16. Recognizes with appreciation the increases in both core and particularly non core contributions to the Fund made by Member States, private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working

53. UNFPA addresses basic needs in three core areas.

Funds and programmes seeking to increase the reliability of core funding could consider introducing a system of assessed contributions for meeting core expenses that guarantee their basic functioning.

UNICEF has also designed a checklist on including gender equality as a core issue in UNICEF programmes.

Recognizes with appreciation the increases in both core and particularly non core contributions to the Fund made by Member States, private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working

23. Recognizes with appreciation the increases in core and non core contributions to the Fund made by Member States, private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working

This forms the core of a back to school campaign which UNICEF supports.

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18. Recognizes with appreciation the increases in core contributions and, particularly, non core contributions to the Fund made by Member States, private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working

Recognizes with appreciation the increases in core contributions and, particularly, non core contributions to the Fund made by Member States, private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working

(d) Fund accounting.

They underscored that core resources were essential for the Fund's stability.

All core budget expenditures made pursuant to paragraph 5 shall be charged to the General Fund.

a Agency core funds.

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The core staff in Paris help as a hub between the funding bodies (Multilateral Fund and the Global Environment Facility) and the regions.

Access to non core budget voluntary funding under the Rio Conventions1

Updated status of contributions to the General Fund for the ccore bbudget, the Supplementary Fund and the Special Fund as at 17 October 2005 will be is reported in document ICCD COP(7) 2 Add.6.

The Lawson software system is used to perform core financial services and functions for the Fund.

Access to non core budget voluntary funding under the

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In 2004, the performance of UNCDF continued to be affected by the low level of contributions to its core resources.

The core budget for the GEF secretariat for the period 2002 2003 was 8.26 million.

Following the development and approval of the ICT strategy, the COP may wish to establish a dedicated ICT Fund preferably within the framework of the core budget.

This note provides information on income, expenditure, and related budgetary matters for all three of the current Convention funds (the Trust Fund for the Core Budget, the Trust Fund for Participation, and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities).

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7. Determines that the working capital reserve maintained within the General Fund shall be set at a level of 8.3 per cent of core budget expenditure, including overhead charges

(a) Section Chapter II contains information on budget performance for the year period 2004 2005 for the four funds administered by the secretariat the General Fund for the core budget (General Fund), the Supplementary Fund, the Special Fund for participation in the sessions of the COP and its subsidiary bodies (Special Fund) and the trust fund for the supplementary contribution to Convention activities by the host Government (Bonn Fund).

Total core and non core resources available to UNICEF amounted to 1,006 million in 1994, 1,007 million in 1995 and 941 million in 1996.

155. Core resources available to UNICEF4 have declined 20 per cent in the three years 1994 to 1996.

He also stressed the crucial importance of increased general purpose contributions, emphasizing that those resources needed to be viewed as core funding required to ensure core infrastructure and core staff for mandated programmes.

However, more Governments were recognizing the importance of core financing for UNICEF activities.

In addition, UNICEF will continue to apply its Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies.

Recommendation 5. The biennial budget for the Fund of UNDCP should distinguish between core activities and programme support activities.

The UNIDO accounts are maintained on a fund accounting basis.

The strategy aims at assuring increased core resources and finding a means of increasing burden sharing among donors to UNICEF core resources.

116. Requests the executive boards of the United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies to review the issue of cost recovery to ensure that core resources do not subsidize the projects undertaken through non core supplementary extrabudgetary funding

With a core annual budget of just over 20 million and non core contributions reaching approximately 25 million in 2004, the capacity of UNIFEM effectively to respond to demand and use limited resources depends on its ability to leverage knowledge and action networks in order to extend its reach.

Whereas support from the large core budget for small trust fund activities is acceptable, this does not apply to the Fund of UNDCP.

In addition to non core funding, UNCDF will strive to leverage other donor, government and private sector funding to support programme objectives.

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