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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.

GENPO is the GENeral Purpose Organ.

General purpose funds also finance priority areas not attracting special purpose (earmarked) contributions, thus providing programme flexibility.

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Sixty per cent of general purpose contributions came from four countries.

The programme budget is funded mainly from special purpose funds (earmarked voluntary funds) and the support budget from general purpose voluntary contributions.

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

Also requests the Executive Director to make proposals to donors, in accordance with the guidelines for the use of general purpose funds, aimed at improving adequately the ratio between earmarked funds and general purpose funds

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The need to further develop a mechanism to increase general purpose funds was recognized.

In 2016, the State Post Bureau published a report stating that approximately 780 million items were delivered by express couriers during the 2015 Singles Day period (November 11 16), with more than 3 billion woven bags, 9.922 billion packaging cartons, and 16.985 billion meters of adhesive tape used. The length of adhesive tape used could go round the equator 425 times.

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We see the movement from a general purpose cell to the more specific and specialized.

In general, the potential development impact depends crucially on the purpose and mode of investment.

Requests the Executive Director to keep Member States informed on the use of general purpose funds, as set out in the guidelines for the use of general purpose funds, and in particular the core functions positions that are financed by such funds

Interest accrued under the General Purpose segment of the Industrial Development Fund is credited to that Fund.

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He drew their attention to the bleak position of the general purpose funds of the drug programme of UNODC.

The purpose was to discuss the strategies for the investigation, answer procedural questions and seek support and general assistance.

The amount of 3,101,237 ( 2,285,613) represents the accumulated surplus under the general purpose segment of the Industrial Development Fund.

(e) Invited the General Conference to consider, for the purpose of adoption, the strategic long term vision statement so finalized.

In paragraph 49, the Board recommended that UNODC pursue its efforts to increase contributions to finance the general purpose funds.

An informal major donors' meeting was held on 11 July 2006 to present and discuss the general purpose funding situation.

Most major donors have indicated that they would maintain or increase their contributions to the general purpose funds in 2006.

A total of 35 work months of regular budget resources (Professional and General Service) will be utilized for this purpose.

Increased and predictable general purpose funding was therefore necessary to give the Executive Director more flexibility in the implementation of the programmes.

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In fact, the fiscal union proved to be explosive rather than adhesive. As international capital markets developed in the early nineteenth century, state governments borrowed on a large scale, quickly turning them from creditors into debtors.

The Secretary General states his intention to establish an office of fraud prevention within the Office of the Under Secretary General for Management and proposes the following additional posts for that purpose

With only four countries accounting for 60 per cent of the general purpose contributions programme implementation was dependent on money rather than need.

In addition, some successful efforts were made with the so called emerging and national donors to contribute more to the general purpose funds.

The actual positive balance of the General Fund results mainly from an increase in programme support income received from the Special Purpose Grants.

The proposal put forward by the Secretary General for a high level development cooperation forum found general support among delegations, although there were some divergent views on the purpose of such a forum.

(a) The substantial proportion of earmarked or special purpose contributions, which are more than double the level of the general purpose (non earmarked) extrabudgetary contributions made during the past few bienniums, a ratio which is expected to remain at much the same level

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The Department of Energy (DoE) has developed a new model RTG with a more efficient fuel design called the General Purpose Heat Source (GPHS).

While the situation of the programmes financed by special purpose grants is satisfactory, the non earmarked contributions to the General Fund remain seriously inadequate.

(c) Supporting the growth of Special Purpose Grants programmes, which are an important source of financing for the General Fund through programme support costs.

The definition of rules of the organization was given in draft article 4 for the purpose of the general rule on attribution of conduct.