Offshoring means relocating non core activities to low cost areas while maintaining the activity within the organization.

21. Notes the increase in non core resources, including cost sharing, trust funds and non traditional sources of financing, as a mechanism to supplement the means of operational activities for development, contributing to an increase in total resources, while recognizing that non core resources are not a substitute for core resources

Goal 4 Core and non core resources aligned with commitments

20. Notes the increase in non core resources as a mechanism to supplement the means of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, which contributes to an increase in total resources, while recognizing that non core resources are not a substitute for core resources and that unearmarked contributions are vital for the coherence and harmonization of the operational activities for development

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

Table 1, below, presents the total core and non core expenditure profile.

Both core and non core resources are needed to support gender mainstreaming.

20. Notes that non core resources represent an important supplement to the regular resource base of the United Nations development system to support operational activities for development, thus contributing to an increase in total resources, while recognizing that non core resources are not a substitute for core resources and that unearmarked contributions are vital for the coherence and harmonization of the operational activities for development

Table 1 Total expenditures against core and non core (in millions of dollars)

Canada, New Zealand and Australia strongly supported the operational activities of the United Nations, as was demonstrated by their significant contributions to the core and non core resources of its funds, programmes and specialized agencies.

Non core resources more than doubled, while core resources grew at a much slower pace.

Sufficient and predictable funding through the core budget for core activities mandated by the Parties is essential for the timely delivery and high quality of these activities.

Legal and protection policy research and publication are core UNHCR activities.

These should be organization wide (for example, number of staff trained targets for core and non core funds) and country specific.

5 See A 60 74 E 2005 57 for a thorough analysis of the trends in core and non core resources.

As enterprises seek to reduce operational costs, they have the option to outsource non core activities to countries that can provide a high level of service with much lower labour costs.

The total programme expenditure from core and non core resources in 2004 was 21.0 million, up from 16.7 million the year before.

18. Stresses that core resources, because of their untied nature, continue to be the bedrock of the operational activities for development of the United Nations system, in this regard notes with concern that the share of core contributions to United Nations funds and programmes has declined in recent years, and recognizes the need for organizations to address, on a continuous basis, the imbalance between core and non core resources

Non core programme expendituresresources continued their positive trend, reaching 6.6 million in 2004.

All that is conferred is core funding for services provided by medical practitioners, with funding for non core services left to the Province's discretion.

Focussing on core activities in fewer locations is another source of saving costs.

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

In addition, problems remained in the process of financing, such as resource unpredictability and instability and an increasing imbalance between core and non core resources.

Governments in a position to do so are encouraged to strengthen the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation by providing non earmarked, predictable funding and regular budget resources for its core programme activities.

A better balance was also needed, with the resources directed primarily to core activities.

The United Nations system for development cooperation required adequate, predictable and stable funding, and a better balance must be struck between core and non core contributions.

Non core contributions from Governments and the private sector could supplement core contributions but could not replace them without jeopardizing the fundamental characteristics of multilateral cooperation.

To be effective in gender mainstreaming, UNDP should allocate sufficient funding from core resources for staffing, training and programmes, in addition to raising non core funds.

2. Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non proliferation concerns

2. Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non proliferation concerns

He called for an increased level of non core resources for the new country programme.

Peace and security continued to be a core element of the activities of the Centre.

Universal adherence to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a core objective.

Those were core activities of the Organization and should receive adequate funding in the regular budget.

The developing countries noted with concern the insufficiency of the core resources and the increase in non core contributions, usually earmarked for thematic funds of interest to the donors.

These new approvals attracted significant non core resources from other development partners with joint funding from UNDP.

The General Assembly also reaffirmed multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non proliferation concerns.

Fund raising activities for non earmarked funds

The content manager system is a core application supporting the operations and finance activities of the Fund.

Comparing the trend across different regions, while all regions more or less followed the same path of switching from core to non core measures, the change was most dramatic in Africa.

Their estimates are based on core NTBs (price and quantity control measures) and non core NTBs (according to UNCTAD's classification), namely technical regulations and monopolistic measures, as well as agricultural domestic support.

The rise in the relative importance of non core NTBs as an instrument of trade policy has increased the need to update the UNCTAD Coding System of Trade Control Measures (TCMCS) in order to streamline the items within the core categories of NTBs, expand the categories of technical measures and other non core categories and, if necessary, add new measures.

Fund raising activities add to the secretariat's workload and distract already over extended staff from core activities, often without the pledges being proportionate to the time invested.

See also Vöneky, supra note 119, at 30 31 (discussing the non derogable core of obligations protecting the environment).

We continue to call on those outside the NPT to join this core Treaty as non nuclear weapon States.