These directives set out indicative targets for the biofuel share of all transport fuels at 2 per cent by December 2005, and 5.75 per cent by December 2010.

The three previous valuations those as at 31 December 2001, 31 December 1999 and 31 December 1997 had revealed surpluses of 2.92, 4.25 and 0.36 per cent of pensionable remuneration, respectively.

By December 2004, the vacancy rate, excluding projects posts, was 8.9 per cent for Professional and General Service staff and 11.9 per cent for Professional staff only.

For the year ended 31 December 2003, of a total of 43 recommendations, 14 (32 per cent) had been implemented by May 2005, 27 (63 per cent) were under implementation and 2 (5 per cent) remained unimplemented.

For the year ended 31 December 2003, of a total of 43 recommendations, 14 (32 per cent) had been implemented by May 2005, 27 (63 per cent) were under implementation and 2 (5 per cent) remained unimplemented.

The Argentine Government estimated that after restructuring, the ratio of debt in foreign currency to exports was reduced from 527 per cent (in December 2001) to 230 per cent, and the ratio of interest payments to fiscal revenue diminished from 22 per cent to 10 per cent.

The national survey of December 2001 estimated the national prevalence of the infection at 2.8 per cent, with variations ranging from 2.1 per cent in the urban areas of Haute Guinée to 7 per cent in the urban areas of Guinée Forestière.

The regular valuation, as at 31 December 2003, revealed a fourth consecutive surplus, amounting to 1.14 per cent of pensionable remuneration.

The result of the actuarial valuation as at 31 December 2003 was an actuarial surplus of 1.14 per cent of pensionable remuneration.

Report of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to the United Nations General Assembly as per resolution 59 144 of 15 December 2004

As at 31 December 2004, the number of benefits paid under the two track system was equal to 13,830, which represents an average increase of 2.17 per cent per annum over the past five years.

As at 13 December, the strength of the military contingent stood at 4,291 personnel, or 40 per cent of an expected total of 9,880.

The policy of making an allowance of 10 per cent of non United States dollar denominated outstanding accounts receivable as at 31 December as a provision for delays in the collection thereof, is discontinued effective 31 December 2003.

By December 2004, a year after the devastating earthquake in Bam, Islamic Republic of Iran, only 11 per cent of pledged funds had been disbursed.

This constitutes a 378 per cent increase in the number of transactions, or arms embargo violations, from the previous reporting period, October to December 2004.

During 2002, gross production of electricity contracted by 1.4 per cent, falling from 121,139,700 kWh as at 31 December 2001 to 119,466,000 kWh by end 2002.

The pensions level in Republika Srpska is half of the Federation pension (average pension in December was KM 120.18 or 34 per cent of the average salary).

The demand for new construction permits doubled throughout the year, with new permits increasing from a value of 6 million per month in February to 12 million in December.

In December 2003, a Government conducted survey in Anguilla indicated that 51 per cent of the island's population were of the opinion that the Constitution needed to be changed.

During the biennium ended 31 December 2003, the number of participants in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund increased from 80,082 to 85,245, or by 6.4 per cent the number of periodic benefits in award increased from 49,416 to 52,496, or by 6.2 per cent.

13 45 per person per year are required to meet basic infrastructural needs, 30 per person per year for basic health needs, 15 per person per year for basic education, and 10 per person per year for other high priority items.

The Niger receives just 20 per inhabitant per year, which equals 1.60 per person per month.

Accordingly, the 60 per cent of the construction documentation that had been submitted in December 2004 by the architects had to be revised, thus delaying the availability of the project documentation.

At the end of December 2004, 30 per cent of total Government expenditure was linked to direct actions for the poor, focusing on basic human development services and employment generating activities.

Of the required 100 per person per year, 40 per person per year can reasonably be covered by domestic resource mobilization while 60 per person per year would require international assistance.

The General Assembly, by its resolution 60 122 of 8 December 2005, appropriated 969,468,800, equivalent to 80,789,100 per month, for UNMIS for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

The voter registration project began in December 2003 when it ended in August 2004, a total of 10.5 million Afghans had been registered to vote, of whom 41 per cent were women.

As at 31 December 2004, outstanding X21 balances amounted to 107 million (or 32 per cent of total instalments paid to implementing partners during the year, versus 39 per cent a year before) and an additional amount of 21 million had been committed at year's end, based on signed agreements.

As at 31 December 2004, outstanding X21 balances amounted to 107 million (32 per cent of total instalments paid to implementing partners during the year, versus 39 per cent a year before) and an additional amount of 21 million had been committed at year's end, on the basis of signed agreements.

The female population is 25.8 per cent urban, 31.13 per cent suburban and 43 per cent rural, while the male population is 25.28 per cent urban, 32.02 per cent suburban and 42.71 per cent rural.

Kosovo wide billings and collections by publicly owned enterprises are increasing, approaching 100 per cent for PTK (collections up 5 per cent to 70 per cent) 84 per cent for water sector utilities (collections up 15 per cent to 50 per cent) 60 per cent for KEK (collections 32 per cent).

It's 25 kilograms per person per year.

The main areas supported by these 135 United Nations partnership initiatives were education (22 per cent), health (21 per cent), HIV AIDS (21 per cent), protection (13 per cent), gender (13 per cent) and emergencies (11 per cent).

Minority communities' employment in the public service providers is 5.83 per cent overall (Kosovo Electricity Company under 1.5 per cent, Post and Telecommunication Company 4 per cent, railway 15 per cent, airport 1.7 per cent, water, waste and irrigation 16.6 per cent, district heating 12 per cent).

And two dollars profit per entrepreneur per day, which is like 700 dollars per year.

(As at 31 December 2004, the value of voluntary contributions and programme support income under the General Fund amounted to more than 80 per cent of the revenue reported during the biennium 2002 2003.

The requirement for exporters to surrender 75 per cent of foreign currency proceeds was lifted in December 2004, and in January 2005 Egypt accepted the IMF Article VIII obligation to maintain current account convertibility.

Since many countries already receive international help of 10 per person per year, the result is a shortfall of 50 per person per year.

Recalling its resolutions 44 198 of 21 December 1989, 51 216 of 18 December 1996, 52 216 of 22 December 1997, 53 209 of 18 December 1998, 55 223 of 23 December 2000, 56 244 of 24 December 2001, 57 285 of 20 December 2002, 58 251 of 23 December 2003, 59 268 of 23 December 2004, 60 248 of 23 December 2005 and 61 239 of 22 December 2006,

The major audit observations (61 per cent) are in the following key areas financial management (18 per cent) audit management (14 per cent) Information and communications technology (ICT) management (10 per cent), treasury management (10 per cent) and procurement management (9 per cent).

The Forum attracted 4,389 participants, including Government officials (17.7 per cent), local authorities (16.4 per cent), non governmental organizations (21.2 per cent), United Nations entities (4.1 per cent), professional and research institutions (8 per cent) and the private sector (8 per cent).

Reference is made to our telephone conversation of 12 December 2005 following the terrorist assassination of prominent MP and journalist Gebran Tueini, and in the light of the two reports of Commissioner Detlev Mehlis, of 19 October and 10 December 2005. I would hereby like to convey to you the request of the Lebanese Government, as per its decision at its meeting on 12 December 2005, to ask the Security Council

Recalling its resolutions 2331 (XXII) of 18 December 1967, 2545 (XXIV) of 11 December 1969, 35 200 of 15 December 1980, 36 162 of 16 December 1981, 37 179 of 17 December 1982, 38 99 of 16 December 1983, 39 114 of 14 December 1984, 41 160 of 4 December 1986 and 43 150 of 8 December 1988,

Recalling its resolutions 42 169 of 11 December 1987, 43 202 of 20 December 1988, 44 236 of 22 December 1989, 45 185 of 21 December 1990, 46 149 of 18 December 1991, 46 182 of 19 December 1991, 48 188 of 21 December 1993, 49 22 A of 2 December 1994 and 55 165 of 14 December 2000,

Recalling its resolutions 48 165 of 21 December 1993, 49 95 of 19 December 1994, 50 122 of 20 December 1995, 51 174 of 16 December 1996, 52 186 of 18 December 1997, 53 181 of 15 December 1998, 54 213 of 22 December 1999, 55 193 of 20 December 2000 and 56 190 of 21 December 2001,