Military personnel costs Civilian personnel costs Premises accommodation

Rental of premises (total costs)

Alteration and renovation of premises (total costs)

Rental of premises Maintenance supplies Cancelled deferred projects. Lower project costs.

The costs of purchased or constructed premises as well as major rehabilitation costs are reflected as capital assets.

Concerning cost savings, she noted that common premises did not necessarily reduce costs.

11. Moving costs ( 150,000). Resources are required for moving and related costs (packing) from the current premises at the Palais des Nations.

(a) Costs for rental and maintenance of premises in the amount of Sw F 3,904,800

Decreased requirements under the category of rental of premises pertain to lower rental costs associated with the field offices and lower requirements under cleaning of premises.

The indicative amount covers salary and common staff costs at standard rates as well as related common service costs (including rental of premises).

(b) Negotiate with Governments either to provide free premises or to make a contribution towards accommodation costs

In 1994, UNFPA advanced 1 million from the reserve towards the construction costs of the UNDP premises.

11. The Advisory Committee further notes that total costs for premises and accommodation are estimated at 181,400.

For example, a review of premises costs in Egypt recommended that UNFPA could save 92,000 in rental costs over five years by moving to another building.

Unfortunately, even with rent free premises, the operating costs of an information centre in Luanda would be prohibitive.

These include premises and all associated costs, information technology and other common services, as discussed in paragraph 88.

68. UNFPA informed the Board that the Sub Group reviews the premises and related costs in selected countries.

(f) Negotiate with Governments either to provide free premises or to make a contribution towards accommodation costs (para. 65)

(a) The rental of premises and accommodations in New York ( 21,000), Nairobi ( 111,200) and Vienna ( 111,200), based on standard costs

The issue of rental and maintenance costs of the premises used by UNITAR in New York and Geneva remains pending.

This estimate covers the costs of rental of premises ( 1,910) and the rental of a vehicle maintenance garage in Tiberias ( 8,100).

Provision is made in the amount of 1.2 million for the rental of premises based on revised standard common services costs.

UNFPA should negotiate with Governments either to provide free premises or to make a contribution towards accommodation costs (para. 9 (f)).

65. The Board recommends that UNFPA negotiate with Governments either to provide free premises or to make a contribution towards accommodation costs.

3. Premises accommodation6 900 Rental of premises.

For these reasons, unutilized balances were realized under military personnel costs ( 7,421,800), civilian personnel costs including staff assessment ( 9,548,600), premises accommodation ( 5,335,600), infrastructure repairs ( 7,100), supplies and services ( 1,410,000) and training programmes ( 23,800).

This year support was also provided to fund rehabilitation costs of common premises in Armenia, Bhutan, Cape Verde and Nepal totalling US 143,000.

He urged Member States to seek an expeditious resolution of the issue of rental and maintenance costs of the premises used by UNITAR.

All the agencies will face higher operating costs in the new premises particularly for electricity related to office size, elevators, air conditioning etc.

The unutilized balance of 4,500 was mainly due to lower than estimated costs for the rental of premises, as shown in table 4.

56. Until such information is fully available, UNFPA is not in a position to monitor accommodation costs, for example, by analysing trends or calculating unit costs, in order to make comparisons between premises expenditure.

8. As indicated in annex I, operational costs include provisions of 31,300 for rental and maintenance of premises and 25,000 for miscellaneous service contracts.

This increase was partially offset by the reconfiguration of UNMIBH s air support and reductions in premises accommodation, communications spare parts and miscellaneous supplies costs.

46. An outstanding amount of 2,575,120 was billed to UNICEF by UNDP for construction costs of the common premises project pre financed by UNDP.

Regarding cost benefits, experience had proven that common premises, common services and joint offices had resulted in lower transaction costs and allowed greater development impact.

They also point to the need for a higher allocation towards costs related to the Bonn premises, and a lower allocation for supplies and materials.

The unencumbered balance was the result of lower requirements under military and civilian personnel costs, premises accommodation, infrastructure repairs, supplies and services and training programmes.

Support services 1998 1999 requirements for rental of premises Premises

Common Premises

Basic premises

4. Premises

2. Premises

5. Premises

Common premises

Shared premises