Intensive work was carried out on the new system of remunerating assigned counsel.

In paragraph 653, the Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation that it exert more effort in assessing and monitoring strict adherence to the administrative instructions on hiring, remunerating and evaluating the performance of consultants and individual contractors.

In paragraph 256 of its report, the Board, while recognizing practical difficulties, recommended that the Administration continually assess and monitor strict adherence to the administrative instructions on hiring, remunerating and evaluating the performance of consultants and individual contractors.

In paragraph 92, the Board recommended that the UNEP Administration (i) comply strictly with administrative instructions on hiring, remunerating and evaluating the performance of consultants and individual contractors and (ii) reprogramme the Integrated Accounting and Budgeting System to address the requirement concerning the form of the contract.