Such expertise is usually lodged in the substantive or technical departments, which generate specifications and requisitions for procurement services.

(c) In addition to the estimated date of raising requisitions, consideration may be given to include the estimated time for delivery.

UNICEF has issued guidance on the proper review of emergency requisitions aimed at improving the quality of supply and distribution planning in emergencies.

Procurement processes annually 600 to 700 requisitions in the total amount of 45 to 49 million, out of which more than 80 per cent constitutes acquisition of goods and services for technical cooperation activities.

Meanwhile, the average percentage value of cash assistance requisitions issued in the last quarter of the year, as reported by country offices, continued to improve, from 31 per cent in 2002 to 27 per cent in 2004.