7. Travel advances

And I insisted, despite the expense... On having a nurse to travel with her.

In paragraph 246, the Board of Auditors recommended that UNFPA (a) strengthen monitoring of the timely submission of travel claims by utilizing available reports (b) follow up on outstanding travel claims to fully recover all travel advances and (c) to the extent practicable, refrain from authorizing additional travel advances if previous travel claims have not been submitted.

Travel must be strictly monitored, particularly training related travel, and maximum use should be made of advances in communication and information technology.

The Panel determined that such an expense was unreasonable and only allowed the cost of economy class travel.

In paragraph 101 of its report, the Board recommended that UNU (a) enforce compliance with the directives on recovery of travel advances of staff members and (b) formulate a policy governing the granting and settlement of travel advances of non staff members.

As a result, such staff members who needed to travel by air to other destinations were required to travel to Amman or Cairo and to use the airports there, greatly increasing travel time and Agency expense.

25. The amount of outstanding travel advances at 31 December 1997 was 178,000 for staff and 146,400 for consultants.

(iii) 300 kilograms, or 1.87 cubic metres, for each additional family member authorized to travel at the expense of the organization.

UNFPA should take action to recover overdue travel advances, including, where appropriate, recovery action from salary where travel claims have not been submitted within two weeks of actual travel, as required under the UNFPA regulations (para. 26).

89. The Travel and Transportation Service arranges and monitors the transportation, accommodation and routing of all travel undertaken at United Nations expense, including troop movements and rotations of up to 20 individuals.

Finally, UNLB is physically closer to mission locations than DPKO HQ, thereby reducing time and expense when travel to missions is required.

26. The Board recommends that UNFPA take action to recover overdue travel advances, including, where appropriate, recovery action from salary where travel claims have not been submitted within two weeks of actual travel, as required under the UNFPA regulations.

Our countries would benefit from world growth resulting from a spirit of fair trade where the advances of some are not made at the expense of others.

In paragraphs 22 and 23, the Board made reference to administrative instructions governing the administration of education grants and travel advances.

These arrangements include the preparation of travel authorizations, issuance of United Nations laissez passer and or visas, travel advances, shipment of personal effects, booking of air flights and verification of medical clearance.

In fact, many of them would never meet with the Working Group if they had to bear the expense of travel to Geneva.

Oh, and the expense, perpetual expense.

The incumbent would track independent contractor expenditures and issue cash advances, mission subsistence allowance payments and daily subsistence allowance for official travel.

Expense

C Each Party shall be responsible for providing, at its own expense, for the travel of its Field Liaison Officers to the proposed point of work.

Expense Report

Expense categories

238. The Commission considered the following travel related issues during the 1998 review supplements to the daily subsistence allowance (DSA), an expense based DSA system, DSA rates for extended stays (after 30 to 60 days) and travel on home leave and family visits.

At great expense.

The objective of this report was to conduct a comparative analysis of various elements of travel for officials travelling at the expense of the United Nations, and to propose measures for harmonizing travel policies and practices throughout the organizations of the United Nations system.

The objective of the report is to conduct a comparative analysis of various elements of travel categories, class and means of travel, stopovers, subsistence allowances, terminal expenses, and lump sum option for officials travelling at the expense of the United Nations, and to propose measures for harmonizing travel policies and practices through the United Nations system.

Cash advances

Outstanding advances

Any advances?

UNFPA will review this issue with the concerned organizational units of UNDP and discuss possible means to recover overdue travel advances from staff, including the feasibility of this recommendation.

At whose expense, darling?

It's at her expense.

20. As a complement to Release 3, in September 1997, the travel functionalities, including individual and group travel, shipments of personal effects, issuance of advances, reconciliation of travel claims, payments of assignment grant and lump sums, payment to vendors and billing to other agencies, were successfully implemented. Altogether 252 staff were trained during the first month of operations.

Every technology advances.

Interest on advances

No further advances?

(d) Contribution and expense flows

That's fine, but... the expense.

The Commission noted that the introduction of an expense based system would make administrative arrangements, for example the monitoring and verification of documentary evidence, more cumbersome, without any assured reduction of travel expenses.

I don't care about the expense.

I'll give you an expense account.

I'm not on an expense account.

Our government has spared no expense.

Advances to be recovered