internet subscription (USD 20,000) and communication costs (USD 130,000) comprising cable and telex charges (USD 5,000), long distance calls (USD 100,000), postage (USD 15,000) and pouches (USD 10,000), excluding costs arising directly from sessions of COP

At WSSD the emissions were offset by 31 corporations (USD 185,000), 7 government delegations (USD 80,000), 5 IGO delegations (USD 50,000), NGOs (USD 5,000), and 1,000 individuals (USD 7,605).

Related outlays are estimated at USD 440,000 including USD 60,000 for consultancies, USD 50,000 for travel of participants and USD 330,000 in grants)

The cost of these activities could be estimated at USD 410,000 including USD 40,000 in consultancies, USD 20,000 for travel of staff, USD 20,000 for external interpretation, USD 50,000 in grants and USD 280,000 for travel of participants.

USD

(USD)

More specifically, in 2004 technical cooperation procurement amounted to USD 49.9 million (2003 USD 50.2 million) and headquarters procurement amounted to USD 19.9 million (2003 USD 10.9 million).

(USD Billions)

The total amount of compensation sought is USD 613,814,608, comprising USD 574,200,000 for damage to aquatic biota, USD 16,599,464 for damage to shoreline resources and USD 23,015,144 for lost recreational opportunities.

This amount is net of USD 162,456.74 relating to withdrawn claims, USD 28,644,101.99 for interest and USD 477,508.68 for claims preparation costs.

preparation and holding of five awareness raising workshops (USD 100,000 including USD 50,000 in grants and USD 50,000 in travel of staff)

Additional expenditures amounting to USD 61,000 are estimated in respect of temporary assistance for meetings (USD 16,000) overtime for conference servicing staff (USD 5,000) hospitality (USD 10,000 for official functions) and general operating expenses to cover the costs of communications (USD 6,000) and rental of computers and other office equipment (USD 24,000).

(USD apos 000)

rooms USD yr

support to the process of preparation of national action programmes (USD 17,000 including USD 10,000 for consultancies and USD 7,000 for staff travel)

financing of national awareness seminars in five countries (USD 73,000 comprising USD 60,000 in grants and USD 13,000 for travel of staff) and

organization and holding of three subregional workshops, at an estimated total cost of USD 220,000, including USD 130,000 in grants, USD 65,000 for travel of participants and USD 25,000 for travel of staff

Requirements in regard to public awareness, in an estimated amount of USD 47,800, are further expected to arise in 1999 in respect of consultancies (USD 18,000 for an editor), temporary assistance (USD 18,800), supplies and materials (USD 5,000) and freight and courier postage (USD 6,000).

The breakdown of the sum of USD 35,000,000 for the fisheries resources rehabilitation programme is as follows installation of artificial reefs (USD 9,000,000), breeding and release of shrimp seeds to rehabilitate stocks (USD 6,000,000), programme to reduce the number of industrial trawlers from 1993 (USD 5,000,000), rehabilitation of coral reefs (USD 10,800,000), research and monitoring shrimp stock (USD 1,700,000) and research and monitoring of demersal fish stock (USD 2,500,000).

promotion of synergy between national and subregional action programmes, in the light of transboundary planning (USD 60,000 in grants, USD 20,000 for travel of staff and USD 20,000 for consultancies for a total of USD 100,000)

regional reports (USD 15,000)

other costs USD yr

design of training programmes for task forces in the subregional organizations (USD 70,000 for consultancies and USD 40,000 in grants for a total of USD 110,000)

As regards external relations, other core budget requirements described in paragraph 63 above amount to USD 72,000 (USD 60,000 for travel and USD 12,000 for consultancies).

The Panel recommends an award of compensation in the amount of USD 328,322, consisting of USD 273,276 for medical expenses and loss of future earnings, USD 30,000 for MPA, USD 13,316 for personal property and motor vehicle losses, USD 10,900 for loss of salary during the invasion and occupation period and USD 830 for other losses relating to his incarceration.

support will be provided to the Fifth Regional meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Countries, involving an outlay of USD 165,000 (USD 100,000 in grants, USD 40,000 for travel of participants and USD 25,000 for travel of staff)

facilitation of the consultative process and transboundary cooperation among interested countries, including the holding of an expert forum (USD 60,000 comprising USD 10,000 for consultancies, USD 40,000 for travel of experts and USD 10,000 for travel of staff).

support to a meeting of selected national focal points in Asia (USD 70,000, including USD 50,000 for travel of participants ad USD 20,000 for travel of staff).

This total amount claimed includes USD 14,169,831.69 for interest and USD 76,339.12 for claims preparation costs.

NGO participation in the above, at an estimated cost of USD 55,000 including USD 40,000 for travel of NGO representatives and USD 15,000 for travel of staff and

Although the individual amounts claimed for barley and wheat in this claim unit are USD 1,635,113 and USD 1,214,664 respectively (a total of USD 2,849,777), Saudi Arabia has only claimed USD 2,670,227 (10,000,000 Saudi Arabian rials) for this claim unit.

facilitation of the consultative process, leading to partnership agreements, through subregional consultation involving all relevant partners, at an estimated cost of USD 340,000, covering travel of participants (USD 250,000) and of staff (USD 40,000), and external translation and interpretation (USD 50,000)

participation of NGO representatives at intergovernmental subregional meetings, and the strengthening of NGO capacity to contribute to the subregional process (USD 300,000 comprising USD 80,000 for travel of NGO participants, USD 20,000 for travel of staff and USD 200,000 in grants).

support to NGO participation at intergovernmental meetings, and strengthening NGO capacity to contribute to the regional process (USD 35,000 for travel of NGO representatives, USD 5,000 for travel of staff and USD 100,000 in grants, for a total of USD 140,000).

Elimination of the amount of USD 58,228 for ambulatory cases reduces the compensable amount to USD 37,958.

The average amount claimed for the claims in this instalment is about USD 2 million, compared to about USD 820,000 for all claims, about USD 934,000 for Jordanian claims and about USD 861,000 for Kuwaiti claims in the regular category D claims programme.

organization and convening of subregional meetings for each of the multidisciplinary scientific and technical consultative committees for the subregional organizations (USD 110,000 comprising USD 80,000 for the travel of participants, USD 10,000 for the travel of staff and USD 20,000 in grants)

For example, in UNCC claim Nos. 3013925, 3012838 and 3012847 the claimants seek compensation of USD 3,360,294, USD 3,891,003 and USD 6,221,107, respectively, for losses relating to three separate businesses.

Two trillion a year.

China s 3.2 Trillion Headache

The 200 Trillion Question

These claims assert losses that range from KWD 10,000 (approximately USD 34,602) to KWD 2,462,000 (approximately USD 8,519,031).

The amount sought consists of USD 3,499,993 for the costs of the studies and USD 556,209 for interest.

provision of substantive and financial support to an expert group consultative meeting on the regional action programme for Asia (USD 40,000 for consultancies, USD 15,000 for travel of staff and USD 150,000 in grants for a total of USD 205,000, as well as support to NGO participation at an estimated cost of USD 30,000 for travel of NGO representatives)

In summary, therefore, requirements for this programme for 1999 are estimated at USD 1,721,400, comprising USD 582,700 under the core budget and USD 1,138,700 to be financed from the Supplementary Fund.