Contributions from NGOs

(a) Contributions from donor members

C. Contributions from Member States

Contributions from a United Nations agency

(d) Voluntary contributions from Member States

With regard to contributions, while the most recent information had been posted on the Convention website, recent contributions from Denmark and Malaysia had not yet been included there.

(b) Other contributions and his efforts to secure such contributions from public and private sources

(a) The regular budget is funded primarily from assessed contributions, with a minuscule proportion being provided from such other sources as interest income, sales publications and government contributions to the UNIDO regional and field offices.

Received contributions represent 75 per cent of the approved budget and outstanding contributions from prior periods.

CECOEDECON's resources comprise membership dues, contributions from members, income generated through contracts, philanthropic contributions and sale of publications.

NOAA and NASA have been leading this effort with contributions from NSF, EPA, the State Department, and other agencies.

Of the total voluntary contributions to the Foundation, non earmarked contributions rose from 8.3 million in 2003 to 10.5 million in 2004, while earmarked contributions rose from 17.2 million to 22.2 million during the same period.

Based on data from cantonal health care offices, the majority of those obliged to pay contributions (more than 50 per cent) do not fulfil their obligations and do not pay the contributions so that over 90 per cent of realized revenues from contributions for compulsory health insurance are revenues from contributions paid by employers.

Assets grow with contributions and vary with investment performance.

Contributions received from Governments as at 3 November 2005

Although much was being done with a zero growth budget, much more could be accomplished with larger contributions from Member States and their institutions.

Contributions from developing countries and transition economies accounted for about 20 per cent of total contributions to trust funds, amounting to 5.3 million in 2004, a decrease of 22 per cent as compared with 2003.

These include pledges of voluntary contributions, contributions from governmental, intergovernmental or non governmental sources and related interest earnings, and miscellaneous income.

The results would be allocated to development assistance through a solidarity fund which could be coordinated with contributions from other countries.

Table 3 Staffing in the tribunals funded from assessed contributions

Reintegration activities would continue to be financed from voluntary contributions.

The Commissioner again acknowledges with gratitude their contributions.

Noting with appreciation the annual contribution of the host Government of euro 511,291.88, which offsets contributions from other Parties to the Convention,

Sixty per cent of general purpose contributions came from four countries.

Those pledges do not include contributions from individual EU member States.

France believes that a clear distinction must be drawn between activities that can legitimately claim funding from assessed contributions and those that should be supported by voluntary contributions from Member States.

A vibrant discussion took place, with very interesting contributions.

(c) Combining assessed contributions with a voluntary contribution scheme.

Progress achieved in fund raising included a strengthened partnership with traditional donors, complementary sources of funding and increased contributions from the private sector.

Regular resources contributions increased from 21.7 million to 23.2 million. Cost sharing and trust funds contributions have increased by 110 per cent, from 12.3 million in 2003 to 25.9 million in 2004.

The Fund receives voluntary contributions from Governments, non governmental organizations and individuals.

Information on how to make contributions may be obtained from the Secretariat.

The Committee on Contributions certainly needed guidance from the Fifth Committee with respect to its further consideration of the problem at its next session.

5 Funding for training courses relating to the Kyoto Protocol will come from specific contributions by Parties for this purpose and will be kept separate from contributions provided for training under the Convention.

Total regular resources income from all sources for 2005 is projected to be 815 million, with the level of government regular resources contributions in line with financial plan estimates.

In addition, the Council should consider establishing a fund financed from assessed contributions based on the scale applicable to peacekeeping operations, as well as voluntary contributions.

Non core contributions from Governments and the private sector could supplement core contributions but could not replace them without jeopardizing the fundamental characteristics of multilateral cooperation.

With regard to disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration (DDRR) programmes, it cautioned against making automatic provision to use assessed contributions for activities that were traditionally funded through voluntary contributions and urged instead coordination with funds and programmes to secure the necessary voluntary contributions.

In the period under review, contributions were received from Switzerland, Singapore and Mexico.

Note Contribution data refer to voluntary contributions to regular resources from Member States.

Voluntary contributions from Governments or other donors are recorded upon receipt of cash.

The Unit has been tasked with receiving and managing contributions from member organizations and actively managing cash flow in addition to its existing cashiering functions.

An increase in both the general purpose and special purpose contributions was recorded during 2004, with the general purpose contributions amounting to US 10.5 million and the special purpose contributions to US 22.2 million.

This resulted from substantial growth in contributions to other resources regular from both governmental and private sector sources.

All BMS expenditures are offset by income, i.e. contributions received from other Vienna based organizations and from UNIDO.