INC9 REPORT.pdf - Rotterdam Convention
INC9 REPORT.pdf - Rotterdam Convention
INC9 REPORT.pdf - Rotterdam Convention
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UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.9/21<br />
small informal group to meet with the Secretariat to address and clarify those and any other elements of<br />
concern regarding the budget as well as the possibility of establishing a budget committee.<br />
37. The representative of the secretariat reported back to the Committee on the deliberations of the<br />
informal budget group. The Committee requested the secretariat to prepare three additional documents<br />
during the current session of the Committee to facilitate discussions. Those were a model format for the<br />
budget that included figures on amounts spent and projected expenditures to provide an actual financial<br />
status at future sessions of the Committee, an update of the table of pledges and contributions in annex I of<br />
document UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.9/4 and a paper providing clarification on the main cost elements<br />
contributing to the increase in budget from 2003 to 2004.<br />
38. Introducing the documents, the representative of the secretariat noted that the update of the table of<br />
pledges included those made at the current session as well as interest incomes. The budget showed a surplus<br />
of $127,000 for 2001 and $515,000 for 2002. He clarified that the largest portion of the increase in the<br />
budget from 2003 to 2004 was for holding five workshops to facilitate implementation and ratification, as<br />
well as for assistance to countries in related projects and query response. He also introduced the model<br />
format prepared for the budget.<br />
39. The Committee decided to:<br />
(a) Note the 2004 budget contained in annex IV to the present report and to revisit that budget<br />
at the tenth session of the Committee;<br />
(b) Adopt the format for the budget as given in annex V to the present report, noting that it<br />
could be modified by the Committee if necessary;<br />
and<br />
(c)<br />
Establish an open-ended budget working group early at the tenth session of the Committee;<br />
(d) Request the Executive Director of UNEP to consider using a portion of the 13 per cent<br />
administrative fee to provide additional support to the secretariat for administrative and financial matters.<br />
40. The Committee requested the secretariat to provide narrative text in future budgets indicating the<br />
reasons for any significant increases or decreases.<br />
41. The Committee requested the secretariat to prepare a document on workshops indicating when and<br />
where they had been held, where they were projected, the target audiences and costing involved for future<br />
sessions of the Committee.<br />
42. The Committee authorized the Secretariat to arrange workshops in 2003, subject to the availability<br />
of additional resources, to support implementation and ratification of the <strong>Convention</strong>.<br />
43. The representative of China offered to host a workshop for the Asia region. The representative of<br />
Switzerland welcomed the proposal from China and offered to contribute to holding that workshop.<br />
IV. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERIM PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE<br />
A. Status of implementation of the interim prior informed consent procedure<br />
44. Under agenda item 4 (a), the Committee had before it the documentation prepared on the subject<br />
(see annex I), comprising a note and an information paper by the secretariat on the status of the<br />
implementation of the interim prior informed consent procedure (UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.9/5, as corrected by<br />
UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.9.20 and UNEP/FAO/PIC/INF.9/INF/7).<br />
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