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FCCC/CP/1998/8     
[located on Vol. 2]



Title
Administrative and financial matters. Note by the Executive Secretary.

Full text (PDF)
Full text of this documents is located on Volume 2, 1997-1999

Notes
Item 7 of the provisional agenda

Abstract
This document contains:

(a) Section II contains reports on initial financial performance in 1998 for all four UNFCCC trust funds, namely, the Trust Fund for the Core Budget of UNFCCC; the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process; the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities and the Trust Fund for the Special Annual Contribution from the Government of Germany
(Bonn Fund);

(b) Section III deals with personnel matters. It reports on the progress made so far in classifying, advertising and filling the posts in the secretariat;

(c) Section IV contains a progress report on discussions with the United Nations on the review of administrative arrangements of the Convention; and

(d) The recommended modality for determining the indicative scale of contributions, including a table indicating the actual percentage payable by each Party based on the new scale as well as the subsequent amendment of the financial procedures (decision 15/CP.1),2 is reviewed in section V.

This document should be read in conjunction with the other documents relating to administrative and financial matters prepared for the Conference: (a) An addendum to this document containing an update on developments concerning the review of administrative arrangements and the text of the draft omnibus decision on administrative and financial matters requested by the SBI (FCCC/CP/1998/8/Add.1); (b) The final audited financial statements for the biennium 1996-1997 and the audit report of the United Nations Board of Auditors (FCCC/CP/1998/9); (c) The full text of the report of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services of the secretariat in 1997 and 1998 (FCCC/CP/1998/INF.1); (d) Excerpts from, or summaries of, the reports of the internal and external auditors along with comments from the secretariat (FCCC/CP/1998/10); and (e) A report on the status of receipt of contributions to the UNFCCC trust funds
(FCCC/CP/1998/INF.6)

Meeting
Conference of the Parties (COP), Fourth session, 2-13 November 1998, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords
administrative aspects
conference papers
financial aspects
staff composition
trust funds

Content

Publication date
18/09/1998
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