FAO Conference resolutions

RESOLUTION

3/2007

Budgetary

Appropriations 2008-09

THE CONFERENCE

Having considered the Director-General's Programme of Work and Budget in the light of Conference Resolution 5/2007;

Having considered the proposed total net appropriation of US$ 867,628,000 for the financial period 2008-09 at the 2006-07 rate of Euro 1= US$ 1.19 which assumes US dollar and Euro expenditure equal to US$ 432,148,000 and Euros 365,950,000;

Having considered that the above net appropriation is equivalent to US$ 929,840,000 at the budget rate of Euro 1 = US$ 1.36 established for 2008-09 after translation of the Euro portion;

Approves

the Programme of Work proposed by the Director-General for 2008‑09 as follows:

Appropriations are voted at a rate of Euro 1 = US$ 1.36 for the following purposes:

	US$
Chapter 1: Corporate Governance	27,038,000
Chapter 2: Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems	266,474,000
Chapter 3: Knowledge Exchange, Policy and Advocacy	239,851,000
Chapter 4: Decentralization, UN Cooperation and Programme Delivery	234,553,000
Chapter 5: Management and Supervision Services	139,671,000
Chapter 6: Contingencies	600,000
Chapter 8: Capital Expenditure	20,378,000
Chapter 9: Security Expenditure	23,420,000
Further unidentified savings and efficiency gains	-22,145,000
Total Appropriation (Net)	929,840,000
Chapter 10: Transfer to Tax Equalization Fund	94,300,000
Total Appropriation (Gross)	1,024,140,000

The appropriations (net) voted in paragraph (a) above include in Chapter 1 an amount of US$ 4,000,000 to fund the implementation of the Resolution on the Follow-up to the Independent External Evaluation of FAO ( Resolution 5/2007) and an amount of US$ 1,700,000 for the introduction of Russian as a language of the Organization

The appropriations (net) voted in paragraph (a) above minus estimated Miscellaneous Income in the amount of US$ 5,000,000 shall be financed by assessed contributions from Member Nations of US$ 924,840,000 to implement the Programme of Work.

Such contributions shall be established in US dollars and Euro and shall consist of US$ 428,258,000 and Euro 365,134,000. This takes into account a split of 46.5% US dollars and 53.5% Euro for the appropriations (net) and of 77.8% for US dollars and 22.2% Euro for Miscellaneous income.

An additional amount of US$ 14,100,000 shall also be financed by assessed contributions from Member Nations to fund the amortization of After-service Medical Coverage (ASMC). The contributions shall be established in US dollars and euro, taking into account a split of 40% US dollars and 60% euro, and shall therefore amount to US$ 5,640,000 and Euro 6,221,000.

The total contributions due from Member Nations to implement the approved Programme of Work and to fund the amortization of ASMC shall amount to US$ 433,898,000 and Euro 371,355,000. Such contributions due from Member Nations in 2008 and 2009 shall be paid in accordance with the scale of contributions adopted by the

Conference

at its Thirty-fourth Session.

In establishing the actual amounts of contributions to be paid by individual Member Nations, a further amount shall be charged through the Tax Equalization Fund for any Member Nation that levies taxes on the salaries, emoluments and indemnities received by staff members from FAO and which are reimbursed to the staff members by the Organization. An estimate of US$ 11,600,000 has been foreseen for this purpose.

Requests

the

Director-General

to report to the

Finance Committee

on-going adjustments to the Programme and Work for the further unidentified savings and efficiency gains amounting to US$ 22,145,000 referred to in paragraph 1(a) above which are currently not reflected in the Chapter structure, noting that both within Chapter transfers and transfers from one Chapter to another required to implement the proposals will be handled in accordance with Financial Regulation 4.5.

Reserves

the right at its Special Session in November 2008 to re-examine the appropriations (net) voted in paragraph 1 (a) above with a view to approving any adjustment that may be required as a result of decisions on the Immediate Plan of Action in relation to the Independent External Evaluation of FAO (IEE).

Encourages

Members to provide voluntary contributions to facilitate areas of early action arising from the IEE recommendations which fall within the authority of the

Director-General

(Adopted on

23 November 2007

)

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