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COP 3 Decision III/24

Retired sections: paragraphs 1 to 4.

Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity

The Conference of the Parties

1. Approves the Convention budget for the biennium 1997-1998 as set forth in the annex to the present decision;

2. Decides that the Trust Fund shall be extended for a period of two years, beginning 1 January 1998 and ending 31 December 1999;

3. Urges all the Parties to pay promptly their contributions to the Trust Fund, based on the indicative scale set forth in the appendix to the budget (annex, part A) and in accordance with the terms of paragraph 10 of its decisionII/20;

4. Requests the Parties and States not Parties to the Convention, as well as governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other sources, to contribute to the Trust Fund;

5. Decides:

mutatis mutandis

(c) That all the Parties and States not Parties to the Convention, as well as governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other sources should be invited to contribute to the special trust funds;

(d) That the Trustee shall promptly advise the Executive Secretary of the receipt of all the contributions and acknowledge receipt of such contributions;

(e) That on a monthly basis the Trustee shall provide the Executive Secretary with information on the status of allotments, expenditures, trial balances and unliquidated obligations;

(f) That the Executive Secretary may make transfers from one budget line to another in accordance with the Financial Rules and Regulations of the UnitedNations;

6. Requests the Executive Secretary to explore in conjunction with the Executive Secretaries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa, the availability, cost and funding of suitable liaison arrangements in Geneva and/or New York and to report thereon to the Conference of the Parties at its next meeting;

7. Urges all those making financial contributions to a trust fund of the Convention to provide details promptly to the Executive Secretary regarding the amounts, date of payment, conditions and any other relevant information;

8. Requests the Executive Secretary to ensure that duplicates of all the information on financial matters and the relevant documents are kept in custody at the seat of the Permanent Secretariat according to the Financial Rules and Regulations of the United Nations;

9. Directs the Executive Secretary to consider carefully all offers of support from other organizations and to cooperate with them with a view to making the most effective use of the available competencies, resources and services and to enter into such administrative and contractual arrangements as may be necessary for the effective discharge of the functions of the Permanent Secretariat;

10. Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare and submit to Parties a quarterly report on the administration of the Convention including such matters as staff lists, status of contributions, progress on the implementation of the medium-term work programme and financial expenditures;

11. Requests the Executive Secretary to include in the documents circulated for consideration at future meetings of the Conference of the Parties estimates of the likely costs of the recommendations contained therein, where such recommendations would have significant implications for the budget of the Convention.

Annex

A. Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity for the biennium 1997-1998

(United States dollars)

{Private}		1997	1998
1.	EXECUTIVE DIRECTION AND MANAGEMENT Executive Direction Executive Secretary (D-2) Principal Officer (D-1) Programme Officer, Legal Affairs (P-4/L-4) Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary (P-3/L-3) Research Assistant (G-7) Senior Secretary (G-7)	95,432 91,948 78,943 68,124 25,453 25,453	100,203 96,546 82,891 71,531 26,726 26,726

	Fund Management and Administration Fund Management/Administration Officer (P-4) (UNEP) Finance and Administration Officer (Quebec) b/ Associate Administrative Officer (P-2/L-2) Associate Administrative Officer - Correspondence (P‑2/L-2) Financial Assistant (G-7) Administrative Assistant (G-6) Travel Clerk (G-6) Receptionist (G-4) Messenger (G-4)	0 0 54,296 54,296 25,453 23,302 23,302 19,535 19,535	0 0 57,011 57,011 26,726 24,467 24,467 20,512 20,512
	Subtotal	605,072	635,327

	Servicing the Conference of the Parties Review of modus operandi of the Convention Servicing the Conference of the Parties a/, e/	60,000 0	0 1,000,000

	Subtotal 1	665,072	1,635,327
a/ b/ e/	Additional costs for all meetings under the conventions held outside the seat of the Secretariat shall be borne by the host. Positions to be filled by secondees should be filled by 1 January 1997 on terms and conditions agreed to by the Executive Secretary. Parties should be informed in a timely manner if this deadline is not met and the reasons why. See item 14.

2.	SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MATTERS Office of the Principal Officer Principal Officer (D-1) Secretary (G-5)	91,948 21,340	96,546 22,407

	Scientific, Technical and Technological Analysis Programme Officer, Conservation Ecology (P-4/L-4) Programme Officer, Economics (P-4/L-4) Programme Officer, Genetic Resources/Agrobiodiversity (FAO) (P-4) b/ Programme Officer, Indigenous Knowledge (P-4/L-4) b/, c/ Research Assistant, Indigenous Knowledge (G-7) b/, c/ Research Assistant (G-7) Research Assistant (G-7)	78,943 78,943 0 0 0 25,453 25,453	82,891 82,891 0 82,890 26,726 26 726 26,726

	SBSTTA Activities Preparation of Global Biodiversity Outlook Servicing of SBSTTA activities Servicing of workshop on article 8 (j) d/ Servicing of SBSTTA meetings	80,000 120,000 350,000 500,000	250,000 120,000 0 0

	Subtotal 2	1,372,081	817,801

3.	BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL Senior Programme Officer (P-5) Associate Programme Officer (P-2/L-2) Research Assistant (G-7) Secretary (G-5)	85,000 54,296 25,453 21,340	93,500 57,011 26,726 22,407
	Biosafety Protocol Meetings Servicing meetings of Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety	700,000	700,000

	Subtotal 3	886,089	899,643
b/ c/ d/	Positions to be filled by secondees should be filled by 1 January 1997 on terms and conditions agreed to by the Executive Secretary. Parties should be informed in a timely manner if this deadline is not met and the reasons why. See Part B: Special Trust Fund for additional voluntary contributions to the core budget for approved activities. Servicing of the workshop in six languages.

4.	IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION Office of the Principal Officer Principal Officer (D-1) Junior Programme Officer (Finland) (L-2) Secretary (G-5)	91,948 0 21,340	96,546 0 22,407
	Clearing House Mechanism Programme Officer-Clearing House Mechanism (P-4) Librarian/documentalist (P-3/L-3) Programme Officer-Information (P-3) Programme Officer-Communications (UNEP) (P-2) Associate Programme Officer-Database Management (P-2/L-2) Associate Programme Officer - Documentation Control (P-2/L-2) Database Clerk (G-5) Clerk-Publications (G-4) Servicing of workshops on Clearing House Mechanism e/ Library development and acquisitions Promotion, awareness-raising and publications	78,943 68,124 68,124 0 54,296 54,296 21,340 19,535 150,000 80,000 150,000	82,891 71,531 71,531 0 57,011 57,011 22,407 20,512 0 80,000 150,000
	Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity Programme Officer, Marine Ecology (UNESCO) (P-4) b/ Programme Officer (P-3/L-3) Junior Programme Officer (Italy) (L-2) b/, c/ Meeting of Marine and Coastal Experts	0 68,124 0 80,000	0 71,531 0 0

	Financial Resources and Instruments Programme Officer-Financial Resources and Instruments (P‑4) Programme Officer-Financial Mechanism (P-3/L-3) Research Assistant (G-7) Review of the effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism e/	78,943 68,124 25,453 150,000	82,891 71,531 26,726 0

	National Reports and Reviews Programme Officer (P-4/L-4) Programme Officer (P-3/L-3) (Quebec) b/ Research Assistant (G-7)	78,943 0 25,453	82,891 0 26,726

	Subtotal 4	1,432,989	1,094,138
b/ c/ e/	Positions to be filled by secondees should be filled by 1 January 1997 on terms and conditions agreed to by the Executive Secretary. Parties should be informed in a timely manner if this deadline is not met and the reasons why. See Part B: Special Trust Fund for additional voluntary contributions to the core budget for approved activities See item 14.

5	CONSULTANCIES	300,000	400,000

6	TRAVEL OF STAFF Travel on official missions Travel to service meetings	400,000 70,000	400,000 70,000
6	Subtotal 6	470,000	470,000

7	EQUIPMENT Expendable equipment (supplies and material) Non-expendable equipment (furniture, computers, photocopiers, etc)	70,000 50,000	70,000 50,000
7	Subtotal 7	120,000	120,000

8	PREMISES Rent Utilities (gas, electricity, cleaning, etc.) Insurance	0 60,000 20,000	0 60,000 20,000
8	Subtotal 8	80,000	80,000

9	MISCELLANEOUS Temporary assistance and overtime Communications (telephone, fax, mail, e-mail, etc.) Recruitment costs/costs on interviews Hospitality	100,000 300,000 30,000 50,000	100,000 300,000 20,000 50,000
	Subtotal 9	480,000	470,000
	Subtotal 1 to 9	5,806,231	5,986,910

10	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CHARGE (13%)	754,810	778,298
10	Subtotal 1 to 10	6,561,041	6,765,208

11	CONTINGENCIES (0% - subtotal 1 to 9)	0	0

12	TOTAL	6,561,041	6,765,208

13	LESS - CONTRIBUTIONS FROM HOST COUNTRY	1,000,000	1,000,000

14	LESS ITEMS FUNDED FROM SAVINGS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS (a) Servicing of workshops on Clearing-House Mechanism (b) Review of the effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism (c) Servicing of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties	150,000 150,000	1,000,000

15	BUDGET TO BE SHARED BY PARTIES	5,261,041	4,765,208

Appendix to part A

ASSESSMENTS

		United Nations scale of assessments 1997* (per cent)	Scale for the Trust Fund with 25% ceiling and no least developed country Party paying more than 0.01% (per cent)	Contributions as per 1 January 1997	Contributions as per 1 January 1998
PARTIES
1	Albania	0,01	0,01	705	638
2	Algeria	0,16	0,21	11,274	10,211
3	Antigua & Barbuda	0,01	0,01	705	638
4	Argentina	0,48	0,64	33,822	30,634
5	Armenia	0,05	0,07	3,523	3,191
6	Australia	1,48	1,98	104,283	94,455
7	Austria	0,87	1,17	61,302	55,524
8	Bahamas	0,02	0,03	1,409	1,276
9	Bangladesh	0,01	0,01	526	477
10	Barbados	0,01	0,01	705	638
11	Belarus	0,28	0,38	19,729	17,870
12	Belize	0,01	0,01	705	638
13	Benin	0,01	0,01	526	477
14	Bhutan	0,01	0,01	526	477
15	Bolivia	0,01	0,01	705	638
16	Botswana	0,01	0,01	705	638
17	Brazil	1,62	2,17	114,148	103,390
18	Bulgaria	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
19	Burkina Faso	0,01	0,01	526	477
20	Cambodia	0,01	0,01	526	477
21	Cameroon	0,01	0,01	705	638
22	Canada	3,11	4,17	219,136	198,483
23	Cape Verde	0,01	0,01	526	477
24	Central African Republic	0,01	0,01	526	477
25	Chad	0,01	0,01	526	477
26	Chile	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
27	China	0,74	0,99	52,142	47,227
28	Colombia	0,10	0,13	7,046	6,382
29	Comoros	0,01	0,01	526	477
30	Congo	0,01	0,01	705	638
31	Cook Islands	0,01	0,01	705	638
32	Costa Rica	0,01	0,01	705	638
33	Cote d'Ivoire	0,01	0,01	705	638
34	Croatia	0,09	0,12	6,342	5,744
35	Cuba	0,05	0,07	3,523	3,191
36	Cyprus	0,03	0,04	2,114	1,915
37	Czech Republic	0,25	0,33	17,615	15,955
38	DPR of Korea	0,05	0,07	3,523	3,191
39	Denmark	0,72	0,96	50,732	45,951
40	Djibouti	0,01	0,01	526	477
41	Dominica	0,01	0,01	705	638
42	Ecuador	0,02	0,03	1,409	1,276
43	Egypt	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
44	El Salvador	0,01	0,01	705	638
45	Equatorial Guinea	0,01	0,01	526	477
46	Eritrea	0,01	0,01	526	477
47	Estonia	0,04	0,05	2,818	2,553
48	Ethiopia	0,01	0,01	526	477
49	Fiji	0,01	0,01	705	638
50	Finland	0,62	0,83	43,686	39,569
51	France	6,42	8,60	452,364	409,730
52	Gambia	0,01	0,01	526	477
53	Georgia	0,11	0,15	7,751	7,020
54	Germany	9,06	12,13	638,383	578,218
55	Ghana	0,01	0,01	705	638
56	Greece	0,38	0,51	26,775	24,252
57	Grenada	0,01	0,01	705	638
58	Guatemala	0,02	0,03	1,409	1,276
59	Guinea	0,01	0,01	526	477
60	Guinea-Bissau	0,01	0,01	526	477
61	Guyana	0,01	0,01	705	638
62	Haiti	0,01	0,01	526	477
63	Honduras	0,01	0,01	705	638
64	Hungary	0,14	0,19	9,865	8,935
65	Iceland	0,03	0,04	2,114	1,915
66	India	0,31	0,42	21,843	19,784
67	Indonesia	0,14	0,19	9,865	8,935
68	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0,45	0,60	31,708	28,719
69	Ireland	0,21	0,28	14,797	13,402
70	Israel	0,27	0,36	19,025	17,232
71	Italy	5,25	7,03	369,924	335,060
72	Jamaica	0,01	0,01	705	638
73	Japan	15,65	20,96	1,102,725	998,797
74	Jordan	0,01	0,01	705	638
75	Kazakstan	0,19	0,25	13,388	12,126
76	Kenya	0,01	0,01	705	638
77	Kiribati	0,01	0,01	526	477
78	Kyrgyztan	0,03	0,04	2,114	1,915
79	Lao PDR	0,01	0,01	526	477
80	Latvia	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
81	Lebanon	0,01	0,01	705	638
82	Lesotho	0,01	0,01	526	477
83	Lithuania	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
84	Luxembourg	0,07	0,09	4,932	4,467
85	Madagascar	0,01	0,01	526	477
86	Malawi	0,01	0,01	526	477
87	Malaysia	0,14	0,19	9,865	8,935
88	Maldives	0,01	0,01	526	477
89	Mali	0,01	0,01	526	477
90	Marshall Islands	0,01	0,01	705	638
91	Mauritania	0,01	0,01	526	477
92	Mauritius	0,01	0,01	705	638
93	Mexico	0,79	1,06	55,665	50,419
94	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0,01	0,01	705	638
95	Monaco	0,01	0,01	705	638
96	Mongolia	0,01	0,01	705	638
97	Morocco	0,03	0,04	2,114	1,915
98	Mozambique	0,01	0,01	526	477
99	Myanmar	0,01	0,01	526	477
100	Nauru	0,01	0,01	705	638
101	Nepal	0,01	0,01	526	477
102	Netherlands	1,59	2,13	112,034	101,475
103	New Zealand	0,24	0,32	16,911	15,317
104	Nicaragua	0,01	0,01	705	638
105	Niger	0,01	0,01	526	477
106	Nigeria	0,11	0,15	7,751	7,020
107	Niue	0,01	0,01	705	638
108	Norway	0,56	0,75	39,459	35,740
109	Oman	0,04	0,05	2,818	2,553
110	Pakistan	0,06	0,08	4,228	3,829
111	Panama	0,01	0,01	705	638
112	Papua New Guinea	0,01	0,01	705	638
113	Paraguay	0,01	0,01	705	638
114	Peru	0,06	0,08	4,228	3,829
115	Philippines	0,06	0,08	4,228	3,829
116	Poland	0,33	0,44	23,252	21,061
117	Portugal	0,28	0,38	19,729	17,870
118	Qatar	0,04	0,05	2,818	2,553
119	Republic of Korea	0,82	1,10	57,779	52,333
120	Republic of Moldova	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
121	Romania	0,15	0,20	10,569	9,573
122	Russian Federation	4,27	5,72	300,871	272,515
123	Rwanda	0,01	0,01	526	477
124	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0,01	0,0l	705	638
125	Saint Lucia	0,01	0,01	705	638
126	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0,01	0,01	705	638
127	Samoa	0,01	0,01	526	477
128	San Marino	0,01	0,01	705	638
129	Senegal	0,01	0,01	705	638
130	Seychelles	0,01	0,01	705	638
131	Sierra Leone	0,01	0,01	526	477
132	Singapore	0,14	0,19	9,865	8,935
133	Slovakia	0,08	0,11	5,637	5,106
134	Slovenia	0,07	0,09	4,932	4,467
135	Solomon Islands	0,01	0,01	526	477
136	South Africa	0,32	0,43	22,548	20,423
137	Spain	2,38	3,19	167,699	151,894
138	Sri Lanka	0,01	0,01	705	638
139	Sudan	0,01	0,01	526	477
140	Suriname	0,01	0,01	705	638
141	Swaziland	0,01	0,01	705	638
142	Sweden	1,23	1,65	86,668	78,500
143	Switzerland	1,21	1,62	85,259	77,223
144	Syrian Arab Republic	0,05	0,07	3,523	3,191
145	Togo	0,01	0,01	526	477
146	Trinidad and Tobago	0,03	0,04	2,114	1,915
147	Tunisia	0,03	0,04	2,114	1,915
148	Turkmenistan	0,04	0,05	2,818	2,553
149	Uganda	0,01	0,01	526	477
150	Ukraine	1,09	1,46	76,803	69,565
151	United Kingdom	5,32	7,13	374,856	339,527
152	United Republic of Tanzania	0,01	0,01	526	477
153	Uruguay	0,04	0,05	2,818	2,553
154	Uzbekistan	0,13	0,17	9,160	8,297
155	Vanuatu	0,01	0,01	526	477
156	Venezuela	0,33	0,44	23,252	21,061
157	Viet Nam	0,01	0,01	705	638
158	Yemen	0,01	0,01	705	638
159	Zaire	0,01	0,01	526	477
160	Zambia	0,01	0,01	526	477
161	Zimbabwe	0,01	0,01	705	638
162	European Community	0,00	2,50	131,526	119,130

		72,9000	100,0	5,261,041	4,765,208

* General Assembly resolution 49/19. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations.

A. Special Trust Fund for additional voluntary contributions to thecore budget for approved activities (United States dollars)

		1997	1998
1.	EXECUTIVE DIRECTION AND MANAGEMENT Conference of the Parties Meetings of Bureau of the Conference of the Parties Liaison functions	75,000 150,000	50,000 200,000
	Subtotal 1	225,000	250,000
2.	SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MATTERS Scientific, Technical and Technological Analysis Programme Officer, Indigenous Knowledge (P-4/L-4) a/, b/, c/ Research Assistant, Indigenous Knowledge (G‑7) a/, b/, c/ Miscellaneous a/, c/	78,943 25,453 20,604	0 0 0
	SBSTTA meetings Meetings of SBSTTA Bureau	75,000	50,000
	Subtotal 2	200,000	50,000
3.	BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL Meetings of Biosafety Protocol Bureau	75,000	50,000
	Subtotal 3	75,000	50,000
4.	IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION Office of the Principal Officer Junior Programme Officer (L-2) a/, b/	54,296	57,011
	Clearing House Mechanism Clearing-House Mechanism Activities Servicing of workshops on Clearing-House Mechanism	50,000 0	50,000 158,000
	Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity Junior Programme Officer (L-2) b/	54,296	57,011
	Subtotal 4	158,592	322,022
	Subtotal 1 to 4	658,592	672,022
5.	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CHARGE (13%)	85,617	87,363
6.	TOTAL	744,209	759,384
a/ b/ c/	Carried over from 1996. Positions to be filled by secondees by 1 January 1997 on terms and conditions agreed to by the Executive Secretary, Parties should be informed in a timely manner if this deadline is not met and the reasons why. Contribution of the Government of Australia.

C. Special voluntary trust fund for facilitating participation

of Parties in the Convention process

(United States dollars)

		1997	1998
1.	EXECUTIVE DIRECTION AND MANAGEMENT Conference of the Parties Travel of participants to meeting of the Conference of the Parties a/ Travel of participants to regional preparatory meetings of the Conference of the Parties a/	0 0	400,000 250,000
1.	Subtotal 1	0	650,000
2.	SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MATTERS SBSTTA meetings Travel of participants to SBSTTA meeting a/ Travel of participants to workshop on article 8 (j) a/	338,372 338,372	0 0
	Subtotal 2	676,744	0
3.	BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL Biosafety Protocol meetings Travel of participants to Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety a/	676,744	676,744
	Subtotal 3	676,744	676,744
4.	IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION Clearing-House Mechanism Travel of participants to workshops on Clearing-House Mechanism a/	200,000	200,000
	Subtotal 4	200,000	200,000
	Subtotal 1 to 4	1,553,488	1,526,744
5.	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CHARGE (13%)	201,953	198,477
6.	TOTAL	1,755,441	1,725,221
a/	Participants from developing countries, in particular least developed countries and small-island developing States.

[1]/ Developing country Parties, in particular the least developed among them, and small island developing States.