Cost category |
Budget line
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Comment
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Employee salaries, allowances and benefits
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1000
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The 2018 and 2019 costs have been increased by 2 per cent to allow for inflation.
The posts of the Senior Administrative Officer (P5) and the Senior Administrative Assistant (G7) are funded by the programme support cost budget.
The post of Communications and Information Officer (P-3) is funded fully from the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention.
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Consultants
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1200
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Consultants are used by the Secretariat for meetings research and facilitation of the workshop on safety standards to be held on 11 July 2017. The approved amount for 2017 has been maintained for 2018 and 2019.
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Operating expenses
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This section includes meetings costs, travel of Article 5 participants and hospitality.
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1300
1321
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Meeting costs
Open-ended Working Group meetings
The figure for 2017 is presented as an average cost across five duty stations: Bangkok, Montreal, Nairobi, Paris and Vienna. The costs will be adjusted based on the venue of the meetings.
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1322
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Preparatory meetings and Meetings of the Parties
In 2017, the joint eleventh Conference of the Parties/Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Parties was hosted by the Government of Canada in Montreal. The meeting costs are reduced by $185,000, which represents the UNON cost estimate for interpretation services that was instead provided by the Government of Canada.
In 2017, the meeting cost of the joint eleventh Conference of the Parties/Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Parties is shared with the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention, which has a budget of $252,000. In 2018 and 2019, the full meeting cost will be charged to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol.
The 2017 costs are presented as an average cost across five duty stations: Bangkok, Montreal, Nairobi, Paris and Vienna. The costs will be adjusted based on the venue of the meetings and whether they are hosted by a party.
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1324
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One Bureau meeting is scheduled for each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, with provision for interpretation and document translation into appropriate languages, depending on the membership of the Bureau. The proposed costs have remained the same as for the approved figures for 2017.
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1325
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The proposed budgets for Implementation Committee meetings in 2018 and 2019 have remained the same as the approved figures for 2017.
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5401
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The hospitality costs cover receptions at the meetings of the Open-ended Working Group and the Meetings of the Parties. Necessary funds may be transferred from the conference servicing budget lines should such services be required, either through individual consultancies or corporate contracts.
The costs for 2018 and 2019 remain constant at the 2017 approved level.
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3300
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Travel of Article 5 participants
The participation of representatives of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 in various Montreal Protocol meetings is budgeted at $5,000 per representative per meeting using the most appropriate and advantageous economy-class fare and United Nations daily subsistence allowances.
The costs for 2018 and 2019 remain constant at the 2017 approved level.
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The Secretariat confirms that no funds from the budget lines in this section have been used to cover the cost of travel by representatives of non-Article 5 parties.
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Travel on official business
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1600
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Travel on official business for 2018 and 2019 is maintained at the 2017 approved level.
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Other operating costs: supplies and consumables
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4100–5300
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The section includes expendable equipment, non-expendable equipment and rental of office premises, reporting costs and sundry.
The 2018 and 2019 proposed costs remain constant at the 2017 approved level, except for “Sundry”, which includes $10,000 for communication, $10,000 for freight, $10,000 for training and $10,000 for Ozone Day celebrations, which is increased to $90,000 in 2017 to cover an enhanced plan to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.
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