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Title : Revised budget estimates for the World Summit for Children and Summit-related mobilization activities
Document Type : Executive Board Decisions - Administrative and Finance

Country : Global Document Symbol/Series: 1990 / 35
Year Published : 1990 PDF Link :
OSEB Doctype : Executive Board Decisions
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Document Text:

On the recommendation of the Committee on Administration and Finance,

The Executive Board

Adopts the following resolutions contained in document E/ICEF/1990/AB/L.16, as amended:

Resolution A
Revised budget estimates for the Summit meeting

The Executive Board

1. Approves the budget estimates for the World Summit for Children for 1990 as follows:

(United States dollars)
Category 1: Staff costs 357 420
Category 2: Operating costs 2 637 342

Total 2 994 762

2. Authorizes the Executive Director to administer in the most efficient and effective manner the provisions under each of the categories 1 and 2, and to transfer funds between allotment accounts as required;

3. Further authorizes the Executive Director to finance the budget from the special account and, until such funds are received, to pay advance expenditures from UNICEF general resources in the receivable account up to the limits of the approved budget.

Resolution B
Revised budget estimates for mobilization activities related to the World Summit for Children

The Executive Board

1. Approves the budget estimates for mobilization activities related to the World Summit for Children for 1990 as follows:

(United States dollars)
Category 1: Staff costs 504 625
Category 2: Operating costs 1 635 058

Total 2 139 683

2. Authorizes the Executive Director to administer in the most efficient and effective manner the provisions under each of the categories 1 and 2, and to transfer funds between allotment accounts as required;

3. Further authorizes the Executive Director to finance the budget from the special account and, until such funds are received, to pay advance expenditures from UNICEF general resources in the receivable account up to the limits of the approved budget.

Resolution C
Authorization for unforeseen and extraordinary expenditures

The Executive Board,

Mindful that the World Summit for Children is an event of a non-recurring nature of extraordinary significance in which there is a possibility of unforeseen and extraordinary expenditures,

1. Recognizes the need to establish procedures to be followed by the Executive Director in the event of unforeseen and extraordinary expenditures exceeding the approved budget for the Summit meeting;

2. Authorizes the Executive Director, with the prior review of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to enter into commitments up to the limit of total confirmed and anticipated contributions based on the expression of intent of contributors;

3. Requests the Executive Director to ensure that all unforeseen and extraordinary expenditures are financed from the special account established for the Summit;

4. Further requests the Executive Director to provide a detailed report specifically on any additional expenditures which are in excess of the approved budget level for review by the Executive Board at its next regular session.