FC 102/22 |
Hundred-and-second Session |
Rome, 5 – 9 May 2003 |
Approval of the Budgets of the Desert Locust Commissions |
Appendix A
FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST
IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA
Appendix B
FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN
THE CENTRAL REGION
Appendix C
FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN
NORTH-WEST AFRICA
1. There are three Desert Locust Commissions currently operated by FAO; the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its Distribution in Southwest Asia; the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region; and the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa which, on 25 February 2002, became the “Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region “.According to the “Basic Texts for the Agreement of the Establishment” of each of these Commission [Article IX, section 4 Administrative Matters (6)], the Budget of each Commission should be submitted to the Council (delegated to the Finance Committee) prior to implementation.
2. The Budgets of the Commissions draw on the funds available in the Trust Fund of each Commission. The source of these funds is the contributions made by the Member Countries of the Commission. The Budgets are decided upon at each Commission Session by participating countries and the level is agreed generally according to a standard budget, with additional amounts sometimes included that draw on unspent balances from previous years.
3. While in principle a Session of each Commission is held once per year, in practice the timing of each Commission’s Session is adjusted to fit with various meetings involving the Desert Locust and to the intensity of Desert Locust activities. Normally the Session approves the budget for the current year and for the next year.
4. The Budgets submitted here are the budgets approved by the Commission Sessions held in March of 2002 for the Central Region Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Central Region and in May of 2002 for the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa.The budget for the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia has been approved for the years 2003-2004 at the Twenty-third Session which has been held in December 2002. The budget for the year 2005 will be approved at the next Session.
5. It should be noted that the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa has been restructured as the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region, the change, having been approved by the FAO Council in November 2000. The new Commission comprises nine countries from West and North-West Africa instead of the previous five and involves all the countries in the EMPRES (Desert Locust) Western Region Programme.
*SC 5% on accounts 5024 and 5025
SC 13% on all other accounts
*SC 5% on accounts 5024 and 5025
SC 13% on all other accounts
*SC 13% on all accounts