FC 102/22


Finance Committee

Hundred-and-second Session

Rome, 5 – 9 May 2003

Approval of the Budgets of the Desert Locust Commissions

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

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.

 

APPENDIX A

 

FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST
IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

TRUST FUND BUDGET
Account Description 2003 2004 2005
(indicative)
5013 Consultants - - 7,000
5014 Contracts 3,000 7,500 2,142
5021 Travel 27,500 30,500 15,000
5023 Training 7,500 7,500 12,000
5024 Expendable Procurement 5,000 - 7,000
5025 Non Expendable Procurement 62,500 39,200 20,000
5028 General Operating Expenses 20,500 32,500 2,000
5029 Support Costs(*) 10,980 12,100 6,308
TOTAL 136,980 129,300 71,450


*SC 5% on accounts 5024 and 5025
SC 13% on all other accounts

 

 

 

APPENDIX B

 

FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN
THE CENTRAL REGION

TRUST FUND BUDGET
Account Description 2003 2004 2005
(approved) (indicative) (indicative)
5012 Salaries General Service 21,000 16,000 16,000
5013 Consultants 0 7,500 7,500
5014 Contracts 59,000 47,000 47,000
5020 Overtime 1,000 0 0
5021 Travel 40,000 50,000 50,000
5023 Training 102,500 34,279 34,279
5024 Expendable Equipment 114,000 25,000 25,000
5025 Non Expendable Equipment 60,000 25,000 25,000
5028 General Operating Expenses 15,000 20,000 20,000
5029 Support Costs(*) 39,705 25,221 25,221
TOTAL 452,205 250,000 250,000


*SC 5% on accounts 5024 and 5025
SC 13% on all other accounts

 

APPENDIX C

 

FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN
NORTH-WEST AFRICA

TRUST FUND BUDGET
Account Description 2003 2004 2005
(approved) (indicative) (indicative)
5013 Consultants 24,000 17,000 17,000
5014 Contracts 23,000 15,000 15,000
5021 Travel 52,000 10,000 10,000
5023 Training 30,000 2,549 2,549
5024 Expendable Procurement 11,000 18,000 18,000
5025 Non Expendable Procurement 75,000 35,000 35,000
5028 General Operating Expenses 83,000 29,000 29,000
5029 Support Costs(*) 40,430 16,451 16,451
5050 Chargeback 13,000 0 0
TOTAL 351,430 143,000 143,000


*SC 13% on all accounts