FC 110/21




Finance Committee



Hundred and Tenth Session

Rome, 19 – 23 September 2005

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 South-West Asia (Eastern Region); the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region; and 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. Normally the Session approves the budget for the current year and for the next year.

3. The Budgets submitted here are the budgets approved by the Commission Sessions held in April 2004 for the Central Region, in January 2005 for South-West Asia (Eastern Region) and in June 2005 for the Western Region. Where the budget is shown as “indicative”, this is the standard budget applicable to the individual Commission, related to the level of annual contributions. The next Session of each Commission will prepare a more precise budget for these years, in which some unused balances may or may not be employed.

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

TRUST FUND BUDGET

Account Description 2005 2006 2007
    (approved) (approved) (indicative)
5013 Consultants - - 7,000
5014 Contracts 7,500 3,000 2,142
5021 Travel 18,500 20,500 15,000
5023 Training 30,000 22,000 12,000
5024 Expendable Procurement 0 - 7,000
5025 Non Expendable Procurement 175,000 55,300 20,000
5028 General Operating Expenses 20,500 20,500 2,000
5029 Support Costs(*) 18,695 11,345 6,308
  TOTAL 270,195 132,645 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 2005 2006 2007
    (approved) (indicative) (indicative)
5012 Salaries General Service 29,024 16,000 16,000
5013 Consultants 25,000 7,500 7,500
5014 Contracts 64,000 47,000 47,000
5020 Overtime 1,000 0 0
5021 Travel 25,000 50,000 50,000
5023 Training 115,000 34,279 34,279
5024 Expendable Equipment 112,000 25,000 25,000
5025 Non Expendable Equipment 7,000 25,000 25,000
5028 General Operating Expenses 20,000 20,000 20,000
5029 Support Costs(*) 42,223 25,221 25,221
  TOTAL 440,247 250,000 250,000

*SC 5% on accounts 5024 and 5025

SC 13% on all other accounts

APPENDIX C
FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE WESTERN REGION

TRUST FUND BUDGET

Account Description 2005 2006 2007
    (approved) (approved) (indicative)
5013 Consultants 0 0 40,000
5014 Contracts 20,000 15,000 15,000
5021 Travel 8,000 36,000 55,000
5023 Training 35,000 35,000 10,266
5024 Expendable Procurement 0 0 10,000
5025 Non Expendable Procurement 24,000 24,000 35,000
5028 General Operating Expenses 73,000 110,000 25,000
5029 Support Costs(*) 20,800 28,600 24,734
5050 Chargeback 0 0 0
  TOTAL 180,800 248,600 215,000

*SC 13% on all accounts