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lS. ~ 1 th~ E~n=Jfive Dire~of! eu- thority Io F(~iusl the epedrtio~memt by 20 per ~1.1 in each budgel flr.e, within [ha eye.err apPr0priliiDl~ for Fund p;ogrlmme actJ~ils in 1 9 ~ , - 1 9 ~ 5 : 19 S{rlLIIII ~ l ~ n Ih~ r.aed ~1 maintain the liguithly el the Fund at .,g times; 20. ~ l~ lh~el • ~he Execupve Director to en- 1or Into forward commitments of up to 816 m~JJ~n ~,r F/J~d pro~rarl3m8 ecdvilJ~l in Lho yaara lg,q~-19Br; ~1 7isl~Jf~oMOl lhe ropod on thn Rev~lvJn~ Fund [rnlormalion);

A ~ n ~ i ~ l ii~e Ek~ufive D~racJor m ago- rata Item the Fund programme rn|ervl to the gnvof~n O Fund Ifufurnr~lmnl ~m emounl re quirad Io brin 9 the ur~ummeted balance of the ratter at 1 January lORd [a the sum of SlOO,ogg: 23 T4~I• no~ of the roper1 on the manage- meat OF tru~ bad= end other funds; 24 /~ta lk lm the aelension for a further Leo years unlil 31 Qecemher 1985 or trust fund= esrabl~hed u,~er the rules ottba Environment Fund is Io;:-~lw: Ill The 8a.,ranel TNIf Fund for the Protection

and L'evaL>Pmant el the Marine Environ- ~ . l ="" ColsteJ ,'w~as of Bahrain. finn, Iraq, Kuz/,~, Cman, Qatar. gBudi Arabia an.1 lha L J]Bd Arab Ernirme£;

till The Tr~s, ~ n d for the P/election of the ~Ni l=, ;~ ,' In ~ I aOO/nll PoJJubon;

[111l The Tru~ ~und lur the ~onveniion on tn(ernee-cn~" Tred~ m E n d e r q ~ 5be¢iem oF Wild ~a~.s and Flora;

(tVl T,u~ F lqd tcr the PrnLertion and Devafop- ~=d n( zr~ Marine Environmnnl and the Co.,~. ~ oas or the West and Central Ah;cen ~eG~on;

(VJ Regional T'usl Fund for the impramenta- Ii(~dl Lf the ACTISn PLan for the Caribbean EnvlrnnmenL Programme;

iVI) RB~ional Trait Fund for the implementg- lion ol the A~ion Plan Ior the P~olecZio~ and Oevelopm~t or the Marine Enviro~- meal end Co~alal Areaa of the Eas~ Asian Se~s:

25. [ ~ | s .'~overnreants to pay their ~nB i 1 bulmn m lha lrosl funde e& neer as poMthle t~ the beginning of the calaqdar ylrar to which the c ~ U ~ l i O a aPeXes;

011 prolecf and pr0~arnme evaluation and encourages the E.eculiYe Director Io curllinue atrlnlgthening evaluation acLIvilios. L]

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

~ i Oawl~nLng Coo.eli, I rakeJ note of the Performance report of the Ex~:ulive Director on the programme and thoflmmme our)port COalS budget fur the bien- nium 19B2,-1BB]. and the ralaled report or LhB ~b~vil©ry CommlltOe on AdminishaLion and Budgeter) rl Uealions: Z Ng~m edth a~oro~•/the efforts this have bean fled= to rppuce explndJture; 3. LaDles the (;oncere of the Executive Direc- l~l ax the low lovaJ of rLr, our~s end hla ~amrren~ thul it would noL be poHible to =nnlil~,le intpla~qanlin~ the programtr~ el that le~J ,faring the coming bienniums without nlrr~J~y impairing effich~ffcy; 4 ,qp~vl l$ the revised apl~rOprivilnn level of 8 ~ 600ago v~h the programme and abject of ~llnnd~ure dlslribulinn 0reposed by the E IOI~U~ive ~hractor.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l P o l i c y a n d L a w , 7 ! ( 1 9 8 3 )

A m ) m O N A L RESOURCES FOR r,F.~.INO grange support c~sts budget of the Environ- WiTH SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PRO- BLEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL. I. T4/m.I ~Ola of the Exnr:utlve DJmdor'a not• on dolling w~th serious en'~ronmet~ta[ problen'ls in developing ~Buntrie&' and ol the results of his consultations with Gab/cements • eof intsrn ntional orQan/zationa;a 2. Rl~ues~ the Executive Director to pu rs'u~ his efforts in obaafn addftic~at resource~ for dealing with serious environmental problems in d•ve[oplng countries wi~out however, nec- essarily concentrating on the s~aciff c proposals contained in his reports to the Governing CounCil eL its ninth] and tenth = ~BSSt DOS. and to report in [he conmxt of decision 10/26 [o the Governing Eouncll at iLS twelfth session. [ ]

1 UNEP/GC. 11/3/Add. 5 g UNEP/GC. 11~J/Add 5~,~pJ~n~n~L 3 UNEP/GC. ~10/A~d. 2 4 UNEP/GC. 1 O d t l ~ f.

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MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT FUND, PROGRAMME SUPPORT COSTS

The Govmdng Council H a ~ p c~J~f l ted Lhe Executive DiRator's

It~ltmatl~ for the programme end programme support =oats budge( for the biennium 1984--19BB and the related rapor~ or the Advb =Dry CommiRee on Administrative and Budge~ nry Queg~ona; 1. TI~e nneg. ~nthoul preiudice to any deck ~on the Gemarel AasembJy may zsk~ on UIB miner zt Rs [hi;W-iighth session, the proposal OF me Executive Director m recommend to the Genera[ Assembly the t~enstev OF four principal ofe~'r (~-1~, tour senior oPRcor ~P-51, Rye se~ 0nd officer IP-3) end one associate Dieter {P-2) posts, together with mn supaortfng focal fav~i posts, from the programme and programme iugpart eDuCe ~udge[ of the Env[mnment Fund to the relevant suction of the United Nations r lgu[ i r budget, effective I January 1964; ~. ~o~r~yl~l Iho redeployrrlln~, Of four ~ n i B off'mar (P-S) posts, together With four support- ing local level posts, from the regional adv~so~ lervicas projecz, hnan¢.ed from Fund pro- gramme Bctiv~ien, and Lhe mUeploymBnt of aix local level pasts [ram the rugional inlormetion Imretes projacL, rmancad from Fund p~o- gr imm- activities, to the programme and pro-

1 UNEPtGC. 11;12 and Add, 2.

men! Fund: 3. 4~uwvaa ~e raclassiEr.atinn of one sac- end ol~car (P'3) post to ~rtt officer (P-4| post in the environmanta# prggremmes, end oF two second olficer (P-31 posts m first officer (P-4t posts th the conference ler~ces programme; 4. r-mt~ I r agi le vie.'

{a) The appropriation oF $2B.O2.0.QOO for [he programme and programme support cos~ ~dget for the biennium 18B4-1985 on the subprogramme end object of axpandi%um pro- [era as proposed;

~bJ An increased eppmp~ation of up to a maximum of Sl.6 rnliEon far the programme and ~10gramnm ~ p o t ~ costa budget Notre- lent to the cost of any o f the poses rgfgrmd to in paragraph I oflo'/u whJr..h are n~t a~oprm~od by the Genural A~sombiy for 1984-1988: 8. e a ~ t s the Exacudve Director to rel~lCt any propose[ in~aase, referred to in paragraph 4fbl above in h~ performance report for f 9B4-190.5; 5 RelretablX ~ts wish [hat the Exacu~ve ~ - rector shouk~ aim to arrange that the alloca- rione rot the programme end programme ~ p - port costs budget do not exceed 33 per mr~t of me eshmated contributions r~r eJ'Pi given 'flier; 7. Furfhet teQU~LT~ [ha Ex3cu~ivn [~r actor to administer the appropriation for the pro- gramme and programme ~Jgport costs '~ud- gels 1984-1B88 with the utmost economy and reslrainl con~sm~! wdh the effecthm imple menfedon of the programme, bearing in mind th~ ~ad~bgJty of reSOUrCes, and to mpD~ to the Governing Coun~l at ira thirteenth se.~on on the i ~ e n m n l a l ~ n of the pr¢~ramme ~nd paP~nlmme support colts budget during the hret year of the bmnnium fH4-19~5. [~

Clasfng Statement of the President. MJr - t ~ Hn ldg i te

Two weeks ago, when I had the honour m becqme PreSident o| this session of [he Gov- erning Council, I asked you ell to remember why we are here, and I asked us all zo evaluate our crofts ~aina¢ one simple measure: are they likely to give hope m thn hopeeus, and bring the wo~d cJosar zo t~sf golden age OF which man have dreamed :" ":ugh the milLen- nia.

I im bound m say that. applying this yard- st(ok, f have at timlul felt dilcour~Jed.

No Imoner had I f~niihad my opeMng com- ments than the tide of bu~nlms pmce~'Mra rose to engulf us. ~i~tlng here, in the Plenary, as we received and die cus.~d the ~(ocu Live Director's report on the eventa or the world In the past year, conaldered tl~a cr~as of human need and environmental degradation o eKamined espec~ o| the Mate OF our platter, debated thg edge we ought to hay=) in either Io judge problems and responhu more wlsgiy, end mnu~l~ abo~ how wu cmdd mike the m~lns of the United Nzliona end our Go~ernmanks work t ~ l t h l n more la/fi~on~y, I Ough~ m have Iound stlmul~l. For t h lm em important m|t- bite end Iherw ie much wisdom in the wudd to learn Imm. As if was, ] did noz leo[ stimulated,

Why r I think one rlssson was that m ~id not

• dgham in th l [ ru l meaning of that yard, Esplclally in th• first part Of OUr ageatda, ~ I H ~ I I of ~ ~ m which took

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