Decision 47/24

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve the UNEP’s Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) budget for 2006 (Annex IV to the present report) at the amount of US $7,770,000 plus support costs of US $621,600 on the basis that:
   1. UNEP would not in future seek separate funding through its business plans or work programme amendments for awareness or public information activities, including the regional awareness programme previously funded at US $200,000 per year;
   2. UNEP would include in the annex to the CAP budget details regarding the use of all funds that support global awareness activities;
   3. Requests for future increases in the CAP budget would be limited to 3 per cent, unless the Executive Committee was given evidence that inflationary pressures justified otherwise;
   4. UNEP was encouraged to continue to extend the prioritization of funding between CAP budget lines so as to accommodate changing priorities; and
2. To request the Secretariat to liaise with UNEP and monitor the return of unspent funds in accordance with decision 35/36(d).