Decision 71/33

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve the UNEP’s Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) budget for 2014 in the amount of US $9,338,000, plus agency support costs of 8 per cent, amounting to US $747,040, as contained in Annex XIX to the present report;
2. To request UNEP, in future submissions of the CAP budget to continue:
   1. To provide detailed information on the activities for which the global funds would be used;
   2. To extend the prioritization of funding between CAP budget lines so as to accommodate changing priorities, and to provide details on the reallocations made in its budget pursuant to decisions 47/24 and 50/26;
   3. To report on the current staff post levels and to inform the Executive Committee of any changes thereto, particularly in respect of any increased budget allocations; and
3. To request UNEP to report to the Executive Committee on the implications of its adoption of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) in meeting the requirements of decision 35/36(d), requiring the return of the balances of CAP funds, by the 74^th meeting.