DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs,

Bearing in mind the administrative and financial functions entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its resolution 46/185 C, section XVI, paragraph 2, of 20 December 1991,

Having considered the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme containing the proposed final biennial programme budget for 1998-1999 and proposed initial biennial programme budget for 2000-2001 1/and the proposed final biennial support budget for 1998-1999 and proposed initial biennial support budget for 2000-2001 for the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, 2/

Taking into consideration the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions relating to the proposed final biennial support budget for 1998-1999 and proposed initial biennial budget for 2000-2001 for the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, 3/ in particular paragraphs 3, 25 and 28,

I

FINAL PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 1998-1999 AND INITIAL PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 FOR THE FUND OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME

Expresses its appreciation for the improvements made in the budget presentation to sharpen the strategic focus of programme activities in support of the objectives agreed by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session devoted to countering the world drug problem together, as well as for efforts to identify and group priority projects within a limited number of programmes, with due regard to continued transparency of project implementation;

Encourages the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme: (a) to further develop the cohesiveness of programmes through the identification of mutually reinforcing

(b) to actively implement results-based budgeting by setting clear programme objectives, articulating strategies for achieving them and developing measurable achievement indicators;

(c) to improve the quality of project design by more systematically incorporating baseline data, risk analyses, performance indicators and monitoring and evaluation frameworks into project documentation, and by ensuring that key stakeholders are fully involved in project design at an early stage;

Requests the Executive Director to keep the Commission informed of improvements in programme and project design and implementation;

Emphasizes the importance of maintaining an appropriate balance between programmes to reduce illicit supply and those to reduce illicit demand for drugs, in line with the political declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session, 4/as well as with General Assembly resolution 53/207;

Endorses the final resource allocation for programme activities in the amount of $91,722,900 for the biennium 1998-1999 funded under the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme as indicated below:

Item General-purpose Special-purpose

resources resources

(Thousands of United States dollars)

By sector

Policy support, legislation and advocacy 4 657.2 13 642.8

Prevention and reduction of drug abuse 4 628.4 17 086.1

Suppression of illicit drug trafficking 4 489.1 21 698.9

Elimination of illicit crops 3 176.3 22 344.1

Total 16 951.0 74 771.9

By region

Global 3 865.5 11 437.8

Sub-Saharan Africa 1 360.3 2 334.0

North Africa and the Middle East 442 1 532.8

Central and eastern Europe 1 044.5 6 561.2

West and central Asia 2 310.5 11 728.2

South Asia 438.7 1 126.2

East Asia and the Pacific 1 499.6 11 559.9

Latin America and the Caribbean 5 989.9 28 491.8

Total 16 951.0 74 771.9

Also endorses the programme and budget strategy for the biennium 2000-2001;

Further endorses the initial resource allocation for programme activities in the amount of $157,011,500 for the biennium 2000-2001 funded under the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme as indicated below;

By sector

Policy support, legislation and advocacy 3 243.1 13 712.0

Prevention and reduction of drug abuse 6 028.5 36 968.4

Suppression of illicit drug trafficking 2 995.6 47 014.0

Elimination of illicit crops 2 206.0 44 843.8

Total 14 473.3 142 538.2

By region

Global 4 997.5 15 231.2

Sub-Saharan Africa 1 769.1 7 538.5

North Africa and the Middle East 157 6 701.4

Central and eastern Europe 6.6 6 694.8

West and central Asia 2 553.9 27 716.1

South Asia 1 085.8 2 767.6

East Asia and the Pacific 1 042.3 24 765.8

Latin America and the Caribbean 2 861.1 51 123.0

Total 14 473.3 142 538.2

Notes that implementation of the programme budget and additional priority programmes is subject to the availability of funding.

II

FINAL BIENNIAL SUPPORT BUDGET FOR 1998-1999 AND INITIAL BIENNIAL SUPPORT BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 FOR THE FUND OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME

Requests the Secretariat to consider ways in which the linkage between the programme budget and support budget documents can be further strengthened, including the possible option of combining the two documents, and to make specific proposals to the Commission in that regard at the time of the submission of the budget outline for 2002-2003, taking into account the approach used by other United Nations funds and programmes and the specific requirements of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme;

Also requests the Secretariat to present to the Commission at its forty-third session an analysis of the issue of the appropriateness of the programme support cost arrangements, in view of the high degree of dependence of the Programme on special-purpose contributions;

Approves an appropriation in the amount of $34,843,500 for the final 1998-1999 biennial support budget funded under the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme for the purposes indicated below:

United States dollars

Programme support

Country offices 19,005,400

Headquarters 6,633,400

Subtotal 25,638,800

Management and administration 9,204,700

Total appropriation 34,843,500

Approves an appropriation in the amount of $36,181,200 for the initial 2000-2001 biennial support budget funded under the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme for the purposes indicated below:

Programme support

Country offices 20,147,200

Headquarters 7,076,900

Subtotal 27,224,100

Management and administration 8,957,100

Total appropriation 36,181,200

Authorizes the Executive Director to redeploy resources between appropriation lines up to a maximum of 5 per cent of the appropriation to which the resources are redeployed.