Additional period for fulfilling commitments

The developed countries are reluctant to make additional financial commitments.

Additional significant contractual commitments and disbursements are expected in the upcoming period.

One delegation stressed the need for more voluntary funding if UNHCR were to undertake additional commitments.

One delegation stressed the need for more voluntary funding if UNHCR were to undertake additional commitments.

The review upon expiration of the additional period for fulfilling commitments shall include an assessment of whether

transfers of new and additional financial resources to assist developing country Parties in implementing their Convention commitments

Suggestions for additional institutional arrangements to support the implementation of existing and any new commitments were welcomed.

English Page Governments. One delegation stressed the need for more voluntary funding if UNHCR were to undertake additional commitments.

Commitments of new and additional financial resources to fund environmental projects, as agreed upon in Rio, should be honoured.

Additional demands from the Rotterdam Convention_even if they were quite modest_would likely require proportionally greater commitments from the donor countries.

5. Foremost among the commitments undertaken in Agenda 21 was the transfer of additional resources and technologies to developing countries.

The implementation of the Programme of Action will require additional financial commitments, both by national Governments and the international community.

Others consider that joint implementation should be limited to annex I parties, at least until it is clear how the latter will implement their present commitments and what additional commitments they will accept.

Additional information on the relationship of these activities to the commitments referred to in the Tokyo Declaration would have been useful.

Mozambique an expansion into phase 2, with an additional province and a new central (policy) component, including additional co financing from Ireland and Switzerland, beyond continuing commitments from the Netherlands and Norway.

If the Summit is to succeed, we must agree upon the commitments for additional resources dedicated to national programmes around the world.

The innovative sources of finance should be additional to ODA commitments and should not distract donors from achieving the 0.7 per cent target.

Commitments

In the same vein, conscious that concerns have been raised that these initiatives might reduce commitments to traditional development assistance, all reports stress that the proposals should be seen as strictly additional to existing ODA commitments and targets.

During his visit to Afghanistan in May, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced additional assistance of 500 million, over and above India s existing commitments.

UNHCR has initiated additional steps (i.e. monitoring of multi year contracts) to ensure a more accurate monitoring of the commitments against future financial periods.

However, the Nordic countries felt that the present commitments were insufficient and therefore proposed that negotiations with a view to elaborating additional commitments in a protocol to the Convention should be held at the first session of the Conference.

These commitments are closely related to commitments on financing.

These commitments are closely related to commitments on financing.

Even where no legislation exists, it is considered good practice to make additional commitments, as corporate reputation and performance may require recognition of broader interests.

We welcome the declaration by the Group of Eight favouring debt cancellation, time bound commitments for enhanced ODA and the efforts for additional innovative financing.

It is our expectation that such commitments will effectively represent new and additional resources and not a mere reallocation away from other areas of cooperation.

International Commitments

Financial commitments

International commitments

(s) Commitments

(g) Commitments

(k) Commitments

International Commitments.

International Commitments.

Funding commitments

(b) Commitments

4. Commitments

We welcome the declaration of the Group of Eight favouring debt cancellation, time bound commitments for enhanced official development assistance, and efforts for additional innovative financing.

The solution to the forest crisis should start with the implementation of existing commitments and the generation of the additional funds required to halt forest loss.

Commitments could range from substantial liberalization to commitments binding existing regimes.

The conclusions of the seminar refer to areas requiring additional attention by authorities as well as commitments from the NHRIs to address irregular migration, smuggling and trafficking.

TOTAL OUTSTANDING COMMITMENTS

I. POLITICAL COMMITMENTS