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ADOPTION DU PLAFOND BUDGETAIRE PROVISOIRE POUR 2000-2001
ADOPTION OF THE PROVISIONAL BUDGET CEILING FOR 2000-2001
APROBACIÓN DEL TOPE PRESUPUESTARIO PROVISIONAL PARA 2000-2001
УТВЕРЖДЕНИЕ ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНОГО ВЕРХНЕГО ПРЕДЕЛЬНОГО УРОВНЯ БЮДЖЕТА
НА 2000-2001 ГГ.
1.1 THE PRESIDENT:
Ladies and gentlemen, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure, I shall adjourn the meeting for five
minutes pending a quorum.
(The meeting is suspended for five minutes)
1.2 I declare open the thirteenth plenary meeting of the General Conference. As we decided in the plenary
this morning, we shall now examine agenda item 3.2 Adoption of the provisional budget ceiling for 2000-2001.
The document for this item is 30 C/81. I now give the floor to the Chairperson of the Administrative
Commission, who will present to you his Commission’s recommendations. Mr Marshall, you have the floor.
2.1 Mr MARSHALL (New Zealand), Chairperson of the Administrative Commission:
Chairperson, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, before presenting the Administrative Commission’s
recommendation to the General Conference with regard to the provisional budget setting for 2000-2001, I would
like to give you one or two pieces of information about the meeting. I want to recall firstly that the 155th session
of the Executive Board invited the Director-General “to prepare a Draft Programme and Budget for the financial
period 2000-2001 (30 C/5), for further study by the Executive Board at its 156th session, on the basis of zeronominal
and zero-real growth scenarios”.
2.2 As requested, the Director-General presented two budget scenarios in the Draft Programme and Budget
(document 30 C/5 - the blue book), a scenario A budget level, representing a zero-nominal growth level of
US $544,367,250, and a scenario B budget level representing a zero-real growth level of US $567,812,250. The
two scenarios proposed by the Director-General were the subject of intensive debates in the Finance and
Administrative Commission at both the 156th and 157th sessions of the Executive Board, which led to the
Executive Board’s consensus recommendation of a budget ceiling of US $544,367,250 for the 2000-2001
biennium at an exchange rate of 5.7 French francs to one United States dollar; in other words scenario A, or zeronominal
growth.
2.3 The Administrative Commission’s debate - that is, at this Conference - on the provisional budget ceiling
per se led to little discussion, most of the delegates who addressed this item considering that the Executive
Board’s recommendation of a zero-nominal growth budget of some $544 million reflected the majority view.
One delegate voiced regrets that a few Member States which are not Members of the Executive Board had felt
unable to take a full part in the discussion. The Commission, however, recommended that the General
Conference approve a provisional budget ceiling of US $544,367,250 as contained in document 30 C/8l, which is
before you. Thank you, Madam President.
3. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you Mr Marshall. I now propose that the plenary adopt the draft resolution contained in
document 30 C/81. Are there any comments? There are none. The draft resolution is adopted.
DEBAT DE POLITIQUE GENERALE (suite)
GENERAL POLICY DEBATE (continued)
DEBATE DE POLÍTICA GENERAL (continuación)
ОБСУЖДЕНИЕ ВОПРОСОВ ОБЩЕЙ ПОЛИТИКИ (продолжение)
4. The PRESIDENT:
We shall now continue our general policy debate and I have the pleasure of inviting the first speaker of
this afternoon, Her Excellency Ms Sofíaleticia Morales Garza, Secretary-General of the United Mexican States
National Commission for UNESCO. Madam, you have the floor.
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