MC UNITED NATIONS UNEP/MC/COP.2/18 Distr.: General 28 September 2018 Original: English United Nations Environment Programme Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury Second meeting Geneva, 19–23 November 2018 Item 6 of the provisional agenda* Programme of work and budget Update on the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Note by the secretariat I. Introduction The period 2018–2019 marks the first biennium of work for the Minamata Convention on Mercury. In decision MC-1/15, on the programme of work of the secretariat and proposed budget for the biennium 2018–2019, the Conference of the Parties set out the mandate for the implementation of the programme of work. In decision MC-1/11, on the secretariat, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to perform the secretariat functions initially through a secretariat of the Minamata Convention located in Geneva. In decision MC-1/15, the Conference of the Parties also requested the Executive Secretary to provide, at the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties, an update on the implementation of the programme of work and, where relevant, cost estimates for actions with budgetary implications that were not foreseen in the first programme of work but were included in draft decisions and therefore had budgetary implications for the first biennium, before those decisions were adopted by the Conference of the Parties. Accordingly, section II of the present note describes the execution of the budget of the Minamata Convention during 2018; section III provides an update on the approved budget for 2019; section IV describes financial issues relevant to the effective implementation of the Convention; and section V presents relevant suggested action by the Conference of the Parties. Annex I to the present note sets out a draft decision on an update on the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2018–2019, annex II sets out the indicative scale of assessment for the General Trust Fund for 2019; and annex III contains the organizational chart for the secretariat. The present note should be read in conjunction with the report on the activities of the secretariat in 2018 (UNEP/MC/COP.2/17, annex), and the programme of work and budget detail sheet (UNEP/MC/COP.2/INF/9, annex), setting out the details of the revised budget proposed for 2019.
UNITED NATIONS MC UNEP/MC/COP.2/18 United Nations Environment Programme Distr.: General 28 September 2018 Original: English Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury Second meeting Geneva, 19–23 November 2018 Item 6 of the provisional agenda* Programme of work and budget Update on the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Note by the secretariat I. Introduction The period 2018–2019 marks the first biennium of work for the Minamata Convention on Mercury. In decision MC-1/15, on the programme of work of the secretariat and proposed budget for the biennium 2018–2019, the Conference of the Parties set out the mandate for the implementation of the programme of work. In decision MC-1/11, on the secretariat, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to perform the secretariat functions initially through a secretariat of the Minamata Convention located in Geneva. In decision MC-1/15, the Conference of the Parties also requested the Executive Secretary to provide, at the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties, an update on the implementation of the programme of work and, where relevant, cost estimates for actions with budgetary implications that were not foreseen in the first programme of work but were included in draft decisions and therefore had budgetary implications for the first biennium, before those decisions were adopted by the Conference of the Parties. Accordingly, section II of the present note describes the execution of the budget of the Minamata Convention during 2018; section III provides an update on the approved budget for 2019; section IV describes financial issues relevant to the effective implementation of the Convention; and section V presents relevant suggested action by the Conference of the Parties. Annex I to the present note sets out a draft decision on an update on the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2018–2019, annex II sets out the indicative scale of assessment for the General Trust Fund for 2019; and annex III contains the organizational chart for the secretariat. The present note should be read in conjunction with the report on the activities of the secretariat in 2018 (UNEP/MC/COP.2/17, annex), and the programme of work and budget detail sheet (UNEP/MC/COP.2/INF/9, annex), setting out the details of the revised budget proposed for 2019.
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