UNITED NATIONS	HS
	Commission on Human Settlements	Distr. GENERAL HS/C/17/9/Add.2 15 March 1999 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

In its decision 5/22 of 7 May 1982, the Commission on Human Settlements requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to prepare a report, for every session, on the availability and use of extrabudgetary resources, including those of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, broken down by source of activity. The present report has been prepared in response to that request.

1. The work programme of UNCHS (Habitat) is financed from two sources:

    (a) The regular budget of the United Nations, under section 12 and section 21;

    (b) Extrabudgetary resources.

2. During the biennium 1998-1999, the extrabudgetary resources of the Centre have been derived from two sources:

    (a) The United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation;

    (b) Programme support income generated from the execution of operational activities financed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and technical cooperation trust funds.

3. Since a separate report on the resources of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation is before the Commission in document HS/C/17/9, the present report will cover only the remaining sources of extrabudgetary funds.

4. A summary of all resources available to the Centre, comprising the resource plan for the biennium 1998-1999 and budget estimates for the biennium 2000-2001, are presented in the table below (which also appears as table 2 in document HS/C/17/9).

5. During 1998-1999, the Centre expected a project delivery of $45 million broken down as follows:

	Thousands of US$
Projects financed by UNDP, including cost-sharing	36,000
Projects financed by other sources (trust funds)	9,000
Total:	45,000

The estimated delivery for 1998 stands as follows:

	Thousands of US$
Projects financed by UNDP, including cost-sharing	22,000
Projects financed by other sources (trust funds)	30,000
Total:	52,000

The important increase in trust funds results from large reconstruction projects in countries affected by human-made disasters. At the same time, the income generated by technical cooperation activities amounted to $3.4 million in 1998.

6. Trust funds are also provided to support Junior Professional Officers (JPOs) and associated experts to work at UNCHS (Habitat) headquarters and on UNCHS (Habitat)-executed technical cooperation projects, respectively. In 1998, nine JPOs were provided, one each from Austria, Finland, Italy, and Sweden, two from Germany and three from the Netherlands. Seven associated experts were provided, one each from Germany and Sweden, two from the Netherlands and three from Belgium.

7. The Centre expects to earn $7,437,100 during 1998-1999 as programme support income. The programme support income provides resources for regional offices and headquarters. Resources are also provided for administration and management. During 1998-1999, an amount of $852,900 is being provided to the United Nations Office at Nairobi for administrative services. For the biennium 2000-2001, an amount of $1,114,000 is earmarked from the programme support income for administrative services provided by the United Nations Office at Nairobi.

8. For the biennium 2000-2001, the Centre expects to have a delivery of $45 million and expects, by 31 December 2001, to have a closing balance of $1,654,000 of programme support income.