Fifty-third session
Agenda item 95
Operational activities for development

Triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system

Addendum

Comprehensive statistical data on operational activities for development for the year 1996

I. Introduction

1. The present document has been prepared in accordance with the requirements contained in General Assembly resolution 35/81 of 5 December 1980.

2. It is divided into three parts:

(a) Contributions from Governments and other sources to operational activities of the United Nations system (tables A-1 to A-6);

(b) Expenditures on operational activities of the United Nations system (tables B-1 to B-6);

(c) Procurement activities of the United Nations development system (table C-1).

Each part consists of a number of tables that may facilitate a study of the subject from different angles and perspectives. Tables B-1 to B-6 also cover expenditures on operational activities of the United Nations system in the least developed countries.

3. The main sources of the statistical tables are the financial statements of the United Nations funds and programmes, including the World Food Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and previous statistical addenda to the reports on operational activities of the United Nations system.

4. Tables A-1, A-5, A-6 and B-1 cover information for 1992-1996; table B-6 covers information for 1994-1996; all other tables deal with 1996 data only. Graphics covering a 10-year period are used for easier comparisons and broader illustration of the trends examined in tables A-1 and B-1.

5. Data on the World Bank Group are not included in the present report; such data may be found in relevant World Bank publications.

II. Note on statistical information

6. Coverage, definition and sources for the figures used in the present report are consistent with those for previous years' reports in this series. Modifications have been made to data presentation, column headings and table titles in the interest of greater clarity and internal consistency. Explanations of special cases or of instances in which table totals do not match are given in the footnotes to tables.

7. Data are derived from the financial statements of the United Nations funds and programmes; see also footnotes to tables A-1 and B-1.

8. Data on contributions refer to contributions received in a given calendar year from Governments and other sources by organizations in the United Nations system, and the net profits from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) greeting card operation. Data on other income related to resource transfers from one agency of the system to another, interest etc. are excluded.

9. Data on expenditures and disbursements represent the support provided by organizations to the programmes and projects of developing countries; administrative, programme and other support costs, where identifiable, are excluded.

10. UNICEF and WFP carry out both development assistance and some activities which are of a humanitarian or emergency character. Because of the difficulty of separate identifications, the related contributions and expenditures are all grouped under development assistance.

11. The expression "United Nations funds and programmes" refers to the funds and programmes listed by the General Assembly for participation in the annual United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities to the resources for operational activities of the organizational entities of the United Nations (see table B-4), and to other United Nations trust funds pertaining to development activities.

12. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in the present report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

13. The term "country" as used in the present report also refers, as appropriate, to territories or areas.

14. References to dollars ($) are to United States dollars unless otherwise stated. A full stop is used to indicate decimals. Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available or are not separately reported. Parentheses () indicate a deficit or decrease, except as otherwise indicated. A dash (-) indicates that the amount is nil or negligible or that the item is not applicable. A hyphen (-) between dates representing years signifies the full period involved, including the beginning and end years.

15. Details and percentages in tables do not necessarily add to totals, because of rounding.

16. The following abbreviations have been used:

AGFUND Arab Gulf Programme for the United Nations Development Organizations

CCPOQ Consultative Committee on Programme and Operational Questions of the ACC

CIS Commonwealth of Independent States

DDSMS Department for Development Support and Management Services of the United Nations Secretariat

ECA Economic Commission for Africa

ECE Economic Commission for Europe

ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

EEC European Economic Community

ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GCO greeting card operations (UNICEF)

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office of the United Nations

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

ILO International Labour Organization

IMO International Maritime Organization

ITC International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT

ITU International Telecommunication Union

NEC not elsewhere classified

NEX national execution

UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCHS United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

UNDCP United Nations International Drug Control Programme

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services

UNV United Nations Volunteers programme

UPU Universal Postal Union

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organization

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

WMO World Meteorological Organization

WTO World Tourism Organization.