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DP/2000/L.1

23 November 1999

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

.First regular session 2000

24 to 28 and 31 January 2000, New York

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

ANNOTATIONS AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS

ITEM 1. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Election of the Bureau

Immediately following the opening of the session, the Executive Board will elect a new Bureau consisting of a President and four Vice-Presidents, taking into account the need to ensure equitable geographical representation. According to the established pattern of rotation of posts among the various regional groups, the President of the Executive Board for 2000 should be elected from among the Board members of the group of the Eastern European States.

Provisional agenda, annotations, list of documents and work plan
DP/2000/L.1

Following the election of the Bureau, the Executive Board will adopt the agenda for the session and agree on the work plan. A tentative work plan is contained in the annex to the present note. In accordance with its past practice, should the Board complete consideration of an item before an indicated date or time, it may move immediately to the next item on its work schedule.

 Report on the annual session 1999
DP/1999/28

Report on the third regular session 1999
DP/2000/1

The Executive Board may wish to approve the reports on its annual and third regular sessions 1999.

Decisions adopted by the Executive Board in 1999
DP/2000/2

A compilation of decisions adopted by the Executive Board in 1999 is made available in this document.

 Annual work plan 2000 for the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
DP/2000/CRP.1

The draft work plan 2000 was prepared by the secretariat of the Executive Board in close consultation with the Bureau of the Executive Board. It includes an outline of priority issues for UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS, and a list of items for the consideration of the Board with an indication of the session at which they may be considered, taking into account relevant prior decisions and the Board's request to focus deliberations at each session.

The Executive Board may wish to adopt its work plan for the year 2000.

ITEM 2: BUSINESS PLANS, 2000-2003

The way forward: the Administrator's Business Plans, 2000-2003
DP/2000/8

This document draws on proposals and options included in the report of the Transition Team submitted to the Administrator in November 1999 "Crisis, Opportunity and Change: Building Tomorrow's UNDP" and in particular on the wide consultations that have taken place on the future of UNDP.

It includes the major transformation initiatives the Administrator will undertake and the indicators that will be utilized to measure the implementation of these initiatives.

It also includes an indication of the financial implications of the measures proposed.

The Executive Board may wish to endorse the Administrator's Business Plans, 2000-2003.

 Comprehensive assessment of the UNDP 2001 change process
DP/2000/3

The assessment focuses on what has occurred to date as a consequence of the UNDP 2001 reform process and includes issues for follow-up. The report reviews the reform process, progress in its implementation, benefits to UNDP from the process, and the degree to which UNDP has consolidated itself as a learning organization.

The Executive Board may wish to take note of the assessment.

ITEM 3: COUNTRY COOPERATION FRAMEWORKS AND RELATED MATTERS

The Executive Board will have before it the following document:

Assistance to East Timor: Note by the Administrator
DP/2000/5

In this note, the Administrator provides details of initiatives taken by UNDP to assist the territory of East Timor following the referendum determining its future and Security Council resolution 1272 and recommends that a target for resource assignment from the core (TRAC) be allocated.

The Executive Board may wish to approve an allocation of $5 million for the period 1999-2000 and to delegate to the Administrator the authority to make future allocations commensurate with the formula applied to other programmes.

The Executive Board may wish to approve the following country cooperation framework:

First country cooperation framework for Liberia
DP/CCF/LIR/1

The Executive Board may wish to take note of the extensions of the following country cooperation frameworks:

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Angola
DP/CCF/ANG/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Mauritius
DP/CCF/MAR/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Seychelles
DP/CCF/SEY/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Swaziland
DP/CCF/SWA/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Indonesia
DP/CP/INS/5/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for the Republic of Korea
DP/CCF/ROK/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Belarus
DP/CCF/BLR/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Bosnia and Herzegovina
DP/CCF/BIH/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Bulgaria
DP/CCF/BUL/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Croatia
DP/CCF/CRO/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for the Czech Republic
DP/CCF/CZE/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Estonia
DP/CCF/EST/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
DP/CCF/MCD/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Georgia
DP/CCF/GEO/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Hungary
DP/CCF/HUN/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Latvia
DP/CCF/LAT/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Lithuania
DP/CCF/LIT/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Malta
DP/CCF/MAT/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Poland
DP/CCF/POL/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for the Russian Federation
DP/CCF/RUS/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Slovakia
DP/CCF/SLO/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Slovenia
DP/CCF/SVN/1/EXT.I

First extension of the fifth country programme for Turkey
DP/CP/TUR/5/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Ukraine
DP/CCF/UKR/1/EXT.I

First extension of the country cooperation framework for Saint Helena
DP/CCF/STH/1/EXT.I

First extension of the regional cooperation framework for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
DP/RCF/REC/1/EXT.I

The Executive Board may wish to take note of the following country review reports:

First country review report for Bangladesh
DP/CRR/BGD/1

First country review report for Botswana
DP/CRR/BOT/1

First country review report for China
DP/CRR/CPR/1

First country review report for Kazakhstan
DP/CRR/KAZ/1

First country review report for Kyrgyzstan
DP/CRR/KYR/1

First country review report for Viet Nam
DP/CRR/VIE/1

ITEM 4: FINANCIAL, BUDGETARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Revised UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules
DP/2000/4

In this report, the Administrator submits to the Executive Board the draft revised UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules and provides information about the objectives pursued and the process followed during the comprehensive revision of the Financial Regulations and Rules.

The Executive Board may wish to approve the draft revised Financial Regulations.

Revised UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules: A comparative table
DP/2000/CRP.5

Revised UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules: Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
DP/2000/7

The report summarizes comments received from the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the draft revised UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules for the information of the Executive Board.

UNDP regular funding and cash-flow management
DP/2000/CRP.3

The Administrator presents information pertaining to the UNDP cash-flow experience in 1999 and provides a current forecast for the year 2000. The report focuses on the initial results of the core funding strategy in terms of the predictability of core contributions income and explains the impact of delays in the receipt of pledges and/or in the payment of contributions on cash-flow management and the use of financial tools designed to protect the value of contributions.

The Executive Board may wish to take note of the report.

ITEM 5: IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD OF AUDITORS

UNDP: Report on implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors for the biennium 1996-1997: Report of the Administrator
DP/2000/6

UNFPA: Follow-up to the report of the Board of Auditors for 1996-1997: Status of implementation of recommendations
DP/FPA/2000/4

In accordance with Executive Board decisions 97/2 and 97/3, the Administrator of UNDP and the Executive Director of UNFPA will present an updated overview of measures that they have taken to implement the recommendations of the Board of Auditors for the biennium ending 31 December 1997.

The Executive Board may wish to take note of the reports on implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors.

ITEM 6: FIELD VISITS

Report on the field visit to Bulgaria and Georgia
DP/2000/CRP.2

This document contains the report of the Executive Board team that undertook a field visit to Bulgaria and Georgia from 24 August to 5 September 1999.

The Executive Board may wish to take note of this report.

ITEM 7: COUNTRY PROGRAMMES AND RELATED MATTERS

The Executive Board may wish to approve the following country and inter-country programmes:

Assistance to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
DP/FPA/IRN/3

Assistance to the Government of Zimbabwe
DP/FPA/ZWE/4

Inter-country programme, 2000-2003
DP/FPA/2000/1

Review of the inter-country programme, 1996-1999
DP/FPA/2000/1/Add.1

The Executive Board may wish to approve the following extension of the country programme for Niger:

Request for extension of and additional resources for the UNFPA country programme for Niger
DP/FPA/NER/4/EXT.1

ITEM 8: FINANCIAL, BUDGETARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Report on administrative and operational support costs reimbursed to UNFPA
DP/FPA/2000/2

This report responds to decision 98/22. The Executive Board may wish to adopt a final decision endorsing the standard rate of 7.5 per cent for reimbursement of administrative and operational support costs for UNFPA execution of co-financing trust fund activities.

Report on revision of financial regulations
DP/FPA/2000/3

The report contains revisions and additions to the existing financial regulations resulting from an overall review of those regulations and from needed changes reflecting new programme procedures.

The Executive Board may wish to approve the report.

ITEM 9: TECHNICAL ADVISORY PROGRAMME 2000-2003

Establishment of a country technical services team office to cover countries with economies in transition
DP/FPA/2000/CRP.1

This conference room paper responds to paragraph 11 of decision 99/19, in which the Executive Board requested the Executive Director to elaborate further on the proposal to establish a country technical services team office to cover countries with economies in transition and to provide information on the recommended arrangements.

The Executive Board may wish to approve the proposal contained in document DP/FPA/2000/CRP.1.

ITEM 10: OTHER MATTERS

WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health (CCH)
Oral report

An oral report will be presented on the outcome of the December 1999 meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Health.

ITEM 11: JOINT SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS OF UNDP/UNFPA AND OF UNICEF,
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF WFP

The United Nations Development Assistance Framework process in India

The Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA and UNICEF, with the participation of representatives of the Executive Board of WFP, will review the UNDAF process in India; a presentation will be given by a country-team panel composed of the Resident Coordinator and representatives of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP.


TENTATIVE WORK PLAN
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF UNDP/UNFPA

FIRST REGULAR SESSION 2000
(24 TO 28 AND 31 JANUARY 2000)

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