96/26.  Work plan of the United Nations Population Fund for 1997-2000 and programme expenditure authority

The Executive Board

1.             Endorses the programme resource planning proposals of the Executive Director set out in paragraphs 7 to 18 of document DP/FPA/1996/18;

2.             Approves the request for the 1997 programme expenditure authority at a level equal to new programmable resources for 1997, currently estimated at $257 million;

3.             Endorses the use of the following estimates of new programmable resources from regular resources for the 1998-2000 period: $279 million for 1998; $305 million for 1999; and $334 million for 2000;

4.             Also endorses the use of the following estimates of new programmable resources from multi-bilateral funding: $15 million per year for the years 1997-2000.

          8 May 1996