The main areas of overspend in administration budgets were:
(a) Afghanistan
Subsistence and allowances
Other purchased goods and services
Telecommunications costs
Freight and courier costs
Other costs, including embassy catering services
Other external/contract services
(b) Australia
Subsistence and allowances
Training costs
IT costs
Agency and casual staff
Other external/contract services
Maintenance and running costs
Locally engaged staff salaries
(c) Brazil
Freight and courier costs
Vehicle costs
Other purchased goods and services
Medical costs
Subsistence and allowances
Locally engaged staff salaries
Agency and casual staff
Maintenance and running costs
(d) Spain
Other purchased goods and services
Other costs
Training costs
Locally engaged staff salaries
Subsistence and allowances
Telecommunications costs
Other external/contract services
Agency and casual staff
(e) US
Consultancy and professional fees
Freight and courier costs
Hire of plant and machinery
IT Costs
Financial charges
Stationery
Agency and casual Staff
Subsistence and allowances
Maintenance and running costs
Telecommunications costs
Other purchased goods and services.
Peacekeeping costs—both assessed costs to international missions and UK discretionary support to international and bilateral missions—have been met through the Peacekeeping Budget which is an annual claim on the Treasury Reserve and has been managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on behalf of the FCO, Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence (MOD). In 2007-08 and 2008-09, £374 million was allocated from the Treasury Reserve for Peacekeeping.
Pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1240W, as a claim on the Treasury Reserve, the Peacekeeping Budget did not benefit from the Overseas Prices Mechanism. However, from the Peacekeeping Budget, assessed contributions to peacekeeping missions paid in foreign currencies by the FCO in 2007-08 were:
£ UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) 366,011 UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 5,771,218 UN_Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) 15,184,311 UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) 39,728,447 UN_Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 3,135,316 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 25,403,196 UN African Union—United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) 37,228,728 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 28,920,533 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 960,793 UN Integrated Mission in East Timor(UNMIT) 4,727,871 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 1,140,559 UN Disengagement Observer Force Zone (UNDOF) 1,393,431 UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 19,062,884 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 7,816,007 UN Interim Force in Lebanon(UNIFIL) 25,003,407 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 1,557,670 UN International Criminal Court 6,429,102 UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 4,813,809 UN International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia 6,252,619 Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe field missions 8,377,220 Total 243,273,132
At current exchange rates, estimated assessed contributions to peacekeeping missions paid in foreign currencies in 2008-09 are:
£ UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 18,297,738 UN_Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) 19,968,022 UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) 49,272,772 UN_Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 1,334,652 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 25,323,581 UN African Union—United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) 64,197,346 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 30,070,770 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus 1,392,357 UN Integrated Mission in East Timor(UNMIT) 6,008,093 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 1,462,365 UN Disengagement Observer Force Zone (UNDOF) 1,834,559 UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 24,201,172 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 7,480,504 UN Interim Force in Lebanon(UNIFIL) 28,307,578 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 1,764,832 UN International Criminal Court 5,463,876 UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 5,403,725 UN International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia 7,145,468 UN/AU UN Logistical Support to African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) 1,960,880 Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe field missions 9,633,681 Total 310,523,971
The 2008-09 costs will be reduced by a transfer of £29.4 million from the FCO which includes gains from the benefits of the advanced purchase of foreign currency costs, based on estimated costs at the time of spring supplementary. Further assessed costs are attributed to the Peacekeeping Budget by the Treasury or paid in the relevant foreign currency by the MOD.