United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is proposing cuts worth $155 million to the global agency’s 2012-2013 budget that takes effect next January.
Ban’s proposal includes reduction in official travel by using more video conferencing, curtailment or suspension of consultancies, decreased use of printed reports in favor of electronic documents, and an overall abatement in overtime payments, IPS reports.
Ban also wants to “review” the use of libraries in U.N. agencies and charge fees for services provided by the U.N. Secretariat to the various U.N. funds and programs systemwide.
Ban earlier proposed a two-year budget that is 3 percent lower than the current one, citing sluggish global economic performance.
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