摘要:The total of net TC project and programme approvals from all sources of funds amounted
to 104.4 million United States dollers. This is $24 million lower than in 2005. This difference
is fully accounted for by the cancellation, at UNIDO’s initiative, of one project that
had been approved in 2005 by the United Nations Iraq Trust Fund, and the postponement
of a major project payment to 2007 due to slower than expected implementation
of the related project. Without these two one-off events, approvals would have been around
$120 million in both 2005 and 2006. At the same time, the level of future payments due
under already signed agreements (not included above) increased by $17.1 million during
the year. Therefore the total of funds mobilized amounted to $121.9 million. As this level
exceeds the annual delivery, which stood at $113.7 million, the gradual build-up of the
portfolio of projects and programmes, now standing at $227.4 million (start of 2007), will
support a continuing increase in delivery levels in coming years.