He said the channel had used some of its reserves rather than implement the whole cut in its programme budget in the short term.
Other resolutions adopted unanimously by the Assembly dealt with special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, among them a text dealing with the budget of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004), on the withdrawal of troops from Lebanon, whose narrative and logical framework had been newly revised.
The event, hosted by the UK National Commission for UNESCO, debated and made recommendations on UNESCO priorities, programme and budget for 2012-2013.
The event, hosted by the UK National Commission for UNESCO, will debate and make recommendations on UNESCO priorities, programme and budget for 2012-2013.
UNESCO: UK Hosting Meeting for European National Commissions
The Conference determines the policies and main lines of work of UNESCO, particularly through the examination and adoption of its biennial Programme and Budget.
The Executive Board has a rotating membership of 58 Member States who meet twice a year to oversee the implementation of the Programme and Budget of UNESCO, as adopted by the General Conference.
The General Conference will decide on the proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
The two senators want to see the establishment of a bipartisan commission that would draw up a programme of budget reform to be submitted to Congress for a straight up or down vote, with no possibility of amendment, since amendments would surely cause the whole thing to unravel.
Other than the naming of a new Director-General (afternoon of 15 October) and the adoption of the 2010-2011 Programme and Budget, the agenda of the 35th session features a Ministerial Forum on strategies to overcome the economic crisis and on the future of UNESCO as a multilateral organization, on 8 October.
The draft programme and budget being considered by the General Conference gives priority to sustainable development, the development of a culture of peace and non-violence with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, youth, Education for All (EFA), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
Scheduled for discussion were a wide range of topics relating to the current situation of the Organization, its financial status and questions concerning the implementation of the roadmap, ongoing preparations for the next Medium Term Strategy and Programme and Budget, the current moves to reorganize certain corporate services and matters relating to the scheduling of meetings during sessions of the Governing Bodies.
During this session, expected to be presided over by Ms Katalin Bogyay (Hungary), the General Conference will decide on the proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, youth, Education for All (EFA), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
But the message is clear - the austerity programme with its budget and spending cuts will stay.
Mr Brown also promised to make "major announcements" on the government's City Academies programme in his Budget this Wednesday.
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The personal budget programme employed in social care includes direct cash payments to an individual as well as notional budgets that a patient can put in the hands of a social care professional.
Earlier, SDLP leader Mark Durkan denied his party was divided over whether to support the Northern Ireland budget and programme for government.
Participatory budgeting - a programme for mass participation in municipal budget allocation - is another major ingredient in the toolkit.
"I believe this budget provides a bold and ambitious programme of investment in our people and infrastructure, in the context of the most challenging financial environment Scotland has faced since devolution, " he said.
Conservation and protection of World Heritage Sites located in Pakistan are of utmost priority and despite the negligible budget allocation for its biannual regular programme, UNESCO Islamabad has succeeded in creating a general awareness regarding the universal significance of these sites through advocacy, networking and generating extra-budgetary resources.
The manifesto proposes a four-year programme for sorting out state pensions and rationalising the budget.
It also reported that the first phase of its capital investment programme - known as Project Phoenix - remained on budget and on track for completion during the first half of this year.
Reacting to yesterday's announcements, Ed Balls told the Today programme's Justin Webb that measures in this Budget have to be taken alongside new measures announced in previous budgets that are being introduced in April such as a freeze on tax credit and taking away child benefit.
The BBC's Wyre Davies, in Jerusalem, says that although Mr Netanyahu is facing many tricky policy situations - including the collapse of peace talks with the Palestinians and how to respond to Iran's nuclear programme - it is the failure to agree a budget with other coalition parties that brought about this decision.
Martin McGuinness said their priority had been to come up with a four-year budget but officials were now working on a draft programme for government.
The Chancellor, George Osborne told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I want a cut in the EU budget, David Cameron wants a cut in the EU budget" and both were determined to "end the outrageous increases in European spending".
Given the urgency, the emergency bill will doubtless have to be rammed through before Parliament rises for the Summer, on July 19, so something in the current programme, which includes the Finance Bill, which enacts the Budget, an Opposition Day and the polishing off of the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, will have to be ditched.
The government has just presented a budget that was received well and that advances India's programme of economic reform.
He warns that the new programme could cost more than direct payments, because cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office assume that crop prices will remain high.
"The budget is going to be an extremely challenging topic, not only for this programme but for all Nasa programmes, " said Phil McAlister, the agency's commercial spaceflight development director.
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