The goods and services under inspection--including housing, transportation, food, leisure and household supplies--are representative of executive spending patterns, and the selection of the cities reflects the request for corresponding data from the groups that use the study's findings.

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On 22 December 2006, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed his Deputy Special Representative for Burundi, Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia, as his Executive Representative for Burundi and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), which was established on 1 January 2007, following the conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) on 31 December 2006.

UN: Secretary-General

The Office has approximately 70 staff and is led by an Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, Michael von der Schulenburg, who also serves as United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative in Sierra Leone.

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