Presentation of the final accounts of the World Heritage Fund for 2008-2009, the interim financial statement and the state of implementation of the 2010-2011 budget covering 01 January to 31 May 2010

WHC-10/34.COM/16

In accordance with the Decision 33 COM 16A of the World Heritage Committee
requesting the World Heritage Centre to "present, at the next session of the
Committee, a document on the situation of the accounts of the World Heritage
Fund for the period 2008-2009 as well as the provisional implementation rate of
the 2010-2011 budget according to the revised Budget structure (Decision
6 EXT.COM 6) and a schedule of appropriations and expenditure as of 31st
March 2010", the document contains the following financial statements:

(a) the financial statements relating to the World Heritage Fund for 2008-2009
prepared by the Bureau of the Comptroller of UNESCO. The statements of
the compulsory and voluntary contributions to the World Heritage Fund are
included therein;

(b) the interim financial statements relating to the World Heritage Fund for the
period from 01 January 2010 to 31 May 2010 prepared by the Bureau of the
Comptroller. The statements of the compulsory and voluntary contributions to
the World Heritage Fund are included therein;

(c) a consolidated statement of allotments and expenditures for activities financed
by all funding sources to be implemented within the 2010-2011 budget, based
on the revised structure of the Budget set out in Decision 6 EXT.COM 6,
(UNESCO, 2003) and prepared by the Bureau of the Budget and the Bureau
of the Comptroller as at 31 May 2010.

N.B.: For technical reasons the data are provided for May instead of March 2010.