Preparatory Commission for the                                                PC-IX/A/WP.4

Organisation for the Prohibition                                                9 November 1994

of Chemical Weapons                                                                     Original:  ENGLISH

EXPERT GROUP ON PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET

NINTH REPORT

1.         Introduction

1.1       The Expert Group on Programme of Work and Budget met in The Hague on 9 November 1994 in order to take action on a recommendation by the Expert Group on Data Systems in relation to the IS Branch budget for 1995.

1.2       Ambassador Jorge Morales Pedraza of Cuba continued as the Chairman of the Expert Group.

2.         Recommendation

            The Group took note of paragraph 4.1 of the Ninth Report of the Expert Group on Data Systems (PC-IX/A/WP.3) and agreed to recommend that Working Group A refer to the Commission for adoption at its Ninth Session the unfreezing of all IS Branch personnel appropriations, including both those related to personnel already in place and those related to new posts as established under subparagraph 7.6.3 of the Annex to PC-VIII/A/WP.7.

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