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                         제15518호                                                                  2003.10.13. (월요일)
                     provisionally estimated at approximately               Manhattan Bank, 270 Park Avenue, New York,
                     US$386,900.00, shall include the actual costs
                                                                            NY 10017, USA, indicating the purpose for
                     of travel and staff entitlements of the UNEP           which the deposit is made. This deposit shall
                     officials assigned to plan for, attend or service      be used only to pay the obligations of UNEP in
                     the Session/Forum, as well as the costs of             respect of the Session/Forum.
                     shipping any necessary equipment and 4. After the Conference, UNEP shall give the
                     supplies. Arrangements for the travel of               Government a detailed set of accounts within
                     officials required to plan for or service the          six (6) months showing the actual costs
                     Session/Forum and for the shipment of any              incurred by UNEP and to be borne by the
                     necessary equipment and supplies shall be              Government in accordance with this
                     made by the secretariat in accordance with the         agreement. These costs shall be expressed in
                     Staff Regulations and Rules of the United              United States Dollars, using the United
                     Nations and its related administrative                 Nations official rate of exchange at the time
                     practices regarding travel standards, baggage          the payments are made. UNEP, on the basis of
                     allowances, subsistence payments and                   this detailed set of accounts, shall refund to
                     terminal expenses. Should the actual costs             the Government any funds unspent out of the
                     exceed the amount estimated above, the                 deposit or the advances required by paragraph
                     Government shall bear such additional costs in         2 above within one (1) month after the receipt
                     the amount not exceeding five percent of the           of the detailed accounts. Should the actual
                     above estimated costs. Prior to the payment of         costs exceed the deposit or deposits, within
                     such additional costs by the Government,
                                                                            the extent of the Government’s prior
                     UNEP and the Government shall consult and              acknowledgement, the Government shall remit
                     agree on which items are to be paid for by the         the outstanding balance within one month of
                     Government.                                            the receipt of the detailed accounts. The final
                   2. The Government shall, not later than 28               accounts shall be subject to audit as provided
                     February 2004, deposit with UNEP the sum of            in the Financial Regulations and Rules of the
                     US$386,900.00 presenting the estimated costs           United Nations, and the final adjustment of
                     referred to in paragraph 1 above. Subject to           accounts shall be subject to any observations
                     paragraph 1, the Government shall make                 which may arise from the audit carried out by
                     further advances as requested by UNEP and              the United Nations Board of auditors, whose
                     agreed by the Government, so that the latter           determination shall be accepted as final by
                     will not at any time have to finance                   both UNEP and the Government.
                     temporarily from its cash resources the extra                            Article X
                     costs that are the responsibility of the                                  Liability
                     Government.                                         1. The Government shall indemnify and hold
                   3. The deposit and the advances required by              harmless the United Nations and its officials
                     paragraph 2 shall be paid wholly in United             in respect of any such action, claim or other
                     States Dollars, to the credit of the UNEP Trust        demand.
                     Fund Account, Account No. 001-1-507001,             2. It is further understood that the Government
                     International Agencies Banking, Chase                  will be responsible for dealing with any claim
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