(Thousands of United States dollars for budget levels)

Stability in the budget level provided useful and necessary discipline.

Peacekeeping budget level and number of posts: Accounts Division

(Thousands of United States dollars for budget levels)

The revised budget level for the current period and projections for the 2004/05 period will bring peacekeeping budget levels close to their highest levels since 1993.

Increases are also due to requirements exceeding budgeted levels for the maintenance of transport equipment.

This represents a 12 per cent biennium-to-biennium increase at the budget level.

In those few larger programmes with vacancy rates above budgeted levels, the issue is being addressed.

Support account and budget levels for peacekeeping operations from 2000 to 2010

Consequently, the peacekeeping budget level will increase to around $5.0 billion per annum.