This document is based on the discussions that took place at the first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Draft Budget for the first financial period, document A/FCTC/IGWG/1/6, and on identification of next steps. A summary of those discussions is recorded in the Draft report of the first session of the Inter-Governmental Working Group (documents A/FCTC/IGWG/1/8, paragraphs 55 to 64 and paragraph 80 (e)) In the course of the discussions requests were made for financial information that might give some indication of the likely costs of implementing the Framework Convention and the possible level and structure of the budget.
2.This document deals with two of the specific requests for financial information, namely, the request for a breakdown of the expenditure of WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative over the previous five years. and the request for the proposed budget allocations for the Initiative for the biennium 2006-2007.
