United Nations ST/IC/2006/52 Secretariat 30 November 2006

(Superseded by ST/IC/2007/13 of 16 April 2007)

Information circular*

To: Members of the staff From: The Under-Secretary-General for Management

Subject: Rates of reimbursement for travel by private motor vehicle

1. Pursuant to section 7 of administrative instruction ST/AI/1998/2 on reimbursement for travel by private motor vehicle, the purpose of the present circular is to inform the staff of the schedule of rates for travel by private motor vehicle applicable to different groups of countries and territories, effective 1 November 2006 (see annex). 2. The present circular supersedes information circular ST/IC/2006/26 of 7 July 2006.

* The present circular will be in effect until further notice.

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Annex Rates of reimbursement for travel by private motor vehicle (Effective 1 November 2006)

Rate group I: 13 cents per mile or 8 cents per kilometre All countries or territories other than those listed in groups II, III, IV or V below.

Rate group II: 16 cents per mile or 10 cents per kilometre

Afghanistan Eritreaa Paraguay Anguilla Fiji Republic of Moldova Argentina Gabon Russian Federation Azerbaijan Guyana Samoa Bahamas Israel Trinidad and Tobago Benin Jordan Tongaa Bermuda Kazakhstan Uganda Brazil Kyrgyzstan United Arab Emirates Brunei Darussalam Malawi United Republic of Tanzania Burkina Faso Maldives Viet Nam Cambodia Mauritius Zambia Congo Nauru Cyprus Netherlands Antilles Ethiopia Oman

Rate group III: 20 cents per mile or 12.4 cents per kilometre

Antigua and Barbuda Kiribati Papua New Guinea Barbados Kuwait Saint Kitts and Nevis Bhutan Liberia Saint Lucia British Virgin Islands Macao, China Saint Vincent and the Cape Verde Malaysia Grenadines Cayman Islands Mauritania Sierra Leone Chad Mongolia Togo Comoros Montserrat Tunisia Cook Islands Morocco Uruguay Djibouti Namibia Ghana Panama

Europe: all countries in Europe except those listed in groups II, IV or V.

a Indicates a change in the grouping.

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Rate group IV: 23 cents per mile or 14.3 cents per kilometre

Armenia Lebanon Philippinesa Cameroon Malta Senegal Central African Republic Mexico Seychelles Croatia New Caledonia Singapore Dominica Nicaragua Vanuatu Equatorial Guinea Niger West Bank and Gaza Stripa Grenada Niuea Jamaica Peru

Rate group V: 28 cents per mile or 17.5 cents per kilometre

Australiaa Hong Kong, China Pakistana Austria Hungarya Poland Belarus Iceland Portugal Belgium Indiaa Republic of Korea Belize Ireland Serbia Canada Italy Slovak Republica Chile Japan Sloveniaa Côte d’Ivoire Kenyaa Spaina Cuba Lao People’s Democratic Sri Lankaa Czech Republic Republica Swazilanda Democratic People’s Latvia Sweden Republic of Korea Lithuania Switzerland Denmark Luxembourga Thailanda El Salvador Mali Turkey Estoniaa Montenegro United Kingdom of Great Finland Nepal Britain and Northern Ireland France Netherlands United States of America Germany New Zealand Zimbabwea Greece Norway

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