2008 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement • Procurement of goods and services • All sources of funding • Procurement profiles of the Development Assistance Committee member countries • Procurement profiles of the top twenty developing countries and countries with economies in transition 2008 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement UNOPS would like to acknowledge the contribution of the various organizations to the 2008 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission of UNOPS. This document is available online at www.ungm.org. 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Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................1 Glossary of terms .......................................................................................................................................................2 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................3 Total procurement of goods and services for operational activities of the UN system .......................................3 Ten major countries of supply to the UN system in 2008 ...................................................................................4 Procurement by UN agencies in 2007 – 2008....................................................................................................5 Procurement from developing countries and countries with economies in transition .........................................6 Procurement from developing countries and countries with economies in transition by region .........................7 Procurement from developing countries and countries with economies in transition by top 10 UN agencies ...8 Top 20 developing countries and countries with economies in transition supplying UN operations in 2008...................................................................................................................................9 United Nations procurement and the Global Compact .......................................................................................10 Procurement from Global Compact members as a percentage of orders of USD 30,000 or more ....................10 Sustainability reporting in the UN system ...............................................................................................................12 About the report .........................................................................................................................................................15 Procurement profiles of the DAC member countries..............................................................................................16 Australia .............................................................................................................................................................17 Austria ................................................................................................................................................................18 Belgium ..............................................................................................................................................................19 Canada ...............................................................................................................................................................20 Denmark .............................................................................................................................................................21 Finland................................................................................................................................................................22 France ................................................................................................................................................................23 Germany.............................................................................................................................................................24 Greece................................................................................................................................................................25 Ireland ................................................................................................................................................................26 Italy .....................................................................................................................................................................27 Japan..................................................................................................................................................................28 Luxemburg .........................................................................................................................................................29 Netherlands ........................................................................................................................................................30 New Zealand ......................................................................................................................................................31 Norway ...............................................................................................................................................................32 Portugal ..............................................................................................................................................................33 Spain ..................................................................................................................................................................34 Sweden ..............................................................................................................................................................35 Switzerland .........................................................................................................................................................36 United Kingdom ..................................................................................................................................................37 United States ......................................................................................................................................................38 i | 2008 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement Procurement profiles of the top twenty developing countries and countries with economies in transition ............................................................................................................... 39 Afghanistan ................................................................................................................................................... 40 Argentina ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................. 42 China ............................................................................................................................................................. 43 Colombia ....................................................................................................................................................... 44 Congo, Democratic Republic of..................................................................................................................... 45 Egypt ............................................................................................................................................................. 46 Ecuador ......................................................................................................................................................... 47 India............................................................................................................................................................... 48 Indonesia ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 Jordan ........................................................................................................................................................... 50 Kenya ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 Lebanon ........................................................................................................................................................ 52 Panama ......................................................................................................................................................... 53 Peru 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