With national poverty-oriented programmes being the basis of United Nations cooperation, technical cooperation is increasingly being provided under coordinated national management, integrating various external support elements as part of the programme approach.

With respect to the valuation of the claims, the Panel recalls its previous holdings that such claims should be measured on the basis of the difference between projected and actual revenue during the compensable period, less the costs saved by the claimant as a consequence of the reduction or cessation of telecommunications exchanges. / The alleged losses were presented by the claimants as projections from historical records showing monthly charges or units of telecommunications traffic, such units being the basis for calculating charges.