Funding of the United Nations

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Funding of the United Nations

1. Sources of UN funding
2. Who decides how the money is spent?
3. UN Investments

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1. Sources of UN funding
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1. Sources of UN funding

• The United Nations organistion is financed by
  assessed and voluntary contributions from its
  member states.
• Assessed contributions are assigned by an
  assesment scale , so that the states with the
  largest economies ( like the USA, Japan and
  Germany, ...) are responsible for about 85 of
  the payments and 30 members contribute the lowest
  amount of 0.001 of the expenditure of the UN.
• In 1997 every member of the UN had to pay less
  than a quarter of a cent of their defense
  expenditure for UN peacekeeping operations.
• The assessment of the payments is renewed every
  three years.
• Members are required to pay their amount
  punctually , but some members dont do this, so
  the UN has a lot of debts

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2. Who decides how the money is spent?
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General Assembly

• The General Assembly approves the regular budget
  and determines the assessment for each member.
• Each Organisation decides on its own about how to
  spend the money given to them by the General
  Assembly.

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General Assembly

• Additional Organisations
• Special Organisations

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Additional Organisations

• UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund)
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
• WFP (World Food Programme)
• UNHCR (United Nation High Commissioner for
  Refugees
• UNDP ( United Nation Development Programme)

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Special Organisations

• UNESCO ( United Nations Educational, Scientific
  and Cultural Organisation)
• WHO (World Health Organisation)
• ILO (International Labour Organisation)
• IMF (International Monetary Fund)

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3. UN Investments
..... the most famous projects
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Voluntary payment of contribution

• At pledging conferences the UN members assess
  the amount of their voluntary contribution on
  their own. Here are some examples of the sizes of
  their budgets
• UNDP United Nations Development Programme
  570 Mio. US
• UNICEF United Nations Childrens Funds 1,900
  Mio. US
• UNFPA United Nations Fund of Population
  Activities 400 Mio. US
• UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and
  Cultural Organization 610 Mio. US
• WHO World Health Organisation 2,800 Mio. US
• WFP World Food Programme 2,200 Mio. US

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Exceptional Partnerships I

• Goals
• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development

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Exceptional Partnerships II

•          UNAIDS generates stronger and sustained
  involvement of civil society, people living with
  HIV, and population groups at elevated risk of
  HIV infection, through global, regional and
  national partnerships that facilitate the regular
  and structured engagement of civil society in
  policy and programme decision-making.
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•          total budget 140,000 US

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The End

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