FUNDING FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS Voluntary contributions in support of UN Human Rights are channelled and managed through nine trust funds and three special funds that are not trust funds as defined by the UN Financial Regulations and Rules. Additional financial information related to these funds can be found in the extrabudgetary income and expenditure report for 2019 (on pages 130-131). United Nations Trust Fund for the Support of the Activities of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights In 1993, the United Nations Trust Fund for the Support of the Activities of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was established by the Secretary-General to supplement regular budgetary resources as a general funding pool. It is the largest fund administered by UN Human Rights, through which 83.6 per cent of all extrabudgetary funds, including unearmarked funds, were managed in 2019. Detailed information on the implemented activities and the voluntary contributions managed through the Trust Fund is shared in this report. The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights (VFTC) was established by the Secretary-General in 1987. It is the second largest fund administered by UN Human Rights. It provides financial support for technical cooperation aimed at building a strong human rights framework, including effective national and regional institutions, legal frameworks and infrastructures. 112 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 Since 1993, a Board of Trustees, appointed by the Secretary-General, has provided administrative and operational guidance. In recent years, its role has evolved to include the provision of advice on policy orientation, strategies on technical cooperation at a broader programme level and a global vision of the work of the Fund. In 2013, the Secretary-General entrusted the Board to also serve as a Board of Trustees for the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Universal Periodic Review. In 2019, the Board was composed of Mr. Morten Kjaerum (Denmark), Ms. Lin Lim (Malaysia), Ms. Esi Sutherland-Addy (Ghana), Ms. Valeriya Lutkovska (Ukraine) and Mr. Santiago Corcuera-Cabezut (Mexico). Mr. Corcuera-Cabezut was nominated in August to replace the seat vacated by Ms. Carmen Rosa Villa (Peru). At its forty-ninth session, in November, the Board elected Ms. Esi SutherlandAddy as Chair. Her mandate will run until 30 November 2021. The Board meets twice a year to review the programmes that the Fund supports and to consider thematic issues, methodologies and procedures; examine financial, administrative and fundraising matters; and brief Member States on its activities. The forty-eighth session of the Board was held in Geneva, in March.

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