FUNDING United Nations Trust Fund for a Human Rights Education Programme in Cambodia United Nations Voluntary Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism In 1992, the United Nations Trust Fund for a Human Rights Education Programme in Cambodia was established by the Secretary-General. The aim of the Trust Fund was to contribute to the development and implementation of a human rights education programme that would promote the understanding of and respect for human rights in Cambodia. Since then, it has been used to implement all of the activities of the Office in Cambodia. In 2019, the Trust Fund received US$891,609 in voluntary contributions. For more information, see pages 306-311 of the online report. The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism was established by the Secretary-General in 2008, pursuant to Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 6/17. The Voluntary Fund facilitates the participation of developing States, particularly Least Developed Countries, in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Under its terms of reference, the Voluntary Fund enables funding for a delegate to present the national report from her/his country and participate in the interactive dialogue at the Working Group session during which the delegate’s country is being considered. The delegate also attends the plenary session of the Human Rights Council when the UPR outcome is adopted. TRUST FUND FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN CAMBODIA VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2019 Donor US$ Australia1 67,797 Sweden 823,812 1 TOTAL 891,609 EXPENDITURE 972,472 Allocated from a contribution earmarked for activities in the Asia-Pacific region. As of 31 December, the Fund had received a total of US$147,167 in pledges and contributions compared to US$29,240 in 2018. In 2019, the total expenditure of the Fund amounted to US$309,562 compared to US$349,157 in 2018. Through the Voluntary Fund, UN Human Rights facilitated the participation of government representatives from 26 States that were under review during the thirty-second, thirty-third and thirty-fourth UPR Working Group sessions as well as in the fortieth, forty-first and forty-second sessions of the Human Rights Council, which adopted the corresponding UPR outcomes. The Voluntary Fund provided financial assistance for global activities involving 90 Members of Parliament from 36 countries, in June, with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF). These activities aimed to promote the establishment of parliamentary human rights committees in compliance with the draft principles on parliamentary human rights committees (A/HRC/38/25) and to increase the awareness of parliamentarians about good practices regarding the engagement of States in the UPR cycle and the implementation of its recommendations at the national level. UN VOLUNTARY FUND FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE UPR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURE IN 2019 Donor US$ China1 100,000 Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie 47,167 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 147,167 309,562 1 China made an unallocated contribution to OHCHR in December 2018, which was registered as such in the UN Human Rights Report 2018. However, China decided in October 2019 to allocate the 2018 contribution retroactively, including an amount of $150,000 to this Trust Fund. China decided to renew its support with a contribution of $100,000 in 2019, which appears in the above table. Hence, although only the 2019 contribution can be reported in the above table, China’s total support available to this Trust Fund in 2019 amounts to $250,000. UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 117