FUNDING REGULAR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS Approximately 37 per cent of the UN Human Rights income is derived from the United Nations regular budget. The cash amount of the regular budget funding that is allocated to UN Human Rights has gradually increased since 2005, when the World Summit committed to a doubling of the regular resources available for UN Human Rights over a period of five years, and when it established the Human Rights Council, which since its inception has been active in creating new human rights mandates with regular budget implications. However, this continuous growth ended during the 2018-2019 biennium when the approved allocation decreased to a level below the allocation for the 2014-2015 biennium. For the 2018-2019 biennium, the approved regular budget appropriation for UN Human Rights was US$201.6 million as compared to US$215.5 million in 2016-2017, US$206.9 million in 20142015, US$177.3 million in 2012-2013 and US$151.6 million in 2010-2011. In 2019, the Office received US$105.6 million in regular budget allocations compared to US$125.6 million in 2018 representing a decrease of 15.9 per cent. US$123.7 million in 2014 and US$121.2 million in 2013. Between 2010 and 2012, the amount of voluntary contributions gradually increased from US$109.4 million in 2010 to US$111.1 million in 2012. REGULAR BUDGET VERSUS VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS Over the last nine years, approximately 40 per cent of the funding for UN Human Rights came from the United Nations regular budget (37.1 per cent in 2019, 40.2 per cent in 2018, 44 per cent in 2017, 45 per cent in 2016, 46 per cent in 2015 and 2014, 44 per cent in 2013 and 42.5 per cent in 2012). On the other hand, approximately 60 per cent came from voluntary contributions (62.9 per cent in 2019, 59.8 per cent in 2018, 56 per cent in 2017, 55 per cent in 2016, 54 per cent in 2015 and 2014, 56 per cent in 2013 and 57.5 per cent in 2012). Over the past few years, the increase in the share of the United Nations regular budget for UN Human Rights activities came from additional resources that were allocated to cover the Treaty Body Strengthening Process and additional mandates, including commissions of inquiry established by the Human Rights Council. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS The level of voluntary contributions to UN Human Rights has increased substantially since 2010 but then decreased for the first time in nine years in 2019, when a total of US$179 million was raised, falling below the exceptional 2018 level. In 2018, UN Human Rights received US$187.1 million, representing the highest amount ever received by UN Human Rights. In 2017, the third highest amount of US$142.8 million was received in voluntary contributions, followed by US$129.6 million in 2016, US$125.8 million in 2015, UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 95