FUNDING
EXPENDITURE COMPARED
TO INCOME
Total expenditures in 2019, including
both regular budget and voluntary contributions, reached US$293.8 million
(compared to US$274.1 million in 2018,
US$246.7 million in 2017, US$223.3 million in 2016, US$225.9 million in 2015
and US$239.1 million in 2014).
Looking exclusively at extrabudgetary
income and expenditure, additional
income, including interest and miscellaneous income, brought the total available
income in 2019 to US$181.3 million. With
expenditures amounting to US$183 million, UN Human Rights recorded more
expenditure than income for the first time
since 2015, ending 2019 with a shortfall
of US$1.7 million. The deficit was covered
using the reserves accumulated between
2016 and 2018 when income exceeded
expenditure for three consecutive years.
NUMBER AND TYPOLOGY
OF DONORS
In 2019, the number of Member States
that contributed to UN Human Rights
increased by three, up to 66. The overall number of donors decreased by
five, amounting to a total of 84 donors
compared to 89 donors in 2018. During
2010-2019, the number of contributing
Member States fluctuated between its
lowest (62) in 2015 and its highest (71) in
2011, marked by the increase in contributions driven by the Arab Spring. The
total number of donors that contributed
to UN Human Rights was lowest in 2010
and 2015 (71) and highest (89) in 2018.
Amongst the 66 Member States who
contributed in 2019, nine renewed their
support after at least one year of financial
inactivity. Another seven Member States
left the list of donors, despite the High
Commissioner’s repeated appeals to
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broaden UN Human Rights’ donor base.
Over the last four years, only 48 Member
States provided a contribution every year
and 34 others contributed at least once
in the same four-year period.
Of the 66 Member States that contributed in 2019, 25 were members of the
Western European and Others Group
(out of 29 Member States comprising
the group); 17 were from the Asia-Pacific
Group (out of 54 Member States comprising the group); 15 were from the Eastern
European Group (out of 23 Member
States comprising the group); six were
from the Latin American and Caribbean
Group (out of 33 Member States comprising the group); and three were from the
African Group (out of 54 Member States
comprising the group).
During 2010-2019, the number of donors
per regional group fluctuated between
24 and 28 for the Western European and
Others Group, between 14 and 20 for
the Asia-Pacific Group, between seven
and 15 for the Eastern European Group,
between six and 10 for the Latin American
and Caribbean Group and between two
and five for the African Group.
The number of non-State donors, composed of multilateral organizations, the
private sector and the UN system, has
gradually increased from seven in 2010
to a total of 26 in 2018, down to 18 in 2019.
NUMBER OF DONORS
(INCLUDING MEMBER STATES)
Number of Member State donors
Total number of donors
2019
66
2018
63
2017
63
2014
2013
2012
2011
89
82
66
2016
2015
84
82
62
71
65
74
70
68
78
74
71
79
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