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 96 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 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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