FUNDING VOLUNTARY FUND FOR PARTICIPATION OF LDCs AND SIDS IN THE WORK OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURE IN 2019 Donor US$ Australia 33,898 Canada 78,555 China1 100,000 Denmark 2 0 France 55,741 Georgia 5,000 Germany 79,545 Ireland 55,741 Italy 22,002 Pakistan 3,000 Poland 77,363 Portugal 22,002 Republic of Korea 50,000 Singapore 10,000 Spain 10,941 Switzerland 10,000 Turkey 10,000 United Kingdom 25,202 TOTAL 648,991 EXPENDITURE 629,575 1 In November, following the adoption of the “Georgetown Declaration Towards 2020,” a three-day workshop aimed at enhancing participation of SIDS and LDCs from the Pacific region in the Human Rights Council was held in Fiji. The workshop was organized pursuant to HRC resolution 34/40 of 6 April 2017. This resolution, the second most sponsored resolution since the HRC was established, attracted the support of 120 countries, including all 12 Member States of the Pacific SIDS. The resolution encouraged the Trust Fund to hold a series of workshops, prior to its tenth anniversary in March 2022, in the three regions that the Trust Fund supports, namely Africa, Asia and the Pacific and the Caribbean. The workshop focused on four key themes that are of particular importance to the Pacific region, namely the climate change crisis (noting that climate change affects fundamental human rights), the conservation, protection and sustainable use of our oceans and marine resources, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SAMOA Pathway on gender equality and empowerment, with a focus on how to combat gender-based violence. It was attended by the 2019 HRC President, H.E. Ambassador Mr. Coly Seck of Senegal, the first LDC representative to assume the Presidency of the Council since its establishment. 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 $100,000 to this Trust Fund. China decided to renew its support with a similar contribution 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 $200,000. 2 Denmark made a contribution in 2018 (DKK2m/$329,425) which was reported in the UN Human Rights Report 2018, but was meant to support this Trust Fund over 2018-2019 (DKK1m/year). 120 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 The participants of the workshop adopted the “Nadi Declaration Towards 2022,” which sets out a series of recommendations and priorities looking towards 2022, when UN Human Rights will produce a report outlining the activities of the Trust Fund. These priorities include undertaking concerted efforts to improve the Trust Fund, which has been operational since 2014, and ensuring that topics of particular relevance to the Pacific SIDS are discussed at the Council. The Nadi Declaration recognizes the Pacific Workshop is the second of a series of four such gatherings to be organized before 2022. In this vein, meeting participants requested the convening of a universal session of the Human Rights Council on the occasion of the Trust Fund’s tenth anniversary, in March 2022. At the request of the Government of Vanuatu, the Trust Fund also conducted a two-day induction course, in Port Vila, from 26 to 27 November. It was fully funded by the Government of Vanuatu and is the first time that a course on the HRC and its mechanisms was held in the country. The primary participants were members of the Vanuatu National Human Rights Committee, comprised of both government and NGO representatives, who increased their understanding of the HRC and its mechanisms.