FUNDING The Trust Fund acts on the advice of a Board of Trustees. The Board meets annually to determine priorities and policies, review working methods and adopt recommendations on new grants. In 2019, the Board was composed of independent experts from the five world regions: Ms. Georgina Vaz Cabral (France, Chair), Mr. Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa (Malawi), Ms. Nevena Vučković Šahović (Serbia), Ms. Renu Rajbhandari (Nepal) and Mr. Leonardo Sakamoto (Brazil). Chile, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Vietnam) for a total of US$674,000 with an average grant size of US$18,000. The Trust Fund assists approximately 10,000 victims of slavery every year. At the twenty-fourth session of the Board of the Trust Fund, held in Geneva from 25 to 29 November, the Board of Trustees approved 37 annual grants to be awarded in 2020 in 33 countries (Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, In 2019, the Trust Fund prioritized projects supporting victims of slavery in supply chains, situations of conflict and humanitarian crises and women and children. UN VOLUNTARY TRUST FUND ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURE IN 2019 Donor US$ Andorra 16,502 Australia 101,695 Germany 203,016 Holy See 5,000 India 50,000 Luxembourg 16,411 Portugal 22,002 Qatar 30,000 IMPACT OF THE TRUST FUND ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY Republic of Korea 50,000 Saudi Arabia 75,000 The UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery has been supporting the National Council of the Displaced in Guatemala (Consejo Nacional de Desplazados de Guatemala (CONDEG)) since 2016. The project “Assistance to workers in the palm oil industry” is located in the remote area of Sayaxché, Department of Petén, Guatemala, an area crippled by the palm oil industry. The organization provides legal and social assistance to 700 indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi victims of forced labour in the palm oil industry in the country. Helmer L. Velasquez Herrera, lead lawyer and of CONDEG in Guatemala. CONDEG was established in 1989 representative © OHCHR by the Maya indigenous peoples to defend the rights of its displaced population. It is the only civil society organization that is working against the labour exploitation and human trafficking of indigenous palm workers and denouncing the environmental devastation in the departments of Petén and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The organization works closely with UN Human Rights in Guatemala. Spain 27,352 Turkey 10,000 United Arab Emirates 30,000 United Kingdom 234,109 Private donors 1,641 TOTAL 872,728 EXPENDITURE 721,382 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 125