FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS the Human Rights Council was established under Human Rights Council resolution 19/26, in 2012. The objective of the Trust Fund is to enhance their institutional and human rights capacities through targeted training courses and travel assistance for delegates attending Council sessions and fellowship programmes. In 2017, the Trust Fund received US$774,581 in voluntary contributions. Through the Fund, UN Human Rights provided support to 27 delegates, including five fellows, from 26 LDCs/ SIDS (13 from Africa, four from the Caribbean and Latin America and nine from Asia and the Pacific). Among the 27 beneficiary delegates and fellows, 18 were women. Nine of the beneficiary delegates represented SIDS that do not have permanent representation in Geneva, namely: Belize, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe and Tonga. Voluntary Fund for Participation of LDCs and SIDS in the work of the Human Rights Council Voluntary contributions in 2017 Donor Australia Belgium Denmark Germany India Ireland Italy Norway Pakistan Republic of Korea Singapore Spain Switzerland Turkey US$ 75,643 28,441 158,529 111,982 50,000 In 2017, the Fund allocated 74 travel grants to enable the participation of indigenous representatives in the sixteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (23), the tenth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (20), the sessions of the Human Rights Council (3), the UPR Working Group (3), the Human Rights Committee (2), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (6), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (11), the Committee on the Rights of the Child (1), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1), the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2) and the Committee against Torture (2). Additionally, seven indigenous representatives were supported by the Fund to attend a General Assembly session, in February 2017. In 2017, the Fund received a total of US$542,097 from nine Member States; representing an increase of contributions received the previous year. The Fund is administered by UN Human Rights and acts on the advice of a five-member Board of Trustees. In 2017, the five Board members appointed by the SecretaryGeneral were: Mr. Legborsi Saro Pyagbara (Nigeria); Ms. Myrna Cunningham (Nicaragua); Ms. Anne Nuorgam (Finland); Mr. Binota Dhamai (Bangladesh); and Ms. Claire Charters (New Zealand). UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples Voluntary contributions in 2017 53,706 30,000 59,298 15,000 50,000 10,000 111,982 10,000 10,000 TOTAL 774,581 Donor Australia Chile Estonia Finland Germany Norway Peru Spain Turkey US$ 113,464 7,500 23,697 55,991 55,991 249,051 4,006 22,396 10,000 TOTAL United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples The Fund was established by General Assembly resolution 40/131, in 1985, as a way to ensure that the voices of indigenous peoples are heard within the UN system. Over the past 32 years, the Fund supported the participation of over 2,000 indigenous peoples’ representatives in various UN processes, including the sessions of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as relevant meetings of the Human Rights Council and the human rights treaty bodies. 542,097 Humanitarian Funds UN Human Rights provides joint secretariat support to two grant-making funds, namely, the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture and the Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. Together, they are known as the UN Human Rights Humanitarian Funds. They were established by the General Assembly with the purpose of providing direct assistance and rehabilitation to individuals whose rights have been violated in the context of torture and contemporary forms of slav- UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 117