FUNDING
FUNDING
PREDICTABILITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY
JUNIOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS,
2016-2018
UN Human Rights opened 2018 with only
US$34.6 million of predictable income
in pledged contributions, being annual
instalments of multi-year funding agreements. In 2018, UN Human Rights had
such agreements with 17 donors, including 13 Member States (Australia, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland), the European Commission and
three other donors (the Ford Foundation,
the MacArthur Foundation and Microsoft).
Some Member States provided UN
Human Rights with additional, indirect
financial support by contributing to
the United Nations Junior Professional
Officers Programme, which is administered by the Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, in New York. As of
31 December, UN Human Rights had
SPONSOR
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
Belgium
A number of Member States, namely
Colombia, Qatar and Senegal, who host
UN Human Rights offices, provide in-kind
support by covering costs of items such as
the rent of premises, utilities and vehicles.
These corresponding contributions are
credited to their assessed contributions to
the United Nations regular budget.
MEMBER
STATE
NATURE
OF IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION
Rental of
premises
Colombia
Senegal
Qatar
Provision of
armoured
vehicle and
running costs
Rental of
premises
Rental of
premises and
running costs
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ESTIMATED
FAIR VALUE
US$
275,041
13,411
120,000
NATIONAL JPOs
(+ NON-NATIONALS)
2016
33 Junior Professional Officers (27
women and 6 men) who were supported by the Governments of Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Japan,
the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands,
Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden and
Switzerland (see table below). Switzerland
and the Netherlands also funded Junior
Professional Officers who were nationals
of other countries.
NATIONAL JPOs
(+ NON-NATIONALS)
2017
UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS,
2016-2018
In addition, UN Human Rights benefited
from indirect financial support through
the United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Programme, which is administered by
UNDP. As of 31 December, UN Human
Rights had 17 UNVs who were fully funded by the Governments of Finland, France,
Germany, Ireland, the Republic of Korea,
In 2018, a total of 70 UN Volunteers (UNVs)
served with OHCHR, of whom 23 per cent
were national UN Volunteers and 67 per
cent were women. The table below shows
the number of UNVs that were funded by
Member States, including non-nationals
of the Member States.
NATIONAL JPOs
(+ NON-NATIONALS)
2018
1
Denmark
5
10
8
Finland
2
1
1
Germany
2
2
Hungary
Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and
Switzerland (see table below). Germany
and Luxembourg funded UNVs who
were nationals of other countries. Of the
17 UNVs, 12 were young people between
18 and 29 years of age.
SPONSOR
UNVs
NATIONALS OF
THE DONOR
COUNTRY
(+ NON-NATIONALS)
2016
UNVs
NATIONALS OF
THE DONOR
COUNTRY
UNVs
NATIONALS OF
THE DONOR
COUNTRY
(+ NON-NATIONALS)
2017
(+ NON-NATIONALS)
2018
1
1
1
Belgium
Italy
1
3
3
Japan
1
2
3
Republic of Korea
1
2
2
Netherlands
2
2
3 (+2)
Norway
2
2
1
Saudi Arabia
1
1
1
1
1
2
Finland
Spain
Sweden
1
2
2
Switzerland
4
6 (+1)
3 (+1)
France
2
1
1
Germany
1 (+1)
1 (+1)
1(+1)
Ireland
1
1
1
Italy
1
Republic of Korea
2
2
2
Luxembourg
(+1)
(+1)
(+1)
Norway
1
1
1
1
1
Sweden
United States of
America
1
1
TOTAL
23
36
Switzerland
5
7
7
TOTAL
15
17
17
138,600
33
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