United Nation: The General Assembly Finalise $3.59bn For Budget 2024. The United Nations has received approval from the General Assembly for...
United Nation: The General Assembly Finalise $3.59bn For Budget 2024.
The United Nations has received approval from the General Assembly for a budget of US$3.59 billion for 2024, which includes the creation of a dedicated account to support the organization's peace-building fund.
The budget was adopted on Friday, according to a statement released by the Office of the President of the General Assembly on Sunday.
The 193-member General Assembly also approved measures on Friday that will provide the UN Human Rights Council the main body for discussing human rights issues with an additional financing of over US$50 million for its judgements.
In order to finance the Peace-building Fund, it was also agreed to create the Peace-building Account, a special multi-year account. It also approved assessed contributions of US$50 million annually to support the Account, beginning on January 1, 2025.
The UN's principal tool for funding peace-building and preventive initiatives, as well as for fostering coordinated responses to vital peace-building possibilities that link the pillars of human rights, development, and humanitarianism, is the Peace-building Fund.
The Secretary-General emphasised to delegates at the Assembly's main budget committee that "the role of the United Nations has never been more vital" when he presented the General Assembly with a US$3.3 billion budget proposal back in October.
During his address, the UN head expressed concern over the Organization's declining liquidity situation and urged nations to make sure payments are made on time and in full.
The Assembly also passed a resolution with plans to provide Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish language coverage to formal UN intergovernmental sessions.
Editors, press officers, and assistants working in the four languages are among the 20 roles that fall under the general temporary assistance (GTA) category.
The unanimous passage of Resolution 2719 (2023) by the Security Council on December 21, 2023, regarding the funding of Peace Support Operations headed by the African Union, was also welcomed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement.
In order to address the peace and security problems on the continent, the Secretary-General has advocated time and time again since the beginning of his mandate for a new generation of Peace Support Operations, led by African partners, with assured funding, including through UN assessed contributions.
One of the main suggestions in his most recent policy brief, A New Agenda for Peace, is exactly this.
In addition to supporting international efforts to address peace and security concerns on the continent, this groundbreaking resolution by the Council will assist close a long-standing and essential vacuum in the international peace and security architecture.
The Secretary-General, the statement says, is dedicated to deepening the strategic collaboration with the African Union, one way of which is by putting this historic decision into effect.
According to the resolution, the UN would keep working with the African Union to improve the consultative decision-making process between the two organisations and find political solutions to problems on the continent.
The General Assembly also passed a resolution on Friday denouncing the demolition of UN-flagged structures and the murder of employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East during the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.
There have been 123 installations damaged and 142 UNRWA staff members dead as of Saturday. Personnel from other UN organisations have also been lost, notably the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Issam Al Mughrabi, a UNDP employee, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday along with his wife, kids, and other family members.
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