General Assembly
Official Records
Fifty-fourth Session
Supplement No. 1 (A/54/1)

Chapter II

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships

188. Since the establishment of the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships in March 1998, four funding rounds have been completed and almost $140 million awarded to 79 projects covering population and women (33 projects), children's health (15 projects), environment (20 projects) and selected United Nations causes (11 projects) which include the provision of support to the Secretary-General's reform programme. Funds have also been earmarked for emergency assistance relief efforts to the Kosovo region.

189. At the beginning of 1999, a more streamlined and efficient funding process was launched. Separate "programme framework groups" were established to provide guidance for the preparation of specific projects. The groups include population and women, focusing particularly on adolescent girls and the quality of reproductive health services; children's health, focusing particularly on decreasing childhood mortality and reducing smoking; and the environment, focusing particularly on biodiversity and energy and climate change.