Financial Contributions

UNDEF is funded through voluntary contributions by Member States. The Fund is established as a Trust Fund by the Secretary-General under the UN’s Financial Rules and Regulations.

The status of the contributions to UNDEF at the cumulative level as at 5 January 2009
(in alphabetical order):

 

     Donors     

   

Amount in USD ($)

  Australia     7,303,974.44
  Bulgaria     10,000.00
  Chile     160,000.00
  Croatia     47,000.00
  Cyprus     5,000.00
  Czech Republic     195,780.37
  Denmark     265,017.67
  Ecuador     5,000.00
  Estonia     10,395.00
  France     3,787,316.00
  Georgia     24,942.69
  Germany     7,235,744.07
  Hungary     50,000.00
  India     15,000,000.00
  Ireland     658,724.00
  Israel     47,500.00
  Italy     2,947,800.00
  Japan     10,000,000.00
  Latvia     5,000.00
  Lithuania     28,919.85
  Mongolia     10,000.00
  Morocco     5,000.00
  Peru     25,000.00
  Poland     150,000.00
  Portugal     50,000.00
  Qatar     10,000,000.00
  Republic of Korea     1,000,000.00
  Romania     422,860.00
  Senegal     100,000.00
  Slovenia     100,000.00
  Spain     3,502,127.50
  Sri Lanka     5,000.00
  Sweden     1,485,100.04
  Turkey     75,000.00
  United Kingdom     609,350.00
  United States of America     25,840,000.00
 

TOTAL     

   

91,167,551.63

   Pledges (in alphabetical order):      
  France (Pledge of €3,400,000 made on 5 October 2007 for the period 2008-2012 of which €1,360,000 have been contributed as of 15 December 2008)     remaining pledge of €2,140,000.00
  India     5,000,000.00


 

     Expenses     

   

Amount in USD ($)

 

Total amount approved for projects for the first funding round (2006):

    35,201,230.00
 

Total amount approved for projects for the second funding round (2007):

    23,895,000.00
 

Total amount estimated for the third funding round (2008):

    25,000,000.00
 

Estimated administrative expenses per annum:

    2,000,000.00