New York, 9th November 2009

Madame President,

The Chinese delegation wishes to take this opportunity to announce China’s voluntary contribution to the United Nations funds, programs and agencies in 2010. As a developing country with a strong sense of responsibility, China has all along vigorously supported a greater role played by the United Nations in international affairs, and valued its cooperation with the United Nations development system. Despite the impact of the international economic and financial crisis, China has continued as always, to provide support to the work of the United Nations development system.

Madame President,

In 2010, China will contribute on a voluntary basis a total of 11.48 million US dollars and 5.15 million RMB yuan to the following United Nations funds, programs and agencies:

 

UNDP	$4,450,000 US dollars
UNDP local office	2,500,000 RMB yuan
UNFPA	$1,050,000 US dollars
UNFPA local office	300,000 RMB yuan
UNICEF	$1,200,000 US dollars
UNICEF local office	500,000 RMB yuan
WFP	$3,000,000 US dollars
WFP local office	400,000 RMB yuan
UNIDO	$710,000 US dollars
UNIDO local office	950,000 RMB yuan
UNEP	$500,000 US dollars
UN-Habitat	$120,000 US dollars
UN-Habitat local office	500,000 RMB yuan
UNDCP	$200,000 US dollars
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS	$100,000 US dollars
UNIFEM	$30,000 US dollars
UNCDF	$30,000 US dollars
United Nations Volunteers	$30,000 US dollars
OCHA	$20,000 US dollars
Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund for Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries	$20,000 US dollars
UNITAR	$10,000 US dollars
United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability	$10,000 US dollars

 

The Chinese government will make the payment for the above-announced contributions after the formal approval by the China National People’s Congress.

Thank you, Madame President.