Statement by Ambassador Wang Min, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, at the 2010 United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities |
2010-11-08 01:45 |
As a developing country with a strong sense of responsibility, China has all along supported the work of the UN development funds, programs and agencies, and strengthened the cooperation with the UN development system, including consistently increasing contribution to its core resources. The Chinese Government hopes that the United Nations will play a greater role in international affairs and continue to promote the achievement on schedule of the MDGs and other globally agreed development goals. Mr. President, The Chinese delegation wishes to take this opportunity to announce China's voluntary contribution to the United Nations funds, programs and agencies in 2011. China will contribute on a voluntary basis a total of 13,249,800 US dollars and 5.15 million RMB yuan to the United Nations funds, programs and agencies next year. This contribution, which registers an increase of about 15% over last year, includes: UNDP (including contribution to UNFSC): 4.6 million US dollars UNDP local office: 2.5 million RMB yuan UNICEF: 1.3 million US dollars UNICEF local office: 500,000 RMB yuan UNFPA: 1.05 million US dollars UNFPA local office: 300,000 RMB yuan WFP: 3.5 million US dollars WFP local office: 400,000 RMB yuan UNIDO: 710,000 US dollars UNIDO local office: 950,000 RMB yuan UNCTAD: 140,000 US dollars OHRLLS: 20,000 US dollars UNCDF: 30,000 US dollars United Nations Volunteers: 30,000 US dollars Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund for Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries: 20,000 US dollars OCHA: 30,000 US dollars CERF: 500,000 US dollars The Chinese Government will make the payment for the above-announced contributions after the formal approval by the National People's Congress of China. Thank you, Mr. President. |