
General Assembly approves $3.2 billion UN budget for 2021
2021-01-02 09:31:16 source:CGTN
January 2, 2021
United Nations Member States, on Thursday, approved $3.231 billion to fund the global Organization's regular budget for 2021.
The General Assembly body dealing with UN administrative and budgetary matters (Fifth Committee) had discussed and approved the budget before the plenary voted in favour of the financial plan.
Back in October, the UN chief had proposed a programme budget of $2.99 billion – a net reduction of 2.8 percent over 2020.
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