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UNFPA Assistance
by Executing Agency
Country Activities
by Group
UNFPA Assiatnce
by Major Function &
Geographical Region
UNFPA Assistance by
Country/Intercountry Category
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Pledges and Contributions
- Regular income in 1999 totalled $249.9 million, a decrease of
9.8 per cent compared to the 1998 income of $277.0
million.
- Pledges to UNFPA's general resources in 1999 totalled $245.1
million, $24.1 million less than in 1998, a decrease of 9 per
cent.
At year's end, cumulative pledges through 1999 totalled about $4.9
billion from a cumulative total of 172 donors. The number of donors in
1999 totalled 69.
- An additional $36.2 million was provided through
multi-bilateral co-financing arrangements, an increase of
approximately 12 per cent compared to the $32.4 million in
1998.
- Total income in 1999 was $286.1 million, compared to $309.4
million in 1998.
Expenditures
- Project expenditures in 1999 totalled $187.2 million, as compared to
$216.6 million in 1998. The 1999 figure includes $150.9 million for
country programmes, compared to $174.7 million in 1998; and $36.3
million for inter-country (regional and interregional) programmes,
compared to $41.9 million for 1998.
- Technical support services under the successor support cost
arrangements approved by the Governing Council in decision 91/37 were
$20.0 million. Administrative and operational services (AOS) costs
amounted to $6.9 million.
- For expenditures in 1999 by major function, by geographical area,
and by country category, see graphs.
Country Categories
- Executive Board decision 96/15 endorsed the procedure for allocating
resources according to categorization of countries into groups and
approved the relative shares of resources to groups as follows: Group
A, 67-69 per cent; Group B, 22-24 per cent; Group C, 5-7 per cent;
countries with economies in transition, on a temporary basis, 3-4 per
cent; and other countries and territories, 0.5 per cent. (For a list
of countries by group, see Appendix C ).
- The breakdown of resources expended for country programmes and
projects in 1999, by group, is as follows: Group A, 63.7 per cent;
Group B, 24.4 per cent; Group C, 5.6 per cent; countries with
economies in transition, 4.7 per cent; and other countries and
territories, 1.6 per cent.
- Total expenditures in 1999 to Group A countries amounted to $96.0
million, compared to $109.3 million in expenditures in 1998.
Intercountry Activities
- Expenditures for intercountry activities (regional and
interregional) totalled $36.4 million in 1999, compared to $41.9
million in 1998. By category of activity, these expenditures were:
regional, $12.6 million in 1999, compared to $15.1 million in 1998;
interregional, $23.8 million in 1999, compared to $26.8 million in
1998.
- Intercountry programmes accounted for 19.5 per cent of 1999 total
project expenditures, compared to 19.3 per cent in 1998.
Country Population Assessments
- In 1999, Country Population Assessments (CPAs) were completed in 11
countries (Azerbaijan, Chad, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Pakistan, Philippines, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and
Zimbabwe). In the case of one country (Viet Nam), a Common Country
Assessment (CCA), rather than a CPA, was carried out.
Biennial Support Budget
- The provisional estimate for the net expenditure for the biennial
support budget (BSB) during the 1998-1999 biennium is approximately
$118.3 million, representing 22.5 per cent of regular resources and
19.9 per cent of total resources income.
Personnel
- As of 1 January 1999, the total number of authorized budget posts
numbered 972, comprising 350 Professional (including 156 national
programme officers) and 622 General Service staff. These include 103
Professional and 135 General Service posts at headquarters, 2
Professional and 2 General Service posts in Geneva and 245
Professional and 485 local General Service posts in the field.
- The percentage of women on UNFPA's Professional staff at
headquarters and in the field was 50 per cent in 1999, one of the
highest percentages among United Nations agencies and organizations.
Moreover, 7 of the 11 members of the Fund's Executive Committee are
women.
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