05 Nov 2018
Mr President,
Congratulations on your election as President of the 2018 United Nations Pledging Conference. Singapore is pleased to make the following pledges for the United Nations’ development activities for the year 2019. The composition of our pledges is as follows:
(i) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) – US$50,000
(ii) United Nations Development Fund for Women (UN Women) – US$50,000
(iii) G77 Account for Economic Cooperation (G77-ECDC) – US$5,000
(iv) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – USD$60,000
(v) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) – US$20,000
(vi) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) – US$50,000
(vii) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – US$5,000
(viii) United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children– US$5,000
(ix) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – US$15,000 (US$10,000 for the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States; and US$5,000 for the Voluntary Fund for the Financial and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Universal Periodic Mechanism)
(x) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – US$50,000
(xi) Trust Fund of the East Asian Seas – US$20,000
(xii) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) – US$10,000
(xiii) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – US$300,000.
2 Separately, Singapore is also pleased to contribute US$5,000 to the Trust Fund for the Updating of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council. As in previous years, Singapore will continue to respond and support other United Nations activities during the year 2019 as opportunities arise and pledges for these additional voluntary contributions will be made at the appropriate time.
3 We hope that our pledges, together with those of other countries, will contribute to the efforts of these development programmes in advancing the goals of the United Nations system, including the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Thank you, Mr President.
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