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The United Nations Financial Situation

The United Nations Financial Situation. Yukio Takasu Under-Secretary-General for Management. United Nations. 9 October 2014. Key Components. (US$ millions). The United Nations Financial Situation. Key Components. (US$ millions). The United Nations Financial Situation. 31 Dec 2014

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The United Nations Financial Situation

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  1. The United NationsFinancial Situation Yukio Takasu Under-Secretary-General for Management United Nations 9 October 2014

  2. Key Components (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation

  3. Key Components (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation 31 Dec 2014 (Projected) 1 Oct 2013 31 Dec 2013 *Not including reserve accounts ** Not including letters of assist, and death and disability claims 2

  4. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Regular Budget: Assessment Status (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation

  5. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Regular Budget AssessmentsNumber of Member States paying in full at Year-end The United Nations Financial Situation * * At 2 October 2014, compared to 134 Member States as at 1 October 2013 4

  6. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Panama Paraguay Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Gambia Georgia Germany Greece Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Regular Budget AssessmentsFully paid at 2 October 2014: 125 Member States* The United Nations Financial Situation * Compared to 134 Member States at 1 October 2013

  7. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Unpaid Regular Budget Assessments (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation Outstanding * Payment of $83.2 million received subsequent to cut-off date of Oct 2. 6

  8. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Regular Budget Cash PositionActual (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation * Resolution 68/247 B authorized the use of the Working Capital Fund and the Special Account on an exceptional basis as a bridging mechanism to address possible cash flow challenges of the CMP including associate costs until the 69th session. ** By its resolution 68/245, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to credit from the Special Account an amount of 26,648,200 dollars to the General Fund. 7

  9. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Regular Budget Cash Position* Actual Figures for Regular Budget for 2013-2014 (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation ** * Does not include balances in Working Capital Fund and Special Account ** As at 2 October 2014 Note - Disbursements for the rest of 2014 are projected to be around $800 million, including CMP bridging, and the newly approved UNMEER authority. 8

  10. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Peacekeeping:Assessment Status at 2 October 2014 (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation * Including assessments within 30-day period for UNIFIL ($449 million), UNMIL ($105 million) and UNAMID ($421 million) which were issued on 19 September 2014) 9

  11. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Peacekeeping AssessmentsFully paid - due and payable at 2 Oct 2014: 30 Member States* The United Nations Financial Situation Australia Austria Canada Costa Rica Denmark Egypt Equatorial Guinea Finland Gambia Germany Iceland Ireland Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria Samoa Senegal Singapore South Africa Sweden Switzerland Uganda United Republic of Tanzania 10 *Compared to 33 Member States at 1 October 2013

  12. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Unpaid Peacekeeping Assessments(Actual) (US$ millions) =44% = 35% * Including assessments within 30-day period for UNIFIL ($449 million), UNMIL ($105 million) and UNAMID ($421 million) which were issued on 19 September 2014) **Payment of $121.7 million received subsequent to cut-off date of Oct 2. 11

  13. Peacekeeping Cash Position Actual Figures for Peacekeeping for 2013-2014 (US$ millions) Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan The United Nations Financial Situation * * At 2 October 2014 12

  14. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Outstanding Payments to Member States Amounts Owed for Troops/Formed-Police Units and Contingent-Owned Equipment (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation aReference A/68/731, table 17 13

  15. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Outstanding Payments to Member States Projected 2014 Outstanding Payments (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation a b c d a Payments for troops/formed police unit costs for all missions are current up to July/Aug 2014 except MINUSTAH, UNAMID, UNFICYP and UNMIL which are paid up to May, May, March and June 2014, respectively. b Payments for troops/formed police unit costs in the total amount of $289 million are scheduled for 9 October 2014. c Payments for COE for active missions are current up to June 2014 for all missions, except for UNAMID and UNFICYP, which are up to December 2013 and UNMIL, which is up to March 2014. d Payments for COE for active missions in the total amount of $169 million are scheduled for 10 October 2014. e Does not include Letters of Assist and death and disability claim costs, which have balances of $140 million and $2 million, respectively, as at 30 September 2014.

  16. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Outstanding Payment to Member States Amounts Owed for Troops/Formed Police Units and COE at 3 October 2014 (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation 80 Member States TOTAL 1,273 million* *excluding letters of assist, and death and disability claims 15

  17. Regular budget Regular budget Peacekeeping Peacekeeping Tribunals Tribunals Capital Master Plan Capital Master Plan Tribunals: Assessment Status* The United Nations Financial Situation The United Nations Financial Situation * Including assessments for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. 16

  18. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Tribunal AssessmentsFully paid at 2 October 2014: 98 Member States* The United Nations Financial Situation 17 *Compared to 96 Member States at 1 October 2013

  19. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Outstanding Tribunal Assessments at 31 December (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation * 18 * Outstanding as at 2 October 2014

  20. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Unpaid Tribunal Assessments at 2 October 2014 (US$ millions) 95 Member States The United Nations Financial Situation 19

  21. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Tribunals Cash Position Actual Figures for Tribunals for 2013-2014 (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation * 20 * At 2 October 2014

  22. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Capital Master Plan (US$ millions) The United Nations Financial Situation Note - not including payments to the working capital reserve fund of $45 million, which had an outstanding balance of $450 at 2 October 2014. * As at 31 December ** As at 2 October 2014 21

  23. Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan Capital Master Plan Cash Position*Actual figures for CMP Fund for 2013-2014 ($US millions) The United Nations Financial Situation ** * Does not include balances in Working Capital Reserve ** At 2 October 2014 22

  24. Capital Master Plan Fully paid at 2 October 2014: 176 Member States* Regular budget Peacekeeping Tribunals Capital Master Plan The United Nations Financial Situation 23 *Compared to 166 Member States at 1 October 2013

  25. All Assessments Due and payable at 9 October 2014 Paid in Full: 29 Member States* Andorra Australia Austria Canada Denmark Egypt Equatorial Guinea Finland Gambia Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria Samoa Senegal Singapore South Africa Sweden Switzerland United Republic of Tanzania The United Nations Financial Situation 24 *Compared to 33 Member States at 9 October 2013

  26. Conclusions • Cash positions are currently positive for all categories except the regular budget. • Regular budget cash is currently at a low level, and the situation will tighten further in the final months of the year. • CMP cash will be exhausted in November. • The Working Capital Fund and the Special Account will be used to bridge CMP cash flow needs. The United Nations Financial Situation • Unpaid regular budget assessments remain at a significant level and continue to be highly concentrated. • Although there are increases in the number of Member States paying in full for the international tribunals and CMP, there are decreases for the regular budget and peacekeeping. • As committed, every effort has been made to streamline and expedite and as a result outstanding payments to Member States (TCC/COE) is projected to decrease to $501 million at the end of 2014. • Given the limited reserves available, the financial health of the Organization continues to depend on Member States meeting their financial obligations in full and on time. 25

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