CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which has been recently added for the first time in united nation annual budget?
A
Humanitarian assistance
B
Investigation of war crimes
C
Knowledge-creation operations
D
Technical cooperation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The approved budget for the 2022-2023 peacekeeping fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) is $6.45 billion. The peacekeeping scale of assessments is based on modifications of the regular budget scale, with the five permanent Council members assessed at a higher level than for the regular budget.

Detailed explanation-2: -The UN’s regular and peacekeeping budgets are approved by the UN General Assembly. For 2022, the regular budget totals $3.12 billion, approximately 20 percent of which is for special political missions alone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dividing UN expenditures into three categories: a regular budget financed by assessed contributions; peacekeeping financed by a separate assessment; and humanitarian and development activities financed largely by voluntary contributions.

Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. Funding for the UN. Since its inception in 1945, the U.S. has been the UN’s largest financial contributor.

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