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General Assembly approves UN regular budget for 2024

GreenWatch Desk World News 2023-12-25, 2:43pm

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(BSS/XINHUA) - The General Assembly has approved an annual regular budget for the United Nations of about 3.59 billion U.S. dollars, UN News reported on Sunday.

The 2024 budget is higher than that of 2023, which stood at nearly 3.4 billion dollars.

The regular budget covers UN activities across a range of areas, including political affairs, international justice and law, regional cooperation for development, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and public information.

The world body has a separate peacekeeping budget, which has a fiscal cycle ending on June 30. The regular budget covers the calendar year.