26 JÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµE 2020

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today¡¯s noon briefing by St¨¦phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

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Questions and Answers

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Question:??And related to that, on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA funding, does he have any recommendations with respect to more stable funding or innovative funding, for example, including any portion of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA funding in assessments? ?Does he have any ideas on that? ?Thank you.

Spokesman:? On your last question, I mean, what we would like to see is predictable and generous funding from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA.? Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA is structured like most of our agencies with, I think, if I’m not mistaken, a very small portion of it that comes through assessed contributions from the Secretariat.? But the rest, whether it’s Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP, is all voluntary funding, and we would like people, Member States to continue funding as much as possible.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA, unless I’m mistaken, does also have a mechanism through private donations, and that has also been activated.

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