Programme Budget for 2026 Resolutions

A/RES/80/244A-CView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 136 Proposed programme budget for 2026, published in 2025.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 25	Management and support services	19

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 25	Management and support services	19	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Appropriations Income Sources Programme Budgeting Resources Allocation

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

A

Resolves that, for 2026:

Appropriations totalling 3,450,426,300 United States dollars are hereby approved for the following purposes:

Section | Amount (United States dollars) | Part I. Overall policymaking, direction and coordination | 1 | Overall policymaking, direction and coordination | 92 738 500 | 2 | General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 353 354 200 | Subtotal, part I | 446 092 700 | Part II. Political affairs | 3 | Political affairs | 668 112 300 | 4 | Disarmament | 18 322 300 | 5 | Peacekeeping operations | 57 725 000 | 6 | Peaceful uses of outer space | 5 403 000 | Subtotal, part II | 749 562 600 | Part III. International justice and law | 7 | International Court of Justice | 39 381 400 | 8 | Legal affairs | 62 281 400 | Subtotal, part III | 101 662 800 | Part IV. International cooperation for development | 9 | Economic and social affairs | 92 232 500 | 10 | Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States | 10 666 800 | 11 | United Nations system support for the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want | 10 796 500 | 12 | Trade and development | 79 915 200 | 13 | International Trade Centre | 22 055 700 | 14 | Environment | 21 090 700 | 15 | Human settlements | 12 249 200 | 16 | International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice | 27 300 700 | 17 | UN-Women | 11 043 100 | Subtotal, part IV | 287 350 400 | Part V. Regional cooperation for development | 18 | Economic and social development in Africa | 82 619 300 | 19 | Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific | 52 065 900 | 20 | Economic development in Europe | 37 323 700 | 21 | Economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean | 55 169 100 | 22 | Economic and social development in Western Asia | 42 549 600 | 23 | Regular programme of technical cooperation | 52 127 900 | Subtotal, part V | 321 855 500 | Part VI. Human rights and humanitarian affairs | 24 | Human rights | 234 732 900 | 25 | International protection, durable solutions and assistance to refugees | 51 135 500 | 26 | Palestine refugees | 84 589 100 | 27 | Humanitarian assistance | 17 820 000 | Subtotal, part VI | 388 277 500 | Part VII. Global communications | 28 | Global communications | 103 655 300 | Subtotal, part VII | 103 655 300 | Part VIII. Common support services | 29A | Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance | 62 010 600 | 29B | Department of Operational Support | 108 753 200 | 29C | Office of Information and Communications Technology | 49 874 900 | 29D | Administration, Nairobi | 19 027 900 | 29E | Administration, Geneva | 82 287 600 | 29F | Administration, Vienna | 21 790 300 | Subtotal, part VIII | 343 744 500 | Part IX. Internal oversight | 30 | Internal oversight | 23 665 200 | Subtotal, part IX | 23 665 200 | Part X. Jointly financed administrative activities and special expenses | 31 | Jointly financed administrative activities | 9 116 700 | 32 | Special expenses | 99 749 600 | Subtotal, part X | 108 866 300 | Part XI. Capital expenditures | 33 | Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance | 151 880 000 | Subtotal, part XI | 151 880 000 | Part XII. Safety and security | 34 | Safety and security | 128 288 300 | Subtotal, part XII | 128 288 300 | Part XIII. Development Account | 35 | Development Account | 19 011 900 | Subtotal, part XIII | 19 011 900 | Part XIV. Staff assessment | 36 | Staff assessment | 276 513 300 | Subtotal, part XIV | 276 513 300 | Total | 3 450 426 300

The Secretary-General shall be authorized to transfer credits between sections of the budget, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above, an amount of 75,000 dollars is appropriated for 2026 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other expenses of the Library at the Palais des Nations in Geneva as are in accordance with the objects and provisions of the endowment.

69th (resumed) plenary meeting

30 December 2025

B

Resolves that, for 2026:

Estimates of income totalling 312,115,000 United States dollars are approved as follows:

The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955;

Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, the sale of statistical products, catering operations and related services, garage operations, television services and the sale of publications not provided for under the budget appropriations shall be charged against the income derived from those activities.

69th (resumed) plenary meeting

30 December 2025

C

Resolves that, for 2026:

Budget appropriations totalling 3,461,385,200 United States dollars, consisting of 3,450,426,300 dollars approved for 2026 by the General Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution A above, and 10,958,900 in additional appropriations for 2025, as approved by the Assembly in its resolution 79/258 B of 11 April 2025, shall be financed in accordance with regulations 3.1 and 3.2 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations¹ and paragraph 3 of section XIV of resolution 80/243 of 30 December 2025 on the financial performance report on the programme budget for 2024, as follows:

¹ST/SGB/2013/4 and ST/SGB/2013/4/Amend.1.

33,379,800 dollars, representing the estimated income other than staff assessment income approved for 2026 under resolution B above;

3,428,005,400 dollars, representing the total to be apportioned among Member States, of which an amount of 3,403,005,400 dollars is to be apportioned in accordance with Assembly resolution 79/249 of 24 December 2024 on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations. The remaining amount of 25,000,000 dollars is to be apportioned in accordance with the scale of assessments for peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2026, in line with the decision of the Assembly reflected in its resolution 78/257 of 22 December 2023, in which it decided that the assessment rates applicable to the regular budget are applied to half of the grant to the Peacebuilding Account, while the assessment rates applicable to the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations are applied to the other half;

In addition, there shall be added an amount totalling 53,000,000 dollars, relating to a commitment authority in the amount of 53,000,000 dollars to support the funding of the resident coordinator system approved by the General Assembly in paragraph 50 of its resolution 80/242 of 30 December 2025;

Furthermore, in accordance with paragraph 3 of section XIV of resolution 80/243 on the financial performance report on the programme budget for 2024, there shall be credited to the Member States their respective share of the credit of 298,939,700 dollars, as reflected in the financial performance report on the programme budget for 2024,² as follows:

²A/80/89.

For Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the regular budget, as an offset against their regular budget assessment for 2026;

For Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the regular budget, as an offset against their regular budget arrears;

There shall be set off against the assessment on Member States, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund totalling 278,735,200 dollars relating to the appropriations for 2026 and 805,700 dollars relating to the additional appropriations for 2025.

69th (resumed) plenary meeting

30 December 2025

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