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Budget locationMandate documentsExpenditure
2,676
196
146
Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
20
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
19
United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office
18
Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
15
Office of Administration of Justice
13
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
12
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
12
United Nations Youth Office
11
Office of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services
11
Development Coordination Office
10Unavailable
United Nations Ethics Office
8
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
8
Office of Data Protection and Privacy
7
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (including its secretariat)Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (including its secretariat)
0
Board of Auditors (including its secretariat)Board of Auditors (including its secretariat)
0
Committee for Programme and CoordinationCommittee for Programme and Coordination
0
Committee on ContributionsCommittee on Contributions
0
Executive Office of the Secretary-General
0
General AssemblyGeneral Assembly
0
Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him
0
Independent Audit Advisory CommitteeIndependent Audit Advisory Committee
0
Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at GenevaOffice of the Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva
0
Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at NairobiOffice of the Director-General, United Nations Office at Nairobi
0
Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at ViennaOffice of the Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna
0
Office of the Victims’ Rights AdvocateOffice of the Victims’ Rights Advocate
0
Resident coordinator system
0
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
0
Secretariat of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee (including reimbursement from the United Nations for services provided by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund)Secretariat of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee (including reimbursement from the United Nations for services provided by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund)
0
Secretary-General
0
52
Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
52
564
253
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
217
Office of Counter-Terrorism
23
Special political missions
0
United Nations Office to the African Union
17
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
11
United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
1
103
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen
24Unavailable
Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
15Unavailable
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria
14Unavailable
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region
8Unavailable
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa
8Unavailable
Mission of the Secretary-General’s Good Offices in Cyprus
6Unavailable
Office of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan
6Unavailable
Support for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004)
6Unavailable
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar
5Unavailable
Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara
4Unavailable
Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions
4Unavailable
Senior Representative for the implementation of Security Council resolution 2792 (2025)
3Unavailable
60
Panel of Experts on Libya
9Unavailable
Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities
8Unavailable
Panel of Experts on the Islamic Republic of Iran
7Unavailable
Focal Point for De-listing
6Unavailable
Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009)
5Unavailable
Panel of Experts pursuant to resolution 2713 (2023)
5Unavailable
Panel of Experts on South Sudan
5Unavailable
Panel of Experts on Haiti
4Unavailable
Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
3Unavailable
Panel of Experts pursuant to resolution 2745 (2024)
3Unavailable
Panel of Experts on Yemen
3Unavailable
Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2Unavailable
Panel of Experts on the Sudan
2Unavailable
Support to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction
2Unavailable
Support to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006)
1Unavailable
51
United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel
11Unavailable
United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
9Unavailable
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon
8Unavailable
United Nations Support Mission in Libya
7Unavailable
United Nations Support for the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission
4Unavailable
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
4Unavailable
United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa
4Unavailable
United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti
2Unavailable
United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia
2Unavailable
82
Office for Disarmament Affairs
82
37
Department of Peace Operations
31
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
3
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
3
38
Office for Outer Space Affairs
38
114
0
International Court of Justice
0
114
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (combined expenditure)
0
Office of Legal Affairs
98
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011
8
Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
8
963
291
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
291
15
Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
15
23
Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
23
Department of Global Communications
0Unavailable
Economic Commission for Africa
0Unavailable
0
Subprogramme 1: Data and knowledge management for evidence-based policies and advocacy in support of Agenda 2063
0Unavailable
74
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
74
45
International Trade Centre
45
151
United Nations Environment Programme
151
73
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
73
377
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
377
84
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
84
654
165
Economic Commission for Africa
165
Regional Commissions New York Office
0
254
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
254
182
Economic Commission for Europe
182
234
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
234
123
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
123
0
Section programme allocations
0
523
433
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
433
Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus
0
Independent Investigative Mechanism for Afghanistan
0
Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
0
20
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
20
7
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
7
80
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
56
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
25
21
21
Department of Global Communications
21
80
Section 29: Management and support servicesProgramme 25 – Management and support services
0
47
Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance
47
19
Department of Operational Support
19
7
Office of Information and Communications Technology
7
23
United Nations Office at Nairobi
23
24
United Nations Office at Geneva
24
23
United Nations Office at Vienna
23
14
14
Office of Internal Oversight Services
14
13
13
Secretariat of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
7
International Civil Service Commission
4
Joint Inspection Unit
2
0
Section special-purpose allocations
0
0
0
Section special-purpose allocations
0
8
8
Department of Safety and Security
8
0
0
Section special-purpose allocations
0
0
0
Section special-purpose allocations
0
34
28
United Nations Support Office in Somalia
7
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
4
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
3
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
2
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
2
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
2
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
2
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
2
United Nations Mission in South Sudan
2
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
1
United Nations Support Office in Haiti
1Unavailable
6
United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy
4
Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda
2
Plan Outline 2026-2028
191