Expenses by Function

Standard II. UN system function - provides definitions for functions carried out by UN system organizations, to facilitate consistent reporting by entities of expenses against the main functional areas of the UN.

This page shows the different spending dimensions of the UN system by the primary functions as defined by Standard II (before referred as programme categories). Additional disaggregation of primary functions between enabling and non-enabling functions is available on this page: Expenses by Enabling Functions.

Notes to the Financial Statistics pages

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High-level Committee on Management (HLCM)
Finance & Budget Network (FBN)

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Expenses by Function

"Other" in the chart above refers to a combination of expenses reported under the old Technical Cooperation & Normative and Treaty-related & Knowledge creation activities expense category (function) between 2010 - 2017. As of 2018, following the new data standards, these functions do not exist as a separate category anymore.

Expenses by Function

Expenses by Function

Expenses by Entity

Function by Year

Expenses by Function

Mechanisms

Expenses by Function

Expenses by Entity

Function by Year