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Guterres is listening intently to a peacekeeper in blue helmet. They are outdoors with others and all are wearing bullet proof vests
Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres (left) meets with peacekeepers as he visits the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵIFIL) in Naqoura, Lebanon.
Photo:Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Pasqual Gorriz

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Peace and Development Trust Fund (hereafter referred to as "Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPDF") was established in 2016, following the pledge by the Government of the People's Republic of China to contribute $200 million US dollars to the United Nations over a ten-year period. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the Donor Government aim to work together to achieve the goals of the Charter of the United Nations through implementation of innovative, forward-looking and pro-active projects and activities financed by the Trust Fund.

In September 2020, during the General Debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly, the President of the People¡¯s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping announced that China will extend the Peace and Development Trust Fund beyond its expiration in 2025 for an additional five years. Following this announcement, during the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPDF Steering Committee meeting held in November 2024, the addendum to the Administrative Arrangement was signed, extending its duration and provisions for an additional five years, through 2030.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPDF has two sub-Funds. The Secretary-General's Peace and Security Sub-Fund, is aimed at financing projects and activities that support world peace and security. And the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund, is intended to finance activities in support of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by Member States in September 2015.

Since its inception, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPDF has supported projects and activities around the world, covering areas including peacekeeping, prevention and mediation, counterterrorism, supporting peace and security in Africa and support to Secretary-General¡¯s initiatives and others, strengthening partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations, poverty alleviation, science and technology, small- and medium-sized enterprise, education, health care, etc.

 


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United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund

Since its establishment, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPDF has funded more than 200 projects around the world, which have benefited stakeholders at national, regional and global levels.

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Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres

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