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The South-South Trust Fund

Overview
The Voluntary Trust Fund for South-South Cooperation (SSTF) was established within UNDP in 1996, in accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 50/119. Japan has been the largest contributor, followed by China, Republic of Korea and Ireland as shown in the summary chart below.

More information is available in the Term of Reference for Contribution to SSTF (click to access).

  • Click here to view the agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the United Nations Development Programme concerning the contribution to the Voluntary Trust Fund for the promotion of South-South Cooperation.
  • Click here to view the memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations Development Programme concerning the Establishment of a Subsidiary Trust Fund under the Voluntary Trust Fund for the promotion of South-South Cooperation.


Contributions to the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund and Cost Sharing
Between 1997 and 2003, about US$33.05 million was contributed and mobilized for South-South Cooperation from both developed and developing countries. Table 1 shows the breakdown of annual contributions.

Table 1 - Contribution of Non-Core Resources to South-South Cooperation
resources contributors
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
South-South Cooperation
Trust Fund
(SSTF)		 China        
150
250
400
600
1,400
Korea  
200
100
100
100
50
50
600
Ireland    
37
27
64
Ford Foundation        
100
100
Sub Total    
200
137
100
377
300
450
600
2,164
                     
Cost sharing Japan
2,000
2,000
5,015
6,000
5,267
4,500
150
3,500
28,432
                     
Parallel
Financing		 JICA      
98
109
207

Rockefeller
Foundation

          
50
67
40
157
IDRC            
400
400
CIDA            
320
320
ITU              
1,200
1,200
Cameron              
170
170
Sub Total  
0
0
0
98
109
50
787
1,410
2454
Grand total  
2,000
2,200
5,152
6,198
5,753
4,850
1,387
5,510
33,050