UN General Assembly approves annual regular budget for 2022

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Friday approved an annual regular budget for the UN of about 3.122 billion U.S. dollars.

The 2022 budget is slightly lower than that of the previous year.

The regular budget covers UN activities across a range of areas, including political affairs, international justice and law, regional cooperation for development, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and public information.

The world body has a separate budget for its peacekeeping operations. The peacekeeping budget is 6.38 billion dollars for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2022.

The regular budget covers the calendar year.