A/HRC/16/31
C.
Board of Trustees
3.
The Secretary-General administers the Fund through the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with the advice of the Board of
Trustees, composed of five members acting in a personal capacity and appointed by the
Secretary-General with due regard to equitable geographical distribution and in
consultation with their Governments. In October 2008, the Secretary-General reappointed:
Krassimir Kanev (Bulgaria), Savitri Goonesekere (Sri Lanka), Joseph Oloka-Onyango
(Uganda) and Derrick Pounder (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) for
a final period of three years, and appointed Mercedes Doretti (Argentina) for a three-year
term, renewable once. At its thirty-third session, Ms. Doretti was elected Chairperson.
D.
Admissibility criteria
4.
Project admissibility criteria are outlined in the guidelines of the Fund. They require
a project to be presented by a non-governmental organization or other channels of
assistance. The beneficiaries must be direct victims of torture and/or direct family
members. Priority is given to projects providing direct assistance to torture victims, which
could consist in medical or psychological assistance, help with social or financial
reintegration through vocational training for victims, and various forms of legal assistance
for victims or members of their families, including for seeking redress or applying for
asylum. Depending on the resources available, the Fund may finance projects to organize
training programmes, seminars or conferences to allow health-care professionals or other
service providers to exchange best practices. However, grant requests for projects involving
investigation, research, studies, publications or similar activities are not admissible. The
Fund may also provide emergency assistance to individuals in countries where no project is
receiving support. This type of request is examined according to a specific procedure
outlined in the guidelines.
II.
Thirty-third session of the Board of Trustees
A.
Financial situation of the Fund
5.
The table below shows the contributions received between 1 January
and 25 November 2010, including contributions received since the last report of the
Secretary-General on the activities of the Fund (A/65/265). It should be noted that only
contributions received up to 18 October 2010 were allocated to grants recommended by the
Board at its thirty-third session.
Contributions and pledges received from 1 January to 25 November 2010
Donors
Amount
(in United States dollars)
Date of receipt
States
2
Algeria
5,000.00
15 January 2010
Argentina
2,336.00
10 February 2010
Austria
134,925.78
30 March 2010
Canada
55,944.08
7 January 2010
Chile
10,000.00
29 July 2010
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