A/HRC/20/39 accounts for the conservative disbursement pattern, which is intended, inter alia, to ensure that enough funding is available at all material times for travel of delegations requesting financial assistance. Table 1. Statement of income and expenditure for the period 1 January 2008– 31 December 2011 (United States dollars) Total 2008–2009 2010-2011 2008-2011 Actual Actual Actual 1,492,975 898,849 2,391,824 56,012 65,586 121,598 1,548,987 964,435 2,513,422 0 0 0 Income Voluntary contributions received from Governments a Miscellaneous income Total income Expenditure Staff costs Experts’ and consultants’ fees and travel 0 0 0 46,818 102,100 148,918 126,214 256,680 382,894 5,100 34,451 39,551 39,283 2,974 42,257 0 0 0 8,199 225,192 233,391 29,330 80,782 110,112 254,944 702,179 957,123 1,294,043 262,256 1,556,299 Opening balance 0 1,294,043 0 Miscellaneous adjustments/savings/ refunds to donors 0 22,980 22,980 1,294,043 1,579,279 1,579,279 Travel of staff Travel of representatives Contractual services General operating expenses Supplies and materials Grants, contributions and seminars Programme support costs Total expenditure Net excess/(shortfall) of income over expenditures for the period Total fund balance a The 2008–2009 contributions include contributions from Italy, Romania and the Russian Federation paid in 2007 but transferred to the Voluntary Fund in 2008 (US$ 375,359). 5