A/HRC/35/17 Table 1 Statement of income and expenditure for the period 1 January-31 December 2016 (United States dollars) Opening balance on 1 January 2016 1 183 036.29 Income Voluntary contributions received from Governments in 2016 Cuba 1 884.00 Republic of Korea 25 000.00 Singapore 15 000.00 Miscellaneous and interest income Total income 10 499.73 52 383.73 a Expenditure Staff costs Fees and travel of experts and consultants Travel of staff and representatives 3 310.36 82 300.25 Contractual services - General operating expenses - Supplies and materials - Grants, contributions and seminars - Programme support costs Total expenditure Miscellaneous adjustments/savings/refunds to donors Total fund balance as at 31 December 2016 a 11 278.92 96 889.53 (54.90) 1 138 475.59 Includes disbursements and obligations. 3. Since the establishment of the Fund, 16 countries have made financial contributions to it. In 2016, Cuba, the Republic of Korea and Singapore contributed US$ 1,884, US$ 25,000 and US$ 15,000, respectively. 4. Since the Fund has not enjoyed a predictable pattern of income, substantial resources are systematically kept as a reserve for future activities; the secretariat of the Fund has approved all requests, in line with the Fund’s terms of reference, to enable participation in the universal periodic review. III. Activities A. Travel to meetings 5. Under the terms of reference of the Fund, financial support is made available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to cover travel to Geneva by one official government representative in order to participate: (a) In sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review during which the representative’s country is considered; (b) In plenary sessions of the Human Rights Council during which the outcome of the review of the representative’s country is adopted. 6. The Fund also provides for the travel of official representatives (one per delegation) of developing countries, in particular least developed countries, that are members of the Human Rights Council and do not have a permanent mission in Geneva, to act as rapporteurs (namely, as members of the troika). 2