This tells us that you are committed to the same vision of building a better world in which every child's right to dignity, security and self-fulfillment is achieved. With other resources we are able to act only when a need has been clearly identified and a donor is ready to fund it - often after the problem already has become serious. With regular resources we can react more quickly to deal with emerging problems. Regular resources allow us to be politically independent and impartial as we are led by our mandate and the Convention on the Rights of the Child rather than by specific donor agendas.
Regular resources are a benchmark of commitment to children's rights.
By doing so, you make a statement. It is a statement which is of profound importance to us. Your generosity makes you patrons of the world's children of the highest order. Equally, I would like to single out the donor governments that increased their contributions last year, including those who found it possible to provide an additional contribution at the end of the year. They include the governments of Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States.