From the $US 3.8 billion UN regular budget, UNESCAP receives $US 71.9 million to finance its mandated activities in the field of economic and social development in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, UNESCAP receives approximately $US 26.1 million of extrabudgetary contributions, which are mainly utilized to finance technical cooperation projects aimed to increase the capacity of its member countries to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration.

Besides the above, UNESCAP is executing regional activities financed from centrally managed funds at UN headquarters. These include approximately $US 4.5 million from the regular programme of technical cooperation, funded from the regular budget, which is mainly utilized for regional advisory services and for projects to fill gaps between the regular and extrabudgetary funded activities of UNESCAP.