UN General Assembly adopts two-year budget

The General Assembly has adopted a two-year budget of 5.16 billion dollars to cover the United Nations' regular operations in 2010-2011. The budget is 300 million dollars higher than the revised budget for 2008-2009 of 4.86 billion dollars, which was approved last December. The UN's regular budget is funded by the 192 member states based on their income. The resolution adopted by the General Assembly by consensus maintains the current scale of assessments.