وفي نهاية عام 2002، كانت الميزانية العامة لدى المفوضية والبالغة 829 مليون دولار ناقصة التمويل بنحو 100 مليون دولار.
At the end of 2002, its overall budget of $829 million was underfunded by some $100 million, which has led in many cases to the scaling back of already reduced assistance and services to more than 4 million refugees and other people of concern to UNHCR, especially in Africa, where the needs are the greatest.