It should be pointed out in this connection that pledges are in many cases for multi-year programmes, and are therefore normally applied to the budget for the year in which they are to be spent rather than the year in which they are pledged.
218. 在这方面应当指出，在许多情况下认捐款用于多年期方案，所以通常用于拟支出这些款项的年份而非认捐这些款项的年份的年度预算。