50. 全球专题基金有时也称纵向基金，是联合国发展系统中作用越来越大的一条供资渠道。此类基金与全球各地受联合国管理的机构间集合基金类似，重点“纵向”关注特定问题或主题，但不受联合国实体直接管理，且不要求联合国主导拨款过程。它们通常都有自己的受托人、供资、治理、政策和方案拟订安排。因此，虽然全球基金是一种集合供资形式，但如上文图八和图九所示，从联合国角度来说，这些基金常常被严格指定用于特定项目，而联合国只起着执行组织的作用。
50. An increasingly significant channel of funding for the United Nations development system is global thematic funds, which are sometimes referred to as vertical funds. Global thematic funds, like global United Nations-administered inter-agency pooled funds, focus “vertically” on specific issues or themes but are not administered directly by a United Nations entity and do not demand a United Nations lead role in the fund allocation process. They usually have their own trustee, funding, governance, policy and programming arrangements. Consequently, while global funds are a form of pooled funding, from the perspective of the United Nations the funds are often tightly earmarked for specific projects, as shown in figures VIII and IX above, with the United Nations serving uniquely as an implementing organization.