INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES, GENEVA NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Page 7
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1.2 Significant accounting policies (continued) (b) Functional and presentation currency The consolidated financial statements are presented in Swiss Francs (CHF), which is IFRC’s functional and presentation
currency. All values are in absolute amounts and have been rounded to the nearest thousand, unless otherwise indicated.
(c) Foreign currency transactions Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into Swiss Francs using the exchange rate
at the reporting date. Foreign currency transactions are translated into Swiss Francs using actual rates that were applied
to transactions or rates which approximate to the prevailing rate at the date of the transactions. Exchange gains and losses
resulting from the settlement of foreign currency transactions and from translation are included under Net finance
income/expense in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, with the exception of realised and unrealised
exchange gains and losses on voluntary contributions and donations, which are included under Voluntary contributions
and donations, net in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.
The principal rates of exchange against the Swiss Franc are shown below:
(d) Basis of consolidation The financial statements of the IFRC are consolidated to include the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent societies at the United Nations, Inc. (IFRC at the UN Inc.), as well as the activities of the Geneva Secretariat
and all IFRC delegations.
IFRC at the UN Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the IFRC. The IFRC controls the IFRC at the UN Inc. by virtue of
having power over the entity, which gives the IFRC the ability to affect returns from the entity. The assessment of the
IFRC’s control over the IFRC at the UN Inc. includes an examination of all facts and circumstances. Transactions between
the IFRC at the UN Inc. and the IFRC and the balances at reporting date are eliminated when the consolidated financial
statements are prepared. The IFRC at the UN Inc.’s accounting policies are consistent with those adopted by the IFRC.
During the year ended 31 December 2022, the IFRC had interests in the following hosted programmes under joint
arrangements, where the activities of the programmes are in accordance with the IFRC’s principal activities:
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Global Road Safety Partnership;
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National Society Investment Alliance;
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Steering Committee Human Response;
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Reunification Pathways for IntegRation (REPAIR) Consortium; and
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Risk-informed Early Action Partnership
The IFRC determines these joint arrangements as joint operations and accounts for its interests by recognising and
measuring the assets and liabilities and related revenues and expenses as its proportional interest in the joint operations.
The joint operations’ accounting policies are consistent with those adopted by the IFRC.