Vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (V) voor het jaar 2012

This procedure concerns the Dutch House of Representatives' formal adoption of the 2012 budget estimates (begrotingsstaten) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, designated as Chapter V of the national budget. The budget sets out the planned spending and income for the ministry's activities for that year, and the parliamentary vote gives the government legal authority to spend these funds. The primary affected parties are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its programmes, which fund diplomatic missions, international cooperation and related foreign policy work. Dutch taxpayers are indirectly affected through the allocation of public money, and the budget shapes the resources available to the ministry for 2012.