asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contributions Her Majesty's Government made during 1970 to the United Nations Organisation, its subsidiary
| £ | Percentage of total budget | |||||||||
| United Nations Regular Budget | … | … | … | … | … | … | 3,876,144 | 6·62 | ||
| Special Accounts: | ||||||||||
| United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) | … | … | 1,955,000 | 9·82 | ||||||
| World Food Programme | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,820,000(a) | — | |
| Cyprus Operation (UNFICYP): | ||||||||||
| Voluntary Fund | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,250,000(b) | — | |
| United Kingdom contingent | … | … | … | … | … | … | 565,400 | — | ||
| Consolidated Educational and Training Programme for South Africa | 50,000 | — | ||||||||
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | … | … | … | 150,000 | 6·22 | |||||
| International Atomic Energy Agency: | ||||||||||
| Regular budget | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 291,689 | 6·02 |
| Operational budget (voluntary fund) | … | … | … | … | 50,420 | — | ||||
| United Nations Development Programme | … | … | … | … | 5,900,000 | — | ||||
| United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | … | … | … | … | 600,000 | — | ||||
| United Nations Institute for Training and Research | … | … | … | 42,000 | 7·34 | |||||
| Specialised Agencies: | ||||||||||
| Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) | … | … | … | … | 1,108,584 | 9·25 | ||||
| Food and Agricultural Organisation voluntary Funds | … | … | 3,600 | — | ||||||
| World Health Organisation (WHO) | … | … | … | … | … | 1,727,929 | 5·95 | |||
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 915,616 | 6·23 |
| International Centre for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Rome | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 9,301 | — | |
| International Labour Organisation (ILO) | … | … | … | … | 1,133,578 | 9·14 | ||||
| International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) | … | … | … | 237,748(c) | 8·32 | |||||
| International Telecommunications Union (ITU) | … | … | … | 139,071 | 6·34 | |||||
| World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | … | … | … | … | 81,335 | 6·02 | ||||
| Voluntary Assistance Programme (World Weather Watch) | … | … | 30,000 | — | ||||||
| Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) | … | 53,487 | 10·37 | |||||||
| Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation Headquarters | 104,000 | 80·00 | ||||||||
| Universal Postal Union (UPU) | … | … | … | … | … | … | 19,566 | 2·65 | ||
| International Development Association (IDA) | … | … | … | 6,390,000(d) | — | |||||
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) | … | 1,376,112(e) | — | |||||||
| International Finance Corporation | … | … | … | … | … | —(e) | — | |||
| TOTAL | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | £29,880,580 | ||
| (a) This figure includes the sum of £1,200,000 representing part of the United Kingdom subvention under the Rome Food Aid Convention. | ||||||||||
| (b) This figure represents a firm United Kingdom pledge which has largely been met by logistical support to the United Nations Forces drawn from countries other than the United Kingdom. The balance will be settled in cash. The United Kingdom contribution represents rather more than 20 per cent. of the total of voluntary contributions. | ||||||||||
| (c) This figure includes a contribution of £8,708 towards the European Civil Aviation Conference. | ||||||||||
| (d) This figure represents the drawings in 1970 on the United Kingdom contribution. | ||||||||||
| (e) The United Kingdom contributed to the capital stock of 1BRD and IFC when these organisations were established; no United Kingdom contribution was made to the IFC in 1970. Our main contribution to the IBRD in 1970 was required to maintain the value of our original contribution. | ||||||||||
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will name those members of the United Nations which are contributing to the voluntary funds, with their respective contribution to each.
and voluntary funds, and the specialized agencies, respectively; and what proportion these contributions were of the respective total budgets.
The following is the in formation requested:
Since the General Assembly of the United Nations agreed by consensus on 1st September, 1965, that the financial difficulties of the Organisation should be solved through voluntary contributions by Member States, the following members have undertaken to make voluntary contributions and have pledged the amounts indicated:
| Dollars | |
| Canada | 4,000,000 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic of) | 100,000 |
| Denmark | 1,000,000 |
| Finland | 600,000 |
| Ghana | 20,000 |
| Greece | 50,000 |
| Iceland | 80,000 |
| Italy | 1,499,755 |
| Jamaica | 10,000 |
| Japan | 2,500,000 |
| Kuwait | 500,000 |
| Liberia | 8,000 |
| Mali | 4,990 |
| Malta | 9,000 |
| Nigeria | 20,000 |
| Norway | 698,324 |
| Sudan | 100,000 |
| Sweden | 2,000,000 |
| Tunisia | 5,000 |
| Uganda | 19,000 |
| United Kingdom | 10,000,000 |
| United Arab Republic | 50,000 |
| Yugoslavia | 100,000 |
| Zambia | 14,000 |
| Total | $23,388,069 |
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the financial viability of the United Nations Organisation on the basis of the payment by every member of its share of the expenses in accordance with Article 17(2) of the Charter; and if he will name those members of the United Nations which are now two years or more in arrears in the payment of their financial contributions.
We estimate that the present deficit on the United Nations regular budget and on the two peacekeeping accounts amounts to about $70 million. The total of outstanding contributions to the United Nations regular budget as at 31st December, 1970, was approximately 55 million dollars, of which about 30 million dollars is due to the announced non-participation of certain member States in certain budget items. Outstanding contributions on the Congo and U.N.E.F. (Middle East) accounts remain at $82 million and $49·5 million respectively. These have to some extent been offset by voluntary contributions made by member States since the General Assembly decided by consensus, in September, 1965, that the financial difficulties of the organisation should be solved through voluntary contributions by member States. As at 8th January, 1971, the following seven members were two years in arrears with their contributions to the regular budget in terms of Article 19 of the Charter: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic. Guinea, Haiti, Paraguay and Yemen.