§ Mr. Ripponasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give a list of the members of the United Nations General Assembly who voted in favour of the Belgian amendment to the General Assembly Resolution on 24th November together with a list of those who voted against and those who abstained; and if he will also state their respective contribution to the cost of running the United Nations, expressed as a percentage.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerThe list is as follows:
In favour of the Belgian Amendment Member State Per cent. Australia 1.80 Belgium 1.38 Brazil 1.20 Canada 3.63 China 5.62 Cuba 0.30 Denmark 0.72 Dominican Republic 0.05 France 6.23 Iceland 0.04 Israel 0.17 Italy 2.08 Luxembourg 0.06 Netherlands 1.25 New Zealand 0.48 Norway 0.54 Peru 0.16 Portugal 0.25 Sweden 1.59 Thailand 0.18 Turkey 0.69 Union of South Africa 0.78 United Kingdom 8.55 Against 170W
Member State Per cent. Afghanistan … 0.06 Albania … 0.04 Bolivia … 0.05 Bulgaria … 0.14 Burma … 0.11 Byelorussia … 0.53 Cambodia … 0.04 Ceylon … 0.11 Czechoslovakia … 0.92 Egypt … 0.40 El Salvador … 0.06 Ethiopia … 0.12 Greece … 0.22 Guatemala … 0.07 Hungary … 0.46 India … 3.25 Indonesia … 0.56 Iran … 0.30 Iraq … 0.13
Member State Per cent. Jordan 0.04 Laos 0.04 Lebanon 0.05 Liberia 0.04 Libya 0.04 Morocco not yet assessed Nepal 0.04 Pakistan 0.60 Poland 1.70 Romania 0.50 Saudi Arabia 0.07 Sudan not yet assessed Syria 0.08 Tunisia not yet assessed Ukraine 2.02 U.S.S.R. 15.28 Yemen 0.04 Yugoslavia 0.40 Abstaining Argentina 1.28 Austria 0.36 Chile 0.33 Colombia 0.41 Costa Rica 0.04 Ecuador 0.05 Finland 0.37 Haiti 0.04 Honduras 0.04 Ireland 0.19 Mexico 0.77 Panama 0.05 Paraguay 0.04 Philippines 0.45 Spain 1.14 U.S.A. 33.33 Uruguay 0.18 Venezuela 0.47 The approximate totals of the contributions of the three groups are:
For the Amendment 37.75 Against the Amendment 28.50 Abstaining 39.54