§ Mr. Longdenasked 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.
§ Mr. Longdenasked 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.
120Wand voluntary funds, and the specialized agencies, respectively; and what proportion these contributions were of the respective total budgets.
§ Mr. GodberThe following is the in formation requested:
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleSince 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 121W 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 Ghana and Sudan have not yet fulfilled their pledges and Kuwait has paid half the amount pledged. The amount actually received is, therefore, $23,018,069.
§ Mr. Longdenasked 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.
§ Mr. GodberWe 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,122W 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.