§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 85W Affairs if he will list the international organizations of which the United kingdom is a member, indicating for each the annual cost of membership.
§ Mr. LuardThe international organization to which the United Kingdom contributes more than £per annum are:
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£ North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 18,908,000 Central Treaty Organisation 145,000 South East Asia Treaty Organisation (now defunct) 108,000 Von Karman Institute 90,000 International Hydrographic Organisation 13,000 World Meterorological Organisation 350,000 United Nations Regular Budget 9,067,795 United Nations Force in Cyprus 3,454,000 United Nations Emergency Force 1,193,000 Commonwealth Secretariat 474,000 Council of Europe 3,017,266 Western European Union 540,561 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1,718,730 South Pacific Commission 207,653 International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos 40,000 Universal Postal Union 144,000 Co-ordinating Committee, Paris 13,000 Commonwealth Foundation 208,125 North Atlantic Assembly 81,146 International Institute for the Unification of Private Law 13,713 Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law 13,024 Commonwealth War Graves Commission 4,049,821 International Development Association 79,000,000 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 3,400,000 World Food Programme 581,250 Asian Development Bank 4,071,490 Caribbean Development Bank 1,000,000 African Development Fund 1,250,000 Inter-American Development Bank 1,497,000 European Development Fund 32,590,000 United Nations Development Programme 13,000,000 United Nations Relief and Works Agency 3,000,000 United Nations Children's Fund 2,300,000 United Nations Fund for Population Activities 2,000,000 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation 2,693,000 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 3,070,900 International Centre for the 3,070,900 87W
£ Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 29,500 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux 463,000 European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation 8,032 European Foot and Mouth Disease Commission 5,308 International Office of Contagious Diseases of Animals 13,280 International Coffee Organisation 24,934 International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 35,336 International Institute of Refrigeration 5,670 International Cocoa Organisation 36,000 International Commission for North West Atlantic Fisheries 8,031 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 18,511 Commission for the Prevention of Marine Pollution 5,000 International Study Group on Rubber 5,000 International Tin Council 21,000 European Space Research Organisation (European Space Agency) 33,608,000 International Atomic Energy Agency 1,038,000 Nuclear Energy Agency 123,000 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 672,000 International Customs Tariff Bureau 20,000 International Patent Institute 27,068 Subscriptions to International Bureaux at Geneva for the protection of industrial property and literary and artistic property 107,370 European Patent Office 1,685,000 International Labour Organisation 2,293,000 International Telecommunications Union 662,000 Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 243,000 International Bureau of Weights and Measures 85,000 European Conference of Ministers of Transport 77,289 Central Rhine Commission 34,106 International Railway Conventions 29,096 International Organisation for Legal Metrology 5,000 Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation 526,000 Euro-Control 5,624,000 International Civil Aviation Organisation 435,548 South Pacific Air Transport Council 100,000 International Union for the Conservation of Nature 6,850 United Nations Environment Fund 500,000
£ International Criminal Police Organisation 77,569 European University Institute 348,509 International Agency for Research on Cancer 221,000 European Molecular Biology Conference and Laboratory 905,000 European Organisation for Nuclear Research 19,110,000 International Institute for the Management of Technology 15,000 World Health Organisation 3,523,000 European Dialysis and Transport Association 6,000 European Communities 225,000,000 (net contribution to Community Budget financial year 1976–77) The number of organisations to which the United Kingdom contributes less than £5.000 is large. The information can be made available if required.