§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
To indicate, in respect of the latest available year, the percentage of the total assessed as contributable from each of the top 20 countries for the funding of the cost of UN military operations, and the amount that each of these countries actually paid.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyThe top twenty contributors to the UN peacekeeping budgets, and their percentage contribution on the UN Scale of Assessment are:
Country Per cent. USA 31.739 Japan 12.515 Germany 8.977 Russia 8.519 France 7.617 UK 6.373 Italy 4.312 Canada 3.126 Spain 1.990 Ukraine 1.880 Australia 1.518 Netherlands 1.508 Sweden 1.116 Belgium 1.066 China 0.978 Austria 0.754 Denmark 0.653 Finland 0.573 Norway 0.553 Belarus 0.483 Actual payments made in 1992 were as follows:
3WA
(Figures taken from UN Status of Contributions Report 31.12.92) US$ USA 531,892,595.00 Japan 122,302,616.00 Germany 128,852,833.00 Russia Nil France 114,535,698.00 UK 90,549,248.00 Italy 36,854,523.00 Canada 47,695,500.00 Spain 14,049,176.00
US$ Ukraine Nil Australia 21,548,586.00 Netherlands 23,050,342.00 Sweden 15,856,470.00 Belgium 16,615,623.00 China 11,740,503.00 Austria 10,691,452.00 Denmark 9,279,971.00 Finland 8,110,377.00 Norway 8,435,915.00 Belarus Nil