HC Deb 15 April 1946 vol 421 cc364-6W
Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what amounts have been paid up by the various governments to the funds of U.N.R.R.A.

Mr. McNeil:

The information asked for is as follows:

OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AUTHORISED OR IN PROCESS, BY COUNTRY, AS OF 31ST MARCH. 1946.
(In U.S. Dollar Equivalents).
Country. Total. Paid or Available. In Process or Due in 1946.
CONTRIBUTIONS—TOTAL 3,670,799,021 2,973,638,423 697,160,598
CONTRIBUTIONS OF NONINVADED COUNTRIES(Operating and Administrative)—TOTAL 3,656,465, 110 2,967,328,423 689,136,687
Australia 76,800,000 (a) 38,400,000 38,400,000
Bolivia 108,238 (b) 31,746 76,492
Brazil 30,195,000 (b) 20,000,000 10,195,000
Canada 138,738,738 (a) 138,738,738 0
Chile 2,179,312 (b) 0 2,179.312
Colombia 2,427,312 (b) 1.219,907 1,207,405
Costa Rica 406,500 (b) 97,718 308.782
Cuba 6,061,000 (b) 1,235,000 4,826,000
Dominican Republic 1,400,000 (a) 1 400,000 0
Ecuador 156,500 (b) 0 156,500
Egypt 4,346,833 (b) 70,000 4,276,833
El Salvador 135.250 (b) 8,750 126,500
Guatemala 15,250 (b) (c) 8,750 6,500
Haiti 55,250 (b) 48.750 6,500
Honduras 115,000 (b) 58,750 56,250
Iceland 1,409,306 (a) (b) 1,402,806 6,500
India 24,562,072 (b) 24,042,072 520,000
Iran 338,100 (b) 0 338,100
Iraq 231,250 (b) 17,500 213.750
Liberia 20,250 (b) 18,750 1,500
Mexico 3,692,500 (b) 1,148,000 2,544,500
New Zealand 16,952,000 (a) 8,476,000 8,476,000
Nicaragua 135,250 (b) 128,750 6,500
Panama 415,250 (b) 142,083 273,167
Paraguay 44,949 (b) 18,649 26,300
Turkey (d) — —
Peru 1,032,500 (b) 646,538 385,962
Union of South Africa 18,265,000 (b) 4,130,000 14,135,000
United Kingdom 624,650,000 (a) 624,650,000 0
U.S.A. 2,700,000,000 (a) 2,100,000,000 600, 000,000
Uruguay 546,000 (b) 505,000 41,000
Venezuela 1,030,300 (b) 684,166 346,334
CONTRIBUTIONS OF INVADED COUNTRIES—TOTAL.(e) 14,333,911 6,310,000 8,023,911
Belgium 305,000 175,000 130,000
Byelorussian S.S.R 65,000 0 65,000
China 1,525,000 875,000 650,000
Czechoslovakia 515,000 (f) 385,000(f) 130,000
Denmark 5,293,161 (f) 18,750 5,274,411 (f)
Ethiopia 15,250 8,750 6,500
France 1,300,000 (g) 1,300,000 (g) 0
Greece 152,000 87,500 65,000
Luxembourg 15,250 8,750 6,500
Netherlands 457,500 262,500 195,000
Norway 91,500 52,500 39,000
Philippines 15,250 8,750 6.500
Poland 1,355,000(f) 1,225,000 (f) 130,000
Ukrainian S.S.R. 195,000 0 195,000
U.S.S.R. 2,790,000 1,750,000 1,040,000
Yugoslavia 243.500 (f) 152,500 91,000
(a) Includes both first and second contributions.
(b) Council's administrative allocation for 1946 included pending Government's legislative action.
(c) No operation contribution authorised as of 31st March, 1946.
(d) Amount of contribution not determined as of 31st March, 1946.
(e) Excludes payments in local currencies to defray local expenses of U.N.R.R.A. missions.
(f) Includes value of contributed supplies.
(g) Includes advance payment of 80,000 dollars.