HC Deb 18 December 1952 vol 509 c239W
86. Sir W. Wakefield

asked the Minister of Education on what basis this country's contributions to the cost of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, amounting to £367,967, are calculated, and what specific services such expenditure by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation renders to this country.

Miss Horsbrugh

The United Kingdom's contributions to the cost of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for 1952 is 11.59 per cent. of the total budget of the Organisation. The scale of contributions is re-assessed from time to time in the light of the scale adopted by the United Nations.

U.N.E.S.C.O. contributes to the general welfare of all nations by promoting collaboration in education, science and culture, and the contribution of any one country cannot be related to specific services rendered to that country by the Organisation.

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