HC Deb 07 December 1956 vol 561 cc169-70W
Mr. Rippon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give a list of the members of the United Nations General Assembly who voted in favour of the Belgian amendment to the General Assembly Resolution on 24th November together with a list of those who voted against and those who abstained; and if he will also state their respective contribution to the cost of running the United Nations, expressed as a percentage.

Mr. Dodds-Parker

The list is as follows:

In favour of the Belgian Amendment
Member State Per cent.
Australia 1.80
Belgium 1.38
Brazil 1.20
Canada 3.63
China 5.62
Cuba 0.30
Denmark 0.72
Dominican Republic 0.05
France 6.23
Iceland 0.04
Israel 0.17
Italy 2.08
Luxembourg 0.06
Netherlands 1.25
New Zealand 0.48
Norway 0.54
Peru 0.16
Portugal 0.25
Sweden 1.59
Thailand 0.18
Turkey 0.69
Union of South Africa 0.78
United Kingdom 8.55
Against

Member State Per cent.
Afghanistan 0.06
Albania 0.04
Bolivia 0.05
Bulgaria 0.14
Burma 0.11
Byelorussia 0.53
Cambodia 0.04
Ceylon 0.11
Czechoslovakia 0.92
Egypt 0.40
El Salvador 0.06
Ethiopia 0.12
Greece 0.22
Guatemala 0.07
Hungary 0.46
India 3.25
Indonesia 0.56
Iran 0.30
Iraq 0.13

Member State Per cent.
Jordan 0.04
Laos 0.04
Lebanon 0.05
Liberia 0.04
Libya 0.04
Morocco not yet assessed
Nepal 0.04
Pakistan 0.60
Poland 1.70
Romania 0.50
Saudi Arabia 0.07
Sudan not yet assessed
Syria 0.08
Tunisia not yet assessed
Ukraine 2.02
U.S.S.R. 15.28
Yemen 0.04
Yugoslavia 0.40
Abstaining
Argentina 1.28
Austria 0.36
Chile 0.33
Colombia 0.41
Costa Rica 0.04
Ecuador 0.05
Finland 0.37
Haiti 0.04
Honduras 0.04
Ireland 0.19
Mexico 0.77
Panama 0.05
Paraguay 0.04
Philippines 0.45
Spain 1.14
U.S.A. 33.33
Uruguay 0.18
Venezuela 0.47

The approximate totals of the contributions of the three groups are:

For the Amendment 37.75
Against the Amendment 28.50
Abstaining 39.54

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