HL Deb 23 November 1972 vol 336 c1100WA
LORD BARNBY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will record from the latest available published accounts of the United Nations organisations:——

  1. (a) What was the total for that year of the United Kingdom contribution;
  2. (b) What was the outstanding total indebtedness of the Organisation.

THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN

In 1971 the United Kingdom contributed £28,093,008 to United Nations organisations, including the World Food Programme but excluding the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Specialised Agencies. In our view, the overall short-term debt amounts to 86.4 million dollars and there is also outstanding the unamortised portion of the United Nations bond issue amounting to around 114 million dollars.

House adjourned at sixteen minutes past six o'clock.