§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the percentage contribution to the United Nations regular budget of each of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries in the most recent two-year budgeting period, with an approximation in £ sterling of the cost value of each contribution.
§ Mr. RifkindThe following are the figures requested:
OECD Members Percentage contribution to UN regular budget for 1980–81 Approximate sterling equivalent Australia 1.83 9,033,618 Austria 0.71 3,504,846 Belgium 1.22 6,022,412 Canada 3.28 16,191,403 Denmark 0.74 3,652,938 Finland 0.48 2,369,473 France 6.26 30,901,886 FRG 8.31 41,021,513 Greece 0.35 1,727,741 Iceland 0.03 148,092 Ireland 0.16 789,824 Italy 3.45 17,030,592 Japan 9.58 47,290,744 Luxembourg 0.05 246,820 Netherlands 1.63 8,046,337 New Zealand 0.27 1,332,828 Norway 0.50 2,468,202 Portugal 0.19 937,917 Spain 1.70 8,391,886 Sweden 1.31 6,466,688 Turkey 0.30 1,480,921 United Kingdom 4.46 21,665,856 United States 25.00 123,410,080 Switzerland, though not a Member of the United Nations, pays 1.05 per cent. of the cost of certain activities 132W in which she participates, while Yugoslavia, which has a special status in the OECD, pays 0.42 per cent.—£2,073,289—of the United Nations budget.