§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total level of the United Kingdom contribution to the United Nations Organisation including all the subsidiary bodies; and under what headings this is spent.
§ Mr. RifkindIn the latest complete United Nations accounting biennium of 1980–81, the United Kingdom's assessed contribution to the budget of the United Nations, including peacekeeping, was approximately £15 million per annum. Details of the United Nations budget for the period can be found in United Nations document No. A/34/6, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
The total of the United Kingdom's contributions, both voluntary and assessed, to the budgets of the United Nations and of its specialised agencies, which are not, however, subsidiary to the United Nations, was approximately £75 million per annum.