§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the United Kingdom's annual contribution to the United Nations budget; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe United Kingdom's contribution to the United Nations regular budget varies from year to year depending upon the size of the budget and the United Kingdom's assessed share. In 1986 the United Kingdom's share was £23,892,000.
§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the current United Nations member countries, together with their annual contribution to the United Nations budget; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe United Nations publishes a list of member states and their assessed annual contributions to its regular budget. The assessments vary from year to year depending upon the total of the budget and how it is apportioned. Those for 1986 have been placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to how many member countries are in arrears with their annual payment to the United Nations, and for how many years in each case; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe United Nations Secretary-General publishes regular reports on the status of contributions to the United Nation's regular budget. The latest gives the position at 30 September 1986. Of the 98 member states that were still in arrears at that date the following 49 owed more than the amounts assessed for 1986:
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Member country 1986 Assessment $ Amount Outstanding $ Antigua 70,043 106,457 Belize 70,043 135,857 Benin 70,043 200,826 Bolivia 70,043 132,643 Burkina Faso 70,043 86,781 Burundi 70,043 136,643 Cape Verde 70,043 100,826 Central African Republic 70,043 124,686 Comoros 70,043 201,043 Cuba 630,390 876,366 Democratic Kampuchea 70,043 188,439 Dominica 70,043 176,125 Dominican Republic 210,130 475,506 El Salvador 70,043 191,433 Equatorial Guinea 70,043 253,172 Gambia 70,043 210,775 Grenada 70,043 110,341 Guatemala 140,087 274,884 Guinea-Bissau 70,043 220,207 Guyana 70,043 152,866 Haiti 70,043 70,888 Iran 4,412,737 7,912,792 Israel 1,540,957 3,786,964 Jamaica 140,087 145,901 Lao People's Democratic Republic 70,043 193,846 Lebanon 70,043 191,672 Liberia 70,043 161,041 Libya 1,821,130 2,676,717 Nicaragua 70,043 219,809 Niger 70,043 215,864 Paraguay 140,087 213,483 Peru 490,304 1,157,707 Philippines 700,434 904,631 Poland 4,482,781 6,472,818 Qatar 280,174 477,617 Romania 1,330,326 3,867,682 St Christopher and Nevis 70,043 133,944 Nevis St Lucia 70,043 212,342 Sao Tome and Principe 70,043 135,867 Sierra Leone 70,043 157,682 Somalia 70,043 75,857 South Africa 3,081,912 27,566,416 Togo 70,043 156,265 Turkey 2,385,563 4,778,204 Uganda 70,043 200,826 USA 210,277,200 247,003,532 Vietnam 70,043 164,279 Zaire 70,043 128,280 Zimbabwe 140,087 203,222 The following 15 member countries owed an amount equal to their 1986 assessment:
Member country 1986 assessment ($) Barbados 70,043 Bhutan 70,043 Chad 70,043 Democratic Yemen 70,043 Lesotho 70,043 Madagascar 70,043 Maldives 70,043 Mauritius 70,043 Saint Vincent 70,043 Samoa 70,043 Solomon Islands 70,043 Syrian Arab Republic 280,174 United Arab Emirates 1,260,781 Uruguay 280,174 Yemen 70,043 The following 33 Member countries owed less than their 1986 assessment:
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Member country 1986 assessment $ Amount outstanding $ Angola 70,043 53,751 Argentina 4,342,694 3,363,498 Brazil 9,806,082 8,168,721 Bulgaria 1,120,695 772,708 Byelorussia 2,381,477 1,766,338 Colombia 910,565 663,017 Congo 70,043 60,242 Costa Rica 140,087 126,014 Cote D'Ivoire 140,087 50,087 Czechoslovakia 4,903,041 824,722 Ecuador 210,130 190,570 France 44,617,669 4,357,157 German Democratic Republic 9,315,778 4,161,201 Honduras 70,043 36,240 Hungary 1,540,957 1,219,574 India 2,451,521 51,467 Indonesia 980,608 135,013 Mali 70,043 63,346 Mauritania 70,043 64,813 Mexico 6,233,867 31,975 Mongolia 70,043 61,864 Nigeria 1,330,826 801,841 Panama 140,087 100,087 Senegal 70,043 38,951 Sudan 70,043 887 Trinidad and Tobago 28,174 145,097 Tunisia 210,130 185,395 Ukrainian SSR 8,965,560 5,590,282 USSR 71,444,305 38,643,032 Tanzania 71,909 49,040 Vanuatu 70,043 4,229 Yugoslavia 3,221,999 1,739,394 Zambia 70,043 1,495