§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the role of the United Nations organisation; and what have been Her Majesty's Government's annual contribu-tions to the United Nations in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAt the London economic summit in July this year, the G7 stated
We must reinforce the multilateral approach to the solution of common problems and work to strengthen the international system of which the United Nations, based on its Charter, remains so central a part".The United Kingdom continues to play a full and active part in the United Nations. Our contributions to the United Nations regular budget since 1979 have been:
Financial year £'000 1979–80 10,386 1980–81 10,316 1981–82 14,020 1982–83 15,711 1983–84 18,500 1984–85 23,343 1985–86 24,628 1986–87 23,615 1987–88 21,492 1988–89 19,358 1989–90 20,621 1990–91 24,564 1991–921 27,122 1 Estimated.