§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which countries have not paid their subscriptions to the United Nations; and for each country what is the outstanding amount due. [HL607]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanAccording to the most recent complete data published by the UN, as at 31 December 1997, 85 member states owed a total of $474 million to the UN Regular Budget, and 170 member states owed $1,574 million to UN 61WA peacekeeping budgets. Complete data on the status of 1998 contributions are not yet available. The details are listed below.
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Member States with outstanding contributions in respect of 1997 and prior years to the UN Regular Budget at 31 December 1997 US Dollars Afghanistan 144,635 Albania 106,508 Angola 215,278 Antigua and Barbuda 71,508 Argentina 4,112,379 Armenia 1,406,762 Azerbaijan 1,872,225 Belarus 4,654,034 Bhutan 106,508 Bosnia and Herzegovina 973,857 Brazil 16,703,941 Bulgaria 766,857 Burundi 250,255 Cambodia 106,508 Cape Verde 279,997 Central African Republic 581,887 Chad 277,723 Comoros 606,890 Congo 215,278 Costa Rica 83,341 Cuba 354,093 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 350,097 Democratic Republic of Congo 106,508 Djibouti 160,376 Dominica 322,514 Ecuador 277,328 El Salvador 106,508 Equatorial Guinea 140,902 Estonia 838,235 Gambia 369,062 Georgia 2,202,468 Ghana 106,508 Grenada 314,556 Guatemala 319,952 Guinea 128,904 Guinea Bissau 284,635 Guyana 37,105 Haiti 354,045 Honduras 154,886 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,718,316 Iraq 7,188,218 Israel 3,857,817 Kazakstan 1,000,000 Kenya 103,324 Kyrgyzstan 453,977 Latvia 1,738,191 Lesotho 85,019 Liberia 767,629 Lithuania 1,413,999 Madagascar 81,124 Mali 51,772 Mauritania 74,459 Mauritius 106,508 Morocco 9,276 Nicaragua 261,586 Niger 144,454 Panama 77,013 Paraguay 106,508 Qatar 396,968 Republic of Moldova 1,209,917 Rwanda 196,464 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,353 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 242,759 Sao Tome and Principe 407,229 Seychelles 282,546 Sierra Leone 188,935 Solomon Islands 177,835
Member States with outstanding contributions in respect of 1997 and prior years to the UN Regular Budget at 31 December 1997 US Dollars Somalia 803,816 Sudan 107,813 Surinam 106,508 Swaziland 46,427 Tajikistan 1,931,815 Togo 232,968 Trinidad and Tobago 238,648 Turkmenistan 17 Uganda 36,512 Ukraine 17,661,894 United Republic of Tanzania 105,604 United States of America 373,239,953 Uruguay 426,032 Uzbekistan 2,140,917 Vanuatu 215,278 Venezuela 599,998 Yemen 224,390 Yugoslavia 10,642,874 Total 473,591,663
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Member States with outstanding contributions in respect of 1997 and prior years to UN peacekeeping budgets at 31 December 1997 US Dollars United States of America 939,730,922 Ukraine 207,583,065 Russian Federation 135,721,701 Japan 89,032,241 Belarus 50,381,334 Poland 12,209,317 Brazil 11,812,885 Germany 10,359,020 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,254,495 France 9,438,605 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5,519,961 Uzbekistan 5,432,654 Italy 5,315,133 Kazakhstan 5,165,323 Azerbaijan 4,539,503 Yugoslavia 4,228,918 Georgia 4,195,704 Iraq 4,186,627 United Arab Emirates 3,398,493 Republic of Moldova 3,135,365 Croatia 2,750,355 Latvia 2,587,218 Indonesia 2,267,199 Spain 2,124,198 Turkey 1,924,703 Peru 1,799,986 Argentina 1,719,558 Armenia 1,666,978 Nigeria 1,377,650 Austria 1,354,560 Bulgaria 1,303,480 Netherlands 1,285,780 Kyrgyzstan 1,236,109 Turkmenistan 1,236,109 Democratic P. R. of Korea 1,175,775 Cuba 1,158,424 Lithuania 1,095,458 Estonia 1,001,324 Tajikistan 985,503 Syrian Arab Republic 955,169 Qatar 942,899 Belgium 922,120 China 841,750 Chile 798,368 Saudi Arabia 785,658
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Member States with outstanding contributions in respect of 1997 and prior years to UN peacekeeping budgets at 31 December 1997 US Dollars Greece 713,212 Ecuador 688,979 Venezuela 658,339 Guatemala 601,785 Trinidad and Tobago 537,557 Uruguay 516,810 Bosnia and Herzegovina 462,734 Czech Republic 381,926 Portugal 375,619 Gabon 355,944 Liberia 329,817 El Salvador 318,183 Dominican Republic 310,346 The Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia 300,483 Bolivia 298,972 Mongolia 295,494 Romania 291,060 Israel 268,072 Congo 260,126 Cambodia 256,149 Honduras 246,047 Panama 245,643 Costa Rica 237,608 Nicaragua 214,457 New Zealand 204,679 Vietnam 199,006 Central African Republic 198,744 Equatorial Guinea 196,576 Madagascar 192,337 Sierra Leone 191,947 Mauritania 191,862 Yemen 190,667 Gambia 178,843 Republic of Korea 178,092 Democratic Republic of the Congo 177,826 Lebanon 172,182 Burundi 167,349 Comoros 164,482 Fiji 154,277 Djibouti 151,907 Vanuatu 151,248 Guinea 149,584 Niger 147,794 Sudan 147,771 Somalia 145,588 Burkina Faso 143,709 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 142,229 Chad 142,123 Sao Tome and Principe 140,812 Mexico 139,380 Cape Verde 139,146 Rwanda 134,527 Afghanistan 133,863 Guinea Bissau 133,034 Mali 132,105 Tunisia 130,785 Togo 130,454 Luxembourg 130,347 Maldives 128,463 United Republic of Tanzania 128,363 Algeria 119,775 Seychelles 110,822 Grenada 105,224 Solomon Islands 100,722 Belize 96,777 Senegal 96,547 Dominica 89,986 Bahrain 82,163 Marshall Islands 81,049 Thailand 79,995 Slovenia 78,565 Cameroon 77,912
Member States with outstanding contributions in respect of 1997 and prior years to UN peacekeeping budgets at 31 December 1997 US Dollars Oman 65,054 Swaziland 62,324 Haiti 58,816 Bhutan 53,835 Kenya 52,973 Philippines 52,882 Saint Lucia 48,215 Papua New Guinea 45,274 CÔte d'Ivoire 44,704 Guyana 44,375 Ethiopia 36,438 Zimbabwe 36,380 Angola 36,204 Benin 33,014 Australia 30,202 Morocco 29,367 Bahamas 28,794 Iceland 27,907 Barbados 27,046 Singapore 25,126 Lesotho 22,937 Monaco 22,425 Albania 21,069 Samoa 20,835 Mozambique 19,468 Paraguay 18,492 Kuwait 18,322 Bangladesh 17,587 Sri Lanka 17,383 Antigua and Barbuda 16,318 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14,951 Uganda 11,017 Pakistan 10,562 Nepal 10,465 Malta 10,365 Malawi 9,598 Surinam 9,513 Andorra 9,493 Zambia 8,654 San Marino 8,033 Myanmar 6,063 Brunei Darussalam 5,871 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,570 Ghana 4,855 Eritrea 4,613 Micronesia 3,220 Mauritius 3,069 Jamaica 1,842 Botswana 1,213 Palau 950 Namibia 942 Jordan 190 Norway 40 Total 1,574,079,552
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Outstanding contributions in respect of 1998 dues to the UN Regular Budget as at 15 Janaury 1998 Fifteen major contributors: USA 297,727,256 Japan 189,093,100 Germany 50,929,603 France 68,292,675 Italy 56,724,775 United Kingdom1 53,141,600 Russian Federation 28,636,251 Canada 29,430,971 Spain 27,037,337 Netherlands 17,025,845
Outstanding contributions in respect of 1998 dues to the UN Regular Budget as at 15 Janaury 1998 Fifteen major contributors: Brazil 15,921,637 Australia 15,460,437 Sweden 0 Belgium 11,525,835 Republic of Korea 9,729,096 All other member states 129,779,518 Total 1,000,455,936 Note:
1 The UK paid $26,251,950 of its 1998 Regular Budget subscription on 28 January.