HL Deb 23 February 1998 vol 586 cc60-5WA
Lord Monkswell

asked 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 Dean

According 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 peacekeeping budgets. Complete data on the status of 1998 contributions are not yet available. The details are listed below.

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

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

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

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.