§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the UK Government's financial contribution to the United Nations'(a) staffing and (b) volunteer programmes for each of the past 10 years. [96652]
HainStaffing costs account for approximately 70 per cent. of UN Regular Budget expenditure. The UK's mandatory contributions for 1990–99 to the Regular Budget are listed in the table. UK contributions to other UN funds and programmes, specialised agencies and peacekeeping and humanitarian operations also cover staffing costs.
The UN Volunteers Programme (UNV) is administered by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and will account for around 5 per cent. of UNDP's budget for the period 2000–01. The UK's voluntary contributions to the UNDP core budget for 1990–99 are also listed in the table. Since 1991 the UK has also provided £315,848 directly to UNV.
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UK Mandatory Contribution to UN Regular Budget US$000 1990 38,436 1991 44,776 1992 49,438 1993 51,230 1994 51,068
UK Mandatory Contribution to UN Regular Budget US$000 1995 57,589 1996 58,106 1997 56,662 1998 53,890 1999 52,890
UK Voluntary Core Contributions to UNDP UK financial years £000 1990–91 27,017 1991–92 28,890 1992–93 30,104 1993–94 31,235 1994–95 28,212 1995–96 26,031 1996–97 29,000 1997–98 22,602 1998–99 30,850 1999–2000 35,817