United Nations Regular Budget Contributions: Members Compared, 1990-2010 (CRS Report for Congress)
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Release Date |
Revised Jan. 15, 2013 |
Report Number |
RL30605 |
Report Type |
Report |
Authors |
Marjorie Ann Browne, Specialist in International Relations; Luisa Blanchfield, Analyst in International Relations |
Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report discusses UN contributions. "Starting January 1, 2001, the United States was assessed to pay 22% of the annual United Nations (U.N.) regular budget. For calendar year 2007, 22% of the U.N. regular budget amounted to $493,464,855. Prior to January 1, 2001, the assessment level for the United States was 25%. This report shows, for the years 1989 through 2007, the assessment level, actual payment, and total outstanding contributions for the United States and each of the other U.N. members assessed at 1% or higher. From 2004 to 2007, a new category is included: the countries with assessments at 0.5% or larger but less than 1%. Three of these countries had, at some time since 1989, been assessed at 1%. Aggregated figures are provided for the rest of the U.N. membership. In 2007, the United States and 16 other nations were assessed to pay 86.514% of the U.N. budget. Contributors in the middle category were collectively assessed to pay 6.220%. In 2007, of the top 17 assessed countries, the United States only failed to pay its entire assessment and maintained unpaid or outstanding contributions. The matter of U.S. funding to the United Nations has been a high-profile congressional issue for a number of years. This report is updated annually, as the U.N. document upon which the data is based is published."