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Payments Owed to the UN by All Member States

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The following table and graph illustrate the debt owed by member states to the UN. The table highlights UN member states' arrears to the regular budget, the peacekeeping operations budget, the international tribunals budget (since 1995), and the capital master plan budget (introduced in 2003). The graph below shows payment arrears to the UN regular budget and to the UN peacekeeping operations budget.

Table Notes:
  • Sums in $US millions, rounded to the nearest million
  • Figures are amounts due as of December 31
  • The Capital Master Plan was introduced in 2003

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Sources:
 Regular Budget Data 1975 - 1990 and PKO Budget Data 1975 - 1992 + 1998 & 2000 compiled by Klaus Hüfner (Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Forum)
1991: United Nations: Outstanding Contributions to the Regular Budget and Peace Keeping Operations (as at December 31)
1992: United Nations: Status of Contributions (as at December 31) ST/ADM/SER.B/395
1993: United Nations: Status of Contributions (as at December 31) ST/ADM/SER.B/424
1994: United Nations: Status of Contributions (as at December 31) ST/ADM/SER.B/458 & Outstanding Contributions to the Regular Budget and Peace-Keeping Operations (as at 31 December 1994)
1995-1997: United Nations: Contributions to the Regular Budget, International Tribunals and Peace-Keeping Operations (as at December 31)
1998-2002: United Nations: Status of Contributions to the Regular Budget, International Tribunals and Peacekeeping Operations (as at December 31) 2003-2007: United Nations: Status of Contributions to the Regular Budget, International Tribunals, Peacekeeping Operations and Capital Master Plan (as at December 31)

 

 

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