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Azerbaijanâ€™s share in UN Budget at 0.005%

27 December 2006 13:54 (UTC +04:00)

The General Assembly approved a resolution on dues that each of the 192 member states must pay to finance the U.N.â€™s US$2 billion annual budget in 2007-2009, leaving U.S. payments unchanged at 22 percent, reducing Japanâ€™s contribution while raising that of Britain, China, Russia, India and many others, APA reports.
A General Assembly resolution adopted by consensus late Friday followed lengthy negotiations that produced relatively few changes in the regular budget assessments, which cover day-to-day operations. Dues are determined by a complex formula that is reconsidered every three years in the U.N. budget committee.
The most significant change was Japanâ€™s reduction in dues from 19.5 percent in the previous period to 16.6 percent of the budget â€” a move capping a long campaign by Tokyo.
The United States still remains the largest contributor and Japan the second-largest but Europeâ€™s total share now tops Japanâ€™s, U.N. officials said.
Germanyâ€™s share fell slightly from 8.7 percent in the previous period to 8.6 percent but it still remains the third largest contributor. Britainâ€™s contribution rose to 6.6 percent from 6.1 percent, putting it in fourth place, followed by France whose contribution increased from 6 percent to 6.3 percent.
The worldâ€™s two fastest growing economies will pay more in dues â€” Chinaâ€™s increasing from 2 percent to 2.7 percent and Indiaâ€™s from 0.42 percent to 0.45 percent. Russia, a permanent Security Council member with a robust economy, will also increase its payments from 1.1 percent to 1.2 percent.
Azerbaijanâ€™s share is set at 0.005%, Armenia 0.002%, Ukraine 0.045%, Kazakhstan 0.029, Turkmenistan 0.006, Uzbekistan 0.003%, Georgia 0.003. Among the CIS countries Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will pay the least dues-- at 0.001%. /APA/