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UN Costs and Financial Crisis : US Debt
- Has UN Received a New Lease of Life?
-- [Global Policy Forum](December 13, 2001) The UN is suddenly back in business following the US payment of UN dues totaling $582 million. Member states must now honor their commitment to make the UN work.
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- The United Nations Debt: Who Owes Whom?
-- Claims that the United States owes the United Nations more than $1 billion are false. No legal debt exists or can exist. The UN Charter does not empower the organization to compel payment from any member state.
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- The United States' U.N. Dues
-- The United States is assessed 25 percent of the United Nation's general budget. That's double the assessment of Japan, the next closest underwriter. The U.N. estimates that the U.S. is more than $1 billion in arrears in payments to the U.N.
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- UN Agency on Population Blames US for Cutbacks
-- [Global Policy Forum](April 5, 2002) The UN Population Fund has been forced to cut programs and staff numbers as a result of a US decision to withhold $34 million in funding. Amy Coen, president of Population Action International, calls the move “politically motivated,” endangering the progress made in family planning initiatives in the developing world.
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- UN Likely to be in the Black Again as US Readies to Pay Up
-- [Global Policy Forum](October 13, 2001)
After an optimistic briefing by Joseph Connor, the UN Undersecretary-General of Administration and Management, some countries remain skeptic on the financial situation of the UN. They are still waiting on the US, the largest debtor, to pay up.
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- UN Receives $46 Million From US Towards Dues Payment
-- [Global Policy Forum] (October 9, 2002)
As part of the Helms-Biden legislation, the US paid $46 million of what it owes to the UN. Although the payment represents significant progress, the US maintains a substantial debt.
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- US Conditions for Arrears Payment
-- (November 1999) A chart outlining the many conditions affecting payment of UN arrears under the "Helms-Biden" legislation. The three-year program of conditions and the sums to be disbursed are shown.
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