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US Citizen Direct Payments to the United Nations: 1995-96 - UN Finance - Global Policy Forum US Citizens' Direct Contributions
to the UN: 1995-1996Source: UN Documents
Month Number of Checks Received Number of Individuals Represented September 2 5 October 3 3 November 5 22 December 55 204 January 93 252 February 200 323 March 308 612 April 572 1,251 May 904 2,409 June 491 1,181 July 265 695 August 356 693 September 259 499 October 224 394 November 294 488 Total 4,017 9,019 Click here for a graph of this information
This table shows US citizens' direct payments to the UN General Fund. These payments are in protest against the US government's large debts to the UN. Many of the payments were organized by the Campaign of CFUN (Citizens to Fund the UN) and by the Whitehead Initiative. The contributions roughly doubled every month from November to May, but slacked off in June and July as the impetus of the original campaign slowed. However, overall citizen activity -- including letters, resolutions, meetings and the like -- continued to increase, as more and more people became aware of the issue. The vigils in October and diverse efforts of citizens groups in the fall were testimony to a continuously rising level of political concern.
Note that a small number of checks and individuals counted in the above table are from outside the United States; UN data does not indicate which month these contributions were received.
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