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Selected Information on the UN Financial Crisis for Vigil Organizers
Basic UN Statement on Finance
An excellent statement by the UN that can be copied and used as a handout.Table Showing U.S. Arrears vs. Total For All Members
Shows arrears for regular budget, peacekeeping and total. This table will be updated with the most recent information, which is usually released by the UN two weeks after the end of the month.Graph Showing U.S. and Total Arrears to the UN Regular Budget
Dramatic visual information on the long-building crisis that can be copied and used as a handout. Shows that the crisis began with ballooning US arrears in 1985.Behavior of Selected Countries in Paying their Dues to the U.N. Budget
Selected list of timely and late payers, as well as tables showing Member States owing more than US$ 1 billion and Member States falling under Article 19.Information on the Helms-Biden "Package" for UN Funding
A summary prepared by the Emergency Coalition for U.S. Financial Support of the United Nations on June 10, 1997, that includes the many crippling "benchmarks" and conditions on the Congressional funding of U.N. assessments and arrears. The Clinton administration "signed-off" on this noxious agreement.Presidential and Ministerial Statements on the UN Financial Crisis
Statements at the 52nd Session of the UN General Assembly 1997.UN Finances in Comparative Perspective
A table that compares UN spending with other transactions and budget items, showing how very small the UN items actually are.Is the UN a "Vast, Sprawling Bureaucracy"?
Erskine Childers & Brian Urquhart point out how comparatively small the UN is and how scant its resources are, considering the tasks it must address.More Information on the UN Financial Crisis
Link to many more materials on this site on the UN financial crisis.
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