Funding United Nations

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the un financed assessed , voluntary contributions member states. general assembly approves regular budget , determines assessment each member. broadly based on relative capacity of each country pay, measured gross national income (gni), adjustments external debt , low per capita income. two-year budget 2012–13 $5.512 billion in total.

the assembly has established principle un should not unduly dependent on 1 member finance operations. thus, there ceiling rate, setting maximum amount member can assessed regular budget. in december 2000, assembly revised scale of assessments in response pressure united states. part of revision, regular budget ceiling reduced 25% 22%. least developed countries (ldcs), ceiling rate of 0.01% applied. in addition ceiling rates, minimum amount assessed member nation (or floor rate) set @ 0.001% of un budget ($55,120 2 year budget 2013–2014).

a large share of un s expenditure addresses core mission of peace , security, , budget assessed separately main organizational budget. peacekeeping budget 2015–16 fiscal year $8.27 billion, supporting 82,318 troops deployed in 15 missions around world. un peace operations funded assessments, using formula derived regular funding scale includes weighted surcharge 5 permanent security council members, must approve peacekeeping operations. surcharge serves offset discounted peacekeeping assessment rates less developed countries. in 2017, top 8 providers of assessed financial contributions un peacekeeping operations united states (28.47%), china (10.25%), japan (9.68%), germany (6.39%), france (6.28%), united kingdom (5.77%), russian federation (3.99%) , italy (3.75%).

special un programmes not included in regular budget, such unicef , world food programme, financed voluntary contributions member governments, corporations, , private individuals.