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Do not fill this in! ==Funding== {{Bar chart | title = Top 25 contributors to the United Nations budget for the period 2022β2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/76/238 |title=A/Res/73/271: Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations |access-date=24 February 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126174504/https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/76/238 |url-status=live }}</ref> | label_type = [[Member states of the United Nations|Member state]] | data_type = Contribution<br /><small>(% of UN budget)</small> | bar_width = 9.75 | float = right | data_max = 22.000 | label1 = '''{{flag|United States}}''' | data1 = 22.000 | label2 = '''{{flag|China}}''' | data2 = 15.254 | label3 = '''{{flag|Japan}}''' | data3 = 8.033 | label4 = '''{{flag|Germany}}''' | data4 = 6.111 | label5 = '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' | data5 = 4.375 | label6 = '''{{flag|France}}''' | data6 = 4.318 | label7 = '''{{flag|Italy}}''' | data7 = 3.189 | label8 = '''{{flag|Canada}}''' | data8 = 2.628 | label9 = '''{{flag|South Korea}}''' | data9 = 2.574 | label10 = '''{{flag|Spain}}''' | data10 = 2.134 | label11 = '''{{flag|Australia}}''' | data11 = 2.111 | label12 = '''{{flag|Brazil}}''' | data12 = 2.013 | label13 = '''{{flag|Russia}}''' | data13 = 1.866 | label14 = '''{{flag|Netherlands}}''' | data14 = 1.377 | label15 = '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' | data15 = 1.221 | label16 = '''{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}''' | data16 = 1.184 | label17 = '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' | data17 = 1.134 | label18 = '''{{flag|India}}''' | data18 = 1.044 | label19 = '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' | data19 = 0.871 | label20 = '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' | data20 = 0.845 | label21 = '''{{flag|Poland}}''' | data21 = 0.837 | label22 = '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' | data22 = 0.828 | label23 = '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' | data23 = 0.719 | label24 = '''{{flag|Norway}}''' | data24 = 0.679 | label25 = '''{{flag|Austria}}''' | data25 = 0.679 | label26 = '''Other member states''' | data26 = 11.976 }} The UN budget for 2024 was $3.59 billion, not including additional resources donated by members, such as peacekeeping forces.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 December 2023 |title=General Assembly approves $3.59 billion UN budget for 2024 |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1145072 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223213250/https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1145072 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=24 February 2024 |website=UN News |language=en}}</ref> Including [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|specialized agencies of the UN]], the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination reports total expenses of $67.4 billion in 2022 for 43 United Nations entities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unsceb.org/financial-statistics|title=Financial Statistics|publisher=UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination|date=2023|access-date=2023-12-30|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231033457/https://unsceb.org/financial-statistics|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://unsceb.org/total-expenses|title=Financial Statistics: Total Expenses|publisher=UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination|date=2023|access-date=2023-12-30|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231033457/https://unsceb.org/total-expenses|url-status=live}}</ref> The UN is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. The General Assembly approves the regular budget and determines the assessment for each member. This is broadly based on the relative capacity of each nation to pay, as measured by its [[gross national income]] (or GNI), with adjustments for external debt and low per capita income.<ref name="fifth-2006">{{cite web |title=Fifth Committee Approves Assessment Scale for Regular, Peacekeeping Budgets, Texts on Common System, Pension Fund, as it Concludes Session (Press Release) |publisher=United Nations |date=22 December 2006 |access-date=8 November 2013 |url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/gaab3787.doc.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209080712/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/gaab3787.doc.htm |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Assembly has established the principle that the UN should not be unduly dependent on any one member to finance its operations. Thus, there is a "ceiling" rate, setting the maximum amount that any member can be assessed for the regular budget. In December 2000, the Assembly revised the scale of assessments in response to pressure from the United States. As part of that revision, the regular budget ceiling was reduced from 25% to 22%.{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|p=117}} For the [[Least developed country|least developed countries]] (or LDCs), a ceiling rate of 0.01% is applied.<ref name="fifth-2006"/> In addition to the ceiling rates, the minimum amount assessed to any member nation (or "floor" rate) is set at 0.001% of the UN budget ($31,000 for the two-year budget 2021β2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regular budget and working capital fund - Committee on Contributions - UN General Assembly |url=https://www.un.org/en/ga/contributions/budget.shtml |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=United Nations |language=EN |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014093425/https://www.un.org/en/ga/contributions/budget.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Weiss|Daws|2009|p=682}} A large share of the UN's expenditure addresses its core mission of peace and security, and this budget is assessed separately from the main organizational budget.{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|p=115}} The peacekeeping budget for the 2021β2022 fiscal year is $6.38 billion, supporting 66,839 personnel deployed in 12 missions worldwide.<ref>[https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/01_contributions_to_un_peacekeeping_operations_by_country_and_post_68_november_2023_revision_1.pdf Contributions to UN Peacekeeping Operations by Country and Post] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224180139/https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/01_contributions_to_un_peacekeeping_operations_by_country_and_post_68_november_2023_revision_1.pdf |date=24 February 2024 }} (as of 30/11/2023), ''[https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/troop-and-police-contributors United Nations Peacekeeping] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630060533/https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/troop-and-police-contributors |date=30 June 2019 }}''.</ref> UN peace operations are funded by assessments, using a formula derived from the regular funding scale that includes a weighted surcharge for the five permanent Security Council members, who must approve all peacekeeping operations. This surcharge serves to offset discounted peacekeeping assessment rates for less developed countries. The largest contributors to the [[Peacekeeping|UN peacekeeping]] budget for 2023β2024 are: the [[United States]] (26.94%), [[China]] (18.68%), [[Japan]] (8.03%), [[Germany]] (6.11%), the [[United Kingdom]] (5.35%), [[France]] (5.28%), [[Italy]] (3.18%), [[Canada]] (2.62%), [[South Korea]] (2.57%) and [[Russia]] (2.28%).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://undocs.org/en/A/76/296/Rev.1/Add.1 |title=Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 55/235 and 55/236: Report of the Secretary-General |date=28 December 2021 |publisher=United Nations General Assembly |access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref> Special UN programmes not included in the regular budget, such as [[UNICEF]] and the World Food Programme, are financed by voluntary contributions from member governments, corporations, and private individuals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/get-involved/donate/where-your-money-goes |title=Where Your Money Goes |publisher=World Food Programme |access-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112074808/http://www.wfp.org/get-involved/donate/where-your-money-goes |archive-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/appeals/funding_trends.html |title=Overall funding trends |date=21 January 2013 |publisher=UNICEF |access-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109153842/http://www.unicef.org/appeals/funding_trends.html |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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