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United States Contributions to International Organizations Report to the Congress for Fiscal Year 1998 Released by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs U.S. Department of State, September 2000 (Link to all years available.)

Introduction

This report covers United States contributions to international organizations and programs for October 1, 1997 to September 30, 1998.

The contributions listed in this report which supported U.S. participation in bilateral and multilateral affairs are administered by the Department of State, Department of Commerce or the Agency for International Development, except where otherwise indicated.

The amounts reported are actual U.S. contributions made during fiscal year 1998. The adjustments made include credits, tax equalization, working capital fund, deferrals, mandatory reductions, such as Palestine Liberation organization withholdings, and other statutory limitations.

International financial institutions such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development are not covered in the text or in the total figures, but are the subject of a separate report to the Congress by the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies. Also excluded from the tabular presentation is the cost to the U.S. government of the salaries and expenses of American employees detailed to the secretariats of international organizations; e.g., the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The charts at Tab A summarize U.S. assessed and voluntary contributions to international organizations for Fiscal Year 1998. A detailed tabulation of U.S. contributions by individual organization or program is provided at Tab B.

Tab A - FY 1998 U.S. Contributions to International Organizations:

• Total Contributions
• Total Assessed Contributions
• Total Voluntary Contributions
• Total Voluntary Peacekeeping Contributions
• Total Voluntary Contributions in Support of Economic Development and Humanitarian Activities

Tab B - Tabulation of FY 1998 Contributions

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Tab A - FY 1998 U.S. Contributions to International Organizations

• Total Contributions: $1.915 Billion
• Total Assessed Contributions: $1.05 Billion
• Total Voluntary Contributions: $864.259 Million
• Total Voluntary Peacekeeping Contributions: $43.37 Million
• Total Voluntary Contributions in Support of Economic Development and Humanitarian Activities: $821 Million

Tab B - Tabulation of FY 1998 Contributions

(Note: *.* = percentage of participation not available)

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
United Nations, Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (Assessed Budgets)
United Nations...................................	$233,659,164	25.00
Food and Agriculture Organization...............	80,810,000	25.00
International Atomic Energy Agency........... . .	56,989,981	25.92
International Civil Aviation Organization........	15,022,500	25.00
-International Civil Aviation - JF Danish......	423,786	Usage Fees
-International Civil Aviation - JF Icelandic...	208,860	*.*
International Labor Organization.................	56,973,441	25.00
International Maritime Organization..............	1,219,485	4.19
International Telecommunication Union............	6,651,345	8.15
United Nations International Tribunal-Former Yugoslavia....................................	6,994,500	25.00
United Nations International Tribunal-Former Rwanda................................ . . . . .	7,667,166	25.00
Universal Postal Union...........................	1,387,266	*.*
World Health Organization........................	106,864,300	25.00
World Intellectual Property Organization.........	982,086	06.52
World Meteorological Organization................	10,722,197	24.60
Total - United Nations, Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency	$586,576,077

 

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
Peacekeeping (Assessed Budgets)
United Nations Angola Verification Mission.......	$ 11,000,000	25.00
United Nations Observer Mission in Angola...... .	19,163,425	25.00
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force......	7,904,403	25.00
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon..........	15,621,213	25.00
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission ..	2,302,662	25.00
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.	22,444,264	25.00
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti..........	53,191,365	25.00
United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	2,724,144	25.00
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia.......	2,322,563	25.00
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia.......	2,690,094	25.00
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus......	4,072,921	25.00
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force.......	6,424,935	25.00
United Nations Protection Force..................	28,382,793	25.00
United Nations International Criminal Tribunal - Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,544,500	25.00
United Nations International Criminal Tribunal - Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,576,863	25.00
United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights in Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . .	150,000	25.00
United Nations Transitional Authority in Eastern Slovenia.........................................	3,242,350	25.00
Total - Assessed Peacekeeping	$194,758,495

 

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
Peacekeeping (Voluntary Contributions)
Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe...........................................	$16,881,660	*.*
Organization of African Unity....................	300,000	*.*
Multinational Force and Observers. . . . . . . .	13,635,000	*.*
Bosnia High Representative.......................	12,551,035	*.*
Total - Voluntary Peacekeeping	$43,367,695
Total - Assessed and Voluntary Peacekeeping	$238,126,190

 

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
Inter-American Organizations (Assessed Budgets)
Organization of American States..................	$ 53,011,593	59.47
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture......................................	16,876,286	59.47
Pan American Health Organization.................	49,740,262	59.45
Pan American Institute of Geography and History..	426,742	65.42
Total - Inter-American Associations	$120,054,883

 

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
Regional Organizations (Assessed Budgets)
Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation................	$ 659,000	17.97
NATO Civilian Headquarters.......................	26,587,548	23.35
North Atlantic Assembly..........................	688,146	23.35
Colombo Plan Council for Technical Cooperation...	13,500	4.17
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development......................................	55,507,530	24.42
South Pacific Commission.........................	1,175,850	19.18
Total - Regional Organizations	$84,667,574

 

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
Other International Organizations (Assessed Budgets)
Berne Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$17,193	*.*
Biological Weapons Convention. . . . . . . . . .	361,000	*.*
Bureau of International Expositions..............	27,344	8.95
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources..........................	44,853	4.00
Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5,000	*.*
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1,000,000	*.*
Customs Cooperation Council......................	3,180,200	25.00
Great Lakes Fishery Commission...................	8,353,000	68.00
Hague Conference on Private International Law....	110,490	7.00
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. . . . .	3,176,000	85.00
International Agency for Research on Cancer......	1,665,526	9.18
International Astronomical Union. . . . . . . . .	58,648	*.*
International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs..................................	98,533	5.87
International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration......................................	19,678	6.90
International Bureau of Weights and Measures.....	892,881	9.85
International Center for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property	755,121	25.00
International Commission for Optics. . . . . . .	2,700	*.*
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna....................................	100,168	8.00
International Copper Study Group.................	57,612	9.76
International Cotton Advisory Commission.........	242,785	12.70
International Council for Exploration of the Seas	132,436	6.00
International Council of Scientific Unions..... .	208,283	*.*
International Geographic Union	9,375	*.*
International Grain Council. . . . . . . . . . .	502,064	23.75
International Hydrographic Organization..........	93,361	3.81
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law......................................	109,767	6.32
International Lead and Zinc Study Group..........	63,611	7.51
International Mathematical Union. . . . . . . . .	8,377	*.*
International Natural Rubber Organization. . . .	287,463	18.60
International Office for Legal Metrology.........	102,528	8.79
International Office for Migration...............	6,499,521	*.*
International Office of Epizootics...............	82,377	2.66
International Office of Vine and Wine............	59,589	3.51
International Pacific Halibut Commission.........	798,000	50.00
International Rubber Study Group.................	105,929	12.20
International Seed Testing Association...........	6,727	1.90
International Tropical Timber Organization.......	95,060	2.51
International Union for Quaternary Research. . .	8,726	*.*
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants..............................	181,588	10.02
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	19,200	*.*
International Union of Biological Sciences. . . .	56,885	*.*
International Union of Crystallography. . . . . .	10,471	*.*
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. .	44,450	*.*
International Union of Geological Sciences. . . .	28,000	*.*
International Union of Nutritional Sciences. . .	6,000	*.*
International Union of Physiological Sciences. .	29,150	*.*
International Union of Psychological Sciences. .	12,500	*.*
International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics	6,000	*.*
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry	67,300	*.*
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.	31,414	*.*
International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science -- Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . -- Division of History of Science . . . . . . . .	2,400 2,400	*.* *.*
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,612	*.*
International Whaling Commission.................	83,436	5.00
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. . . .	2,000	*.*
National Satellite Meteorological Center	5,000	*.*
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization..	23,246	4.00
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission.........	93,363	25.00
North Pacific Marine Science Organization........	68,529	17.00
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization........	104,500	19.00
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14,941,503	25.00
Pacific Salmon Commission........................	603,058	50.00
Pacific Science Association. . . . . . . . . . .	8,750	*.*
Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	13,333	0.06
Postal Union of Spain, Americas, and Portugal. . .	190,325	*.*
Union Radio Schietifique International	27,317	*.*
World Trade Organization (WTO/GATT)..............	12,464,982	15.63
World Water Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..	1,000	0.06
Total - Other International Organizations	$65,040,623

 

International Organization by Category	U.S. Amount	U.S. Participation by Percentage
Special Voluntary Programs
African Institute for Prevention of Crime & Treatment of Offenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	100,000	*.*
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center.	1,500,000	*.*
Climate Variability and Predictability Program. .	5,999	*.*
CMS/UNEP Netherlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2,700	*.*
CSIC-UIB Mediterranean Institute. . . . . . . . .	1,600	*.*
Commission for High Crime and Refugees. . . . . .	100,000	*.*
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. . . .	25,000	*.*
Committee on Environmental Cooperation. . . . . .	13,000	*.*
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora..................	1,000,000	*.*
Danish Institute of Fisheries Economics. . . . .	2,900	*.*
Department of Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . .	2,900	*.*
Department of Education National Comm. Library and Information Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . .	100,000	*.*
Earth and Ocean Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . .	800	*.*
East Asian Monitoring Network for Acid Rain. . .	14,000	*.*
European Cetacean Society. . . . . . . . . . . .	6,200	*.*
Ecuador Fulbright Commission. . . . . . . . . . .	5,500	*.*
Food and Agriculture Organization. . . . . . . .	180,000	*.*
Fund for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Fund)...........	537,923	*.*
Great Lakes Research Consortium. . . . . . . . .	900	*.*
Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission. . . . . . .	983,000	*.*
Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Sciences. . . .	5,100	*.*
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. . . .	634,900	*.*
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change........	1,223,000	*.*
International Atomic Energy Technical Assistance Fund.............................................	41,631,569	*.*
International Center for Living Aquatic Research.	425,000	*.*
International Center for Research in Dry Areas. .	1,600,000	*.*
International Center for Research on Forestry. .	500,000	*.*
International Center for Theoretical Physics. . .	10,000	*.*
International Civil Aviation Organization........	163,000	*.*
International Committee of the Red Cross.........	4,712,000	*.*
International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2,200,000	*.*
International Council for Engineering and Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14,000	*.*
International Council of Scientific Unions. . . .	752,665	*.*
International Council on Archives. . . . . . . .	74,908	*.*
International Federation of the Red Cross. . . .	1,387,000	*.*
International Fertilizer Development Center. . .	3,300,000	*.*
International Forestry Research. . . . . . . . .	960,000	*.*
International Fund for Agricultural Development.	25,000	*.*
International Geosphere Biosphere Program. . . .	10,000	*.*
International Globe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1,600	*.*
International Hydrographic Organization..........	76,000	*.*
International Institute for Education. . . . . .	425,000	*.*
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture.	3,300,000	*.*
International Irrigation Management Institute. .	600,000	*.*
International Labor Organization. . . . . . . . .	3,000,000	*.*
International Livestock Research. . . . . . . . .	3,050,000	*.*
International Maritime Organization. . . . . . .	120,000	*.*
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.	4,450,000	*.*
International Organization for Migration.........	6,777,647	*.*
International Plant Genetic Resource Institute. .	625,000	*.*
International Potato Center. . . . . . . . . . .	1,050,000	*.*
International Rice Research. . . . . . . . . . .	4,000,000	*.*
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. . . . .	33,600	*.*
International Service for National Agricultural Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	550,000	*.*
International Tropical Timber Agreement..........	522,000	*.*
International Union for the Conservation of Nature...........................................	1,000,000	*.*
Joint Consultative Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	168,610	*.*
Korean Ocean Research and Development. . . . . .	9,663	*.*
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Program......	35,000,000	*.*
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. . .	3,600	*.*
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. . . .	2,000	*.*
Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund..............	27,563,904	*.*
National Investigation Institute. . . . . . . . .	1,700	*.*
National Satellite Meteorological Center. . . . .	5,000	*.*
North Pacific Science Organization. . . . . . . . .	19,600	*.*
Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling	10,000	*.*
Open Skies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	107,293	*.*
Organization of American States - Special Development Assistance Fund......................	6,500,000	*.*
Organization of American States - Strengthen Democracy........................................	2,650,000	*.*
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- Vocational and Adult Education. . . . . . . . . . -- Special Education and Rehabilitation . . . . . .	652,000 38,000 1,000,000	*.* *.* *.*
Pacific Science Association. . . . . . . . . . .	5,000	*.*
Pan American Health Organization. . . . . . . . .	2,235,000	*.*
Parliamentary Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	129,673	*.*
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4,554,000	*.*
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands....................	750,000	*.*
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.	1,600	*.*
United Decade for Women. . . . . . . . . . . . .	859,150	*.*
United Nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	162,500	*.*
United Nations Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund..	500,000	*.*
United Nations Capital Development Fund. . . . .	248,000	*.*
United Nations Center for Human Settlements......	345,000	*.*
United Nations Children's Fund...................	133,113,000	*.*
United Nations Commission of Inquiry (Rwanda). .	70,000	*.*
United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	500	*.*
United Nations Crime International & Crime Prevention Center. (UNCICP). . . . . . . . . . .	511,000	*.*
United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs	25,000	*.*
United Nations Department on Somalia. . . . . . .	1,000,000	*.*
United Nations Development Program . . . . . . .	111,494,000	*.*
United Nations Drug Control Program . . . . . . .	4,033,600	*.*
United Nations Environment Program ..............	12,045,000	*.*
United Nations Framework Committee on Climate Change...........................................	3,893,302	*.*
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. .	156,327,642	*.*
United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	354,000	*.*
United Nations Population Fund. . . . . . . . . .	20,000,000	*.*
United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. . . . . . . .	16,000,000	*.*
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.......................... . .	78,400,000	*.*
United Nations Technical Cooperation Fund. . . .	1,800,000	*.*
United Nations Trust Fund. . . . . . . . . . . .	7,877,437	*.*
United Nations Voluntary Fund for the Victims of Torture..........................................	1,800,000	*.*
United Nations/FAO World Food Program............	15,487,084	*.*
United Nations/Food and Agriculture. . . . . . .	2,449,000	*.*
United Nations/World Health Organization. . . . .	500,000	*.*
Universal Postal Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	72,252	*.*
United States/Canada Air Quality Accords. . . . .	19,000	*.*
West Africa Rice Development Association. . . . .	200,000	*.*
World Climate Research Program. . . . . . . . . .	135,999	*.*
World Conservation Union. . . . . . . . . . . .	7,300	*.*
World Food Program...............................	7,441,000	*.*
World Health Organization . . . . . . . . . . . .	38,213,000	*.*
World Heritage Trust Fund. . . . . . . . . . . .	537,923	*.*
World Meteorological Organization................	1,907,081	*.*
Total - Special Voluntary Programs	$820,891,186

 

Total U.S. Contributions to International Organizations - FY98

$1,915,356,533

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