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United States Delegation Working Paper
Subject: UN Contributions—1952 Budget
In continuing the next steps in Delegation action concerning the problem of contributions to the regular UN budget, the Representatives and staff will probably wish to make use of the following essential information containing excerpts from paragraphs 18 and 19 of the “Report of the Committee on Contributions” (A/1859):
“18. Taking all the above into account, the Committee recommends changes in the rates of contribution of the countries shown in the following table:
| Country | 1951 rate of contribution Per cent | Recommended rate of contribution for 1952 Per cent | Change |
| Afghanistan | 0.06 | 0.08 | +0.02 |
| Argentina | 1.85 | 1.62 | -0.23 |
| Australia | 1.92 | 1.77 | -0.15 |
| Bolivia | 0.08 | 0.06 | -0.02 |
| Brazil | 1.85 | 1.62 | -0.23 |
| Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | 0.24 | 0.34 | +0.10 |
| Canada | 3.30 | 3.35 | +0.05 |
| Chile | 0.41 | 0.35 | -0.06 |
| China | 6.00 | 5.75 | -0.25 |
| Cuba | 0.31 | 0.33 | +0.02 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0.99 | 1.05 | +0.06 |
| Egypt | 0.71 | 0.60 | -0.11 |
| Ethiopia | 0.08 | 0.10 | +0.02 |
| France | 6.00 | 5.75 | -0.25 |
| India | 3.41 | 3.53 | +0.12 |
| Iran | 0.45 | 0.40 | -0.05 |
| Iraq | 0.17 | 0.14 | -0.03 |
| Israel | 0.12 | 0.17 | +0.05 |
| Mexico | 0.63 | 0.65 | +0.02 |
| Netherlands | 1.35 | 1.27 | -0.08 |
| Pakistan | 0.74 | 0.79 | +0.05 |
| Poland | 1.05 | 1.36 | +0.31 |
| Sweden | 1.85 | 1.73 | -0.12 |
| Syria | 0.11 | 0.09 | -0.02 |
| Thailand | 0.24 | 0.21 | -0.03 |
| Turkey | 0.91 | 0.75 | -0.16 |
| Union of South Africa | 1.04 | 0.90 | -0.14 |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | 0.92 | 1.30 | +0.38 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 6.98 | 9.85 | +2.87 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.37 | 10.56 | -0.81 |
| United States of America | 38.92 | 36.90 | -2.02 |
| Venezuela | 0.30 | 0.32 | +0.02 |
| Yugoslavia | 0.36 | 0.43 | +0.07 |
19. The Committee therefore recommends the following scale of assessments, to be applied for one year only:
Scale of Assessments for 1952
| Member State | Per cent |
| Afghanistan | 0.08 |
| Argentina | 1.62 |
| Australia | 1.77 |
| Belgium | 1.35 |
| Bolivia | 0.06 |
| Brazil | 1.62 |
| Burma | 0.15 |
| Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | 0.34 |
| Canada | 3.35 |
| Chile | 0.35 |
| China | 5.75 |
| Colombia | 0.37 |
| Costa Rica | 0.04 |
| Cuba | 0.33 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1.05 |
| Denmark | 0.79 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.05 |
| Ecuador | 0.05 |
| Egypt | 0.60 |
| El Salvador | 0.05 |
| Ethiopia | 0.10 |
| France | 5.75 |
| Greece | 0.18 |
| Guatemala | 0.06 |
| Haiti | 0.04 |
| Honduras | 0.04 |
| Iceland | 0.04 |
| India | 3.53 |
| Indonesia | 0.60 |
| Iran | 0.40 |
| Iraq | 0.14 |
| Israel | 0.17 |
| Lebanon | 0.06 |
| Liberia | 0.04 |
| Luxembourg | 0.05 |
| Mexico | 0.65 |
| Netherlands | 1.27 |
| New Zealand | 0.50 |
| Nicaragua | 0.04 |
| Norway | 0.50 |
| Pakistan | 0.79 |
| Panama | 0.05 |
| Paraguay | 0.04 |
| Peru | 0.20 |
| Philippines | 0.29 |
| Poland | 1.36 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.08 |
| Sweden | 1.73 |
| Syria | 0.09 |
| Thailand | 0.21 |
| Turkey | 0.75 |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | 1.30 |
| Union of South Africa | 0.90 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 9.85 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.56 |
| United States of America | 36.90 |
| Uruguay | 0.18 |
| Venezuela | 0.32 |
| Yemen | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavia | 0.43 |
| Total | 100.00 |