Donald M. Payne: “The way the U.N. assesses dues is based on GDP. The U.S. has 28…”

On the recordJune 26, 2000

The way the U.N. assesses dues is based on GDP. The U.S. has 28 percent of the world's wealth. And as we continue to reduce our contributions to the United Nations, we are actually paying less. As we reduce our contributions down from 25 to 22, and we want to go to 20, that means that the poorer countries in the world will have to pay a disproportionate share, as we pay less than our share. So we are not paying more; we are actually paying less than the world standards of how assessments are done.

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Donald M. Payne

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Discussing U.S. contributions to the United Nations and their impact on poorer countries.

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