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United Nations Program
2016-2017
Brief Overview of the UN………...……….............. Page 2 Organizational Chart of the U.N…………………… Page 3 Blank Resolution Template…………………………Page 4 Sample Resolution…………………………………. Page 5 Resolution Funding………………………………… Page 6 Info on 25 Richest & 25 Poorest Nations………….. Page 7 What does the UN actually do?…………..…………Page 9 Researching a Resolution and Topics……………… Page 11 International News Tracker ……………………….. Page 12 U.N. Peacekeepers Around the World…………….. Page 13 Responding to a Resolution..………………………. Page 16 Summary of U.N. Dues…………………………….. Page 17 Other Civitas Programs…………………………….. Page 21
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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF UNITED NATIONS
1. The United Nations was founded in 1945 with the main impetus coming from the United States and other victors in WorldWar II. One of the main goals was to take steps towards a form of "collective security" to help maintain peace following World War II in which 60 million people died. The structure of the U.N. in many ways reflects the wishes of the victors of WW II. This is most evident by the five nations which have veto power in the Security Council: U.S., Russia (the former U.S.S.R.), U.K., France, and China.
2. The structure includes a General Assembly, a Security Council, the International Court of Justice, a Secretariat, and anumber of other lesser known agencies. Most of these other administrative arms of the United Nations have responsibility for peace-keeping (Middle East, former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Haiti), for aid to developing nations, or for a variety of tasks ranging from managing international postal service to coordinating international air traffic control.
3. When the U.N. was founded in 1945, it had only 51 members. That number has presently grown to 193. In the GeneralAssembly, voting is based on a one-nation one-vote system. Thus, a country such as Monaco (with a population the size of University City) has equal voting power to that of China (with a population of 1.3 billion, one-fifth of the planet's population). It is actually possible to form a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly from countries representing only 10% of the world's population and who pay only 5% of the United Nations dues.
4. The budget for the UN’s core functions — the Secretariat operations in New York, Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and fiveRegional Commissions — is $5.6 billion every 2 years. This is about 7% of New York City’s annual budget (a whopping $78.5 billion) — and less than the cost of the 2012 U.S. election cycle (Spending for the Presidential race and Congressional races is estimated to be at least 6.3 billion.) The USA’s share of the UN’s regular budget is $621 million a year — the equivalent of $1.94 per American. The United States is often in arrears on its payments.
5. The Security Council has primary responsibility for international peace-keeping. A United Nations peace-keeping force canbe formed to enter a conflict only with the consent of nine of the fifteen members of the Council, including all five permanent nations. The most significant conflict in which the United Nations has become involved was in Korea (1950-52). There are a number of other major disputes in which the U.N. has not become involved (such as Vietnam, Nicaragua, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and more recently Iraq and Afghanistan.). However, perhaps a true evaluation of how well the U.N. has done in maintaining peace since 1945 is by noting the numerous successes which it has had when nations have been about to engage in war. The United Nations provides a forum for countries to concurrently debate their cases and seek an alternative to war.
BASIC OPERATION OF A MODEL UNITED NATIONS
1. Model United Nations are experiences in which students take on the roles of representing various nations in the U.N. andengaging in debate and voting about the issues. They can be very significant learning experiences for students because:
A-- Students learn a considerable amount about global awareness. They come to see that there are scores of interests which nations have in the world, and they do not necessarily match the positions of the United States.
B-- They learn a great deal about conflict resolution.
C-- They learn to take on the roles of delegates from different countries.
D-- They learn to discuss an issue in a fashion in which there are rules of procedure governing when, how, and under what conditions they may speak.
E-- They learn to work with others in building coalitions and acting in the form of bloc politics.
F-- They learn to speak in front of a larger group, enhancing both their speaking and listening skills.
G-- They learn to have fun in another constructive way.
H-- They learn better respect for one another.
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RESOLUTION WRITING HEADING Re.: Resolution submitted to: Resolution submitted by: Date: PREAMBLE
Preambulatory Phrases
A – Principles that apply to UDHR: * * * B – Problems -- acts which violate the principles: * * *
OPERATIVE CLAUSES Operative Phrases
Be It Hereby Resolved That: 1. 2. 3.
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Accepts Affirms Approves Authorizes Calls Calls upon Condemns Congratulates
Confirms Considers Declares accordingly Deplores Draws the attention Designates Emphasizes Encourages
Endorses Expresses its appreciation Expresses its hope Further recommends Further resolves Notes Proclaims Reaffirms
Recommends Reminds Regrets Requests Supports Transmits Urges Welcomes
Affirming Alarmed by Approving Aware of Confident
Convinced Deeply concerned Emphasizing Fully aware Guided by Having considered
Keeping in mind Noting with deep con-cern Observing Realizing Reaffirming
Recalling Recognizing Seeking Taking into consideration Whereas
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SAMPLE Civitas UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION
Fall, 2016
Heading:
Re: Rainforest Conservation Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Norway
Date: September 2016
Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in this resolution:
Whereas Article 27, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the
right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”, and
Whereas Article 29 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has
duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.”, and Concerned that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has seen an increase of 53% since July 2014, and Noting that the Amazon rainforest is an international treasure which contains the highest global biodiversity percentage and the largest collection of living plants and animal species in the world, and Recognizing that destroying the rainforest would lead to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions and would also lead to the destruction of many rare animal and plant species, and Whereas Norway has generously donated $1 billion to Brazil for the preservation of the rainforest and to study sustainable development practices, and Keeping in mind that the majority of the deforestation to the Amazon happens illegally for lumber and cattle farming, and Ashamed that Brazil has done little to curb these unlawful practices,
Be It Hereby Resolved That the General Assembly: 1. The United Nations create the Amazon Protection Taskforce (UNAPT). The goal of this group would be to stop
illegal deforestation practices in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia (the 3 nations with the highest % of Amazon Rainforest) .
2. UNAPT will work with each nation’s government to equip and train Amazon Rainforest Inspectors. There will be 50 inspectors per nation, for a total of 150 inspectors. Using satellite images provided by the non-profit research group Imazon who has been monitoring the Amazon since 1990 experts will be able to see where deforestation occurs and will send a team of inspectors to discover the cause.
3. If the deforestation is illegal in nature or taking place in a government protected area, the team will have the power to issue a fine or imprison the wrong doer. Punishments will vary according to the laws of the nation.
4. To pay for UNAPT, we are requesting $15,000,000.00. The fifteen million dollars will be spent as follows: -Salary for inspectors will be $700 a month for 5 years. (Higher than national minimum wage) = $6.3 million -12 vehicles for each nation would be 36 vans total. $30,000 per van = $1,080,000. -$5,000 to equip each inspector with uniform, phone, laptop, etc = $750,000. -The remaining funds ($8,130,000) will be used for training, fuel, lodging, other incidentals.
5. UNAPT will last for 5 years. After 5 years, if deforestation has decreased by 25% the program can be renewed. 6. If the program is renewed, the next 3 nations that hold some of the Amazon Rainforest (Venezuela, Ecuador,
Bolivia) can be added to the program or the General Assembly may pick another large forest to preserve. If you were submitting this resolution, you would also need to include where the $15 million dollars for this program comes from.
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How to Tackle Funding Your UN program:
Step 1: Figure an approximate cost Obviously you will often have to make “educated guesses” at how much your programs will cost, but it’s useful to at least go through that process of estimation. You can actually find out a lot about approximate costs just by googling your budget items. Often the cost of something varies depending on geography. However, here are a few useful facts: 2¢ The cost of a pill to treat stomach parasites in a child in Africa 7¢ Provides 50 kids with safe water for a day 19¢ The price of a healthy meal for a school child in a poor country 48¢ Will give a child a notebook and pencil to use in a classroom 60¢ Buys water purification tablets to treat 5 gallons of water. $1 Pays for protein biscuits for a starving child $2 Purchases 1 liter of therapeutic milk $3 Price of a machete in West Africa (used by many farmers, thugs, and political gangsters) $7 The cost of a bed net that will protect two people against malaria for five years $10 The price of an AK-47 in Africa. (It’s the preferred gun of warlords, is used by child soldiers, and sold on the black market) $25 The cost per month of treating one child who has AIDS $31 Buys a soccer ball and air pump for children in refugee camps $86 Can buy a bicycle for help travelling in remote areas $100 The price of 740 doses of measles vaccine $257 Provides an emergency classroom kit for 40 kids (Kit includes radio, pencils, paper, blackboard, & more) $480 Supplies 20 emergency first aid kits $500 Buys a water pump for a whole community $600 Can buy enough life saving peanut paste for 400 under-fed kids for 1 day $1,240 Purchases a tent for a makeshift school or health center $1,994 Provides midwifery kit to help 50 moms deliver healthy babies under safe conditions $4,415 Supplies enough basic family water kits for 315 families $30,705 Buys an ambulance or minivan More supplies & prices can be found at the UNICEF site or on the Civitas resources page. (http://www.unicef.org/index.php)
Although raising dues for the 10 richest nations sounds pretty straight forward, as you can see from the example above, you need to be specific. Those are two very different sets of countries and two very different amounts.
Step 2: Decide on your funding mechanism In the past, students have devised a number of ways to fund their programs: asking for donations from wealthy countries, requesting a fee (*see bit about taxes below) be placed on international airline flights, organizing a benefit concert, and (perhaps the most popular) raising UN dues. While it may be difficult, try to actually crunch the numbers and see if your method of funding will actually come close to paying for their program. **Reminder, the UN cannot raise taxes. It doesn’t collect any taxes and is a voluntary organization. But it can request taxes from countries or on certain items to help pay for things. Many times, businesses/countries will donate because they know it benefits them in the long run. This packet (beginning on page 17) has information about UN Dues. The UN budget generated by dues is roughly 5.6 bil-lion, (or 2.8 billion per year) so keep that in mind when funding your programs by raising dues. For example:
Raising dues for the 10 nations that pay the highest amount of dues would create about:
If you raised dues on the 10 wealthiest nations (by GNI per capita) it would look more like this:
0.1%= $1,928,357 0.5%= $9,641,787 1%= $19,283,574 5%= $96,417,870 10%= $192,835,741
0.1%= $167,188 0.5%= $835,942 1%= $1,671,844 5%= $835,942 10%= $16,718,849
The countries affected would be Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and USA.
The countries affected would be Australia, Denmark, Liech-tenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, Qatar, San Marino, Sweden and Switzerland.
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BASIC INDICATORS for the 25 Richest Countries in the World
Country
GDP per capita
(nominal, in US $)
Infant mortality rate
(deaths per 1,000 births)
Total population (thousands)
Total adult literacy rate
(%)
Life Expectancy (in years)
2014 2015 estimate 2015 2015 2015
Monaco $187,650 1.82 38 99% 90
Liechtenstein $157,040 4.29 37 100% 82
Luxembourg $116,560 3.46 563 100% 80
Qatar $97,519 6.32 2,421 97% 78
Norway $97,226 2.48 5,214 100% 82
Switzerland $85,374 3.67 8,306 99% 82
Australia $62,290 4.37 23,974 99% 82
Denmark $61,294 4.05 5,699 99% 79
Sweden $68,856 2.60 9,845 99% 82
San Marino $58,393 4.45 33 96% 83
Singapore $55,910 2.48 5,535 96% 84
United States $54,306 5.87 322,673 99% 80
Ireland $53,648 3.70 4,635 99% 81
Netherlands $52,129 3.62 16,984 99% 81
Iceland $52,048 2.06 331 99% 81
Austria $51,296 3.45 8,663 98% 80
Canada $50,169 4.65 35,986 99% 82
Finland $49,678 2.52 5,497 100% 80
Germany $47,966 3.43 81,292 99% 80
Belgium $47,348 3.41 11,292 99% 80
United Kingdom $46,461 4.38 65,572 99% 80
Andorra $45,033 3.65 77 100% 83
New Zealand $44,189 4.52 4,653 99% 81
United Arab Emirates $43,963 10.59 9,267 90% 77
Kuwait $43,600 7.31 4,184 93% 78
WORLD $10,744 35.40 7,256,490 86% 69
*GDP nominal data taken from UN statistics at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selbasicFast.asp
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BASIC INDICATORS for the 25 Poorest Countries in the World
Country
GDP per capita
(nominal, in US $)
Infant mortality rate (deaths per
1,000 births)
Total population (thousands)
Total adult literacy rate
(%)
Life Expectancy (in years)
2014 2015 2015 2015 2015
Somalia $131 98.39 11,079 38% 55
Burundi $279 61.89 10,115 19% 58
Malawi $343 46.26 16,833 66% 58
Central African Republic $383 90.63 4,998 37% 53
Niger $427 84.59 20,715 19% 62
Gambia $441 63.90 1,882 56% 61
Madagascar $453 43.67 22,434 65% 66
Dem. Republic of the Congo $480 71.47 82,310 77% 60
Liberia $483 67.50 4,077 48% 61
Guinea $536 53.43 12,947 30% 59
Ethiopia $553 53.37 92,206 49% 65
Mozambique $628 70.21 26,424 59% 56
Togo $643 45.22 7,143 67% 60
Afghanistan $668 115.08 27,657 38% 59
Guinea-Bissau $672 89.21 1,548 60% 59
Nepal $692 39.14 28,432 65% 69
North Korea $696 23.68 24,214 100% 63
Rwanda $697 58.19 11,553 71% 66
Mali $701 102.23 18,341 39% 58
Burkina Faso $725 75.32 19,034 36% 60
Uganda $727 59.21 36,861 74% 63
Eritrea $755 37.53 5,352 74% 65
Sierra Leone $775 71.68 7,076 48% 50
Haiti $813 47.98 11,078 61% 64
Comoros $841 63.55 806 78% 64
WORLD $10,744 35.40 7,256,490 86% 69
*GDP nominal data taken from UN statistics at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selbasicFast.asp
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According to the UN Charter, the UN has four purposes:
to maintain international peace & security
to develop friendly relations among nations
to cooperate in solving international problems & in promoting respect for human rights
and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations
The UN achieves these 4 things by setting goals. The last set of goals were started in the year 2000 and were supposed to last 15 years. These were known as the Millennium Development Goals. Now that the Millennium Goals have expired, the UN has updated them and they are called the Sustainable Development Goals. They are as follows:
Do these goals work? Yes and no. Not all of the Millennium goals were achieved and it’s high-ly improbable that the UN can provide things like clean water to everyone who needs it. But it gives the international community a place to start. Page 11 shows the end result of the Millenni-um goals. We’ve included this info to help student delegates think of worthy topics and regions to assist when resolution writing. These issues are what real UN ambassadors are working on right now.
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Check out these resources on the Civitas website!
Country Research UNICEF www.unicef.org CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ U.S. State Department Fact Sheets http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ BBC News Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/
Resolution Research
Civitas Information Hub (including previous resolutions) www.civitas-stl.com/resources TED Talks http://www.ted.com/talks Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org United Nations TV http://webtv.un.org/
Possible Resolution topics
Air Pollution HIV/AIDs Global Warming Education Child Abuse Deforestation Clean Drinking Water Unemployment Radical Groups Terrorism
Drug Trafficking Genocide Women’s Education Child Soldiers Refugees Police Brutality Child Labor Slavery Domestic Violence Natural Disaster Relief
Border Security Corrupt Governments Landmines Nuclear Weapons Human Trafficking Orphans Crime Reduction Infant Mortality Healthcare Animal Rights
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INTRO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION
Your field trip will simulate a United Nations General Assembly ses-sion. Your session is on . 1. Bring a pencil/pen, your research, a country placard or sign. Make sure your placard is easy to read from a distance! (Also spell your country’s name correctly!)
2. Vote and talk from the perspective of your country. The country you
will represent is: . 3. When a resolution is presented, you may:
Ask questions about the resolution. Suggest an amendment that would be better for your country
and/or the world community. Make a comment in favor of the resolution, or in opposition to
the resolution. 4. If you are presenting your resolution:
1st. Read the operative clauses (solution) to the Assembly. 2nd. Prepare a two minute elevator pitch on why others should
care about your issue. 3rd. Explain why your resolution is important for the world. 4th. Take notes while delegates ask questions and propose amend-
ments. 5th. Respond to the questions and amendments.
5. Vote on the resolution!
Yes No Abstain: Your country chooses to refrain from voting. An ab-
stention has the effect of a “No” vote, because a resolution can only pass with a majority of “Yes” votes.
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When a fellow delegate is presenting their resolution at the General As-sembly session, you will have a chance to raise your placard, get on the speakers’ list, and express your opinion. There are basically three ways to respond:
Make a comment. For example: “I support this resolution. I think it’s a great idea and here’s why.” “I don’t think the resolution really solves the problem because _______. It needs to be improved.” “I’d like to compliment the authors of this resolution for being creative. I love the way they ________________.”
Ask a question. For example: “How did you come up with your budget for this?” “Why did you choose to ______________?” “How did you decide which countries to include in your program?”
Propose an amendment. For example: “I propose we change operative clause ____ to say ________.” “I propose we add a clause that says ______________.” “I propose we delete clause ____ because ___________.
Responding to a Resolution during the General Assembly
Remember: Resolutions don’t have to be perfect to get your vote, but they
need to be good for the world and they should not negatively affect your country.
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Summary of United Nations Dues How are membership dues calculated? Membership dues (which are also known as assessments) are based primarily on each nation’s share of the glob-al economy. Additional criteria are based on a series of variables including the country’s GNP, external debt, and per capita incomes. The General Assembly decides what percent each country will pay based on those figures. For 2015, the 35 countries contributing at the minimum rate were assessed $28,237 each. The largest contributor – the United States – was assessed $621,203,682. That may seem like a lot of money, but keep in mind that mem-bership dues do not pay for all of the United Nations’ entire yearly budget. As of September 2016, only 119 member states (out of 193) have paid their U.N. member dues in full. (Check out the updated UN Honour Roll at http://www.un.org/en/ga/contributions/honourroll.shtml)
Country % Share of Total Dues Dues Owed 2015 Member Dues Per Capita
Dues Paid in 2016?
Afghanistan 0.005 141,183 0.005 Yes
Albania 0.010 282,365 0.098 Yes
Algeria 0.137 3,868,405 0.100 Yes
Andorra 0.008 225,892 2.968 Yes
Angola 0.010 282,365 0.014 No
Antigua and Barbuda 0.002 56,473 0.654 Yes
Argentina 0.432 12,198,181 0.286 No
Armenia 0.007 197,656 0.066 Yes
Australia 2.074 58,562,565 2.480 Yes
Austria 0.798 22,532,752 2.642 No
Azerbaijan 0.040 1,129,461 0.119 Yes
The Bahamas 0.017 480,021 1.303 Yes
Bahrain 0.039 1,101,225 0.891 Yes
Bangladesh 0.010 282,365 0.002 Yes
Barbados 0.008 225,892 0.792 Yes
Belarus 0.056 1,581,246 0.167 Yes
Belgium 0.998 28,180,058 2.515 No
Belize 0.001 28,237 0.081 Yes
Benin 0.003 84,709 0.008 No
Bhutan 0.001 28,237 0.038 Yes
Bolivia 0.009 254,129 0.025 Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.017 480,021 0.127 Yes
Botswana 0.017 480,021 0.237 No
Brazil 2.934 82,845,982 0.408 No
Brunei 0.026 734,150 1.867 Yes
Bulgaria 0.047 1,327,117 0.183 Yes
Burkina Faso 0.003 84,709 0.005 Yes
Burundi 0.001 28,237 0.003 No
Cambodia 0.004 112,946 0.007 Yes
Cameroon 0.012 338,838 0.017 Yes
Canada 2.984 84,257,808 2.378 Yes
Cape Verde 0.001 28,237 0.054 No
Central African Republic 0.001 28,237 0.006 Yes
Chad 0.002 56,473 0.004 Yes
Chile 0.334 9,431,001 0.529 Yes
China 5.148 145,361,662 0.106 Yes
Colombia 0.259 7,313,261 0.153 Yes
Comoros 0.001 28,237 0.038 No
Congo 0.005 141,183 0.031 Yes
Costa Rica 0.038 1,072,988 0.230 No
Côte d'Ivoire 0.011 310,602 0.013 Yes
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Country
% Share of Total Dues
Dues Owed 2014
Member Dues Per Capita
Dues Paid in 2016?
Croatia 0.126 3,557,803 0.834 No
Cuba 0.069 1,948,321 0.174 No
Cyprus 0.047 1,327,117 1.533 No
Czech Republic 0.386 10,899,301 1.036 Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.003 84,709 0.001 No
Denmark 0.675 19,059,658 3.380 No
Djibouti 0.001 28,237 0.032 No
Dominica 0.001 28,237 0.396 No
Dominican Republic 0.045 1,270,644 0.122 Yes
Ecuador 0.044 1,242,407 0.078 No
Egypt 0.134 3,783,695 0.043 No
El Salvador 0.016 451,784 0.071 Yes
Equatorial Guinea 0.010 282,365 0.174 No
Eritrea 0.001 28,237 0.004 No
Estonia 0.040 1,129,461 0.858 Yes
Ethiopia 0.010 282,365 0.003 No
Fiji 0.003 84,709 0.099 No
Finland 0.519 14,654,760 2.683 Yes
France 5.593 157,926,918 2.393 Yes
Gabon 0.020 564,731 0.330 No
The Gambia 0.001 28,237 0.015 No
Georgia 0.007 197,656 0.044 Yes
Germany 7.141 201,637,068 2.496 Yes
Ghana 0.014 395,311 0.015 No
Greece 0.638 18,014,907 1.620 Yes
Grenada 0.001 28,237 0.273 No
Guatemala 0.027 762,386 0.048 Yes
Guinea 0.001 28,237 0.003 No
Guinea-Bissau 0.001 28,237 0.016 No
Guyana 0.001 28,237 0.036 No
Haiti 0.003 84,709 0.008 Yes
Honduras 0.008 225,892 0.026 No
Hungary 0.266 7,510,910 0.760 Yes
Iceland 0.027 762,386 2.331 Yes
India 0.666 18,805,530 0.015 Yes
Indonesia 0.346 9,769,840 0.039 Yes
Iran 0.356 10,052,205 0.129 No
Iraq 0.068 1,920,084 0.053 No
Ireland 0.418 11,802,807 2.560 Yes
Israel 0.396 11,181,666 1.360 Yes
Italy 4.448 125,596,090 2.067 Yes
Jamaica 0.011 310,602 0.114 No
Japan 10.833 305,886,340 2.408 Yes
Jordan 0.022 621,204 0.094 No
Kazakhstan 0.121 3,416,620 0.197 Yes
Kenya 0.013 367,075 0.009 Yes
Kiribati 0.001 28,237 0.265 No
Korea, North 0.006 169,419 0.007 No
Korea, South 1.994 56,303,643 1.117 Yes
Kuwait 0.273 7,708,573 2.514 Yes
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Country
% Share of Total Dues
Dues Owed 2014
Member Dues Per Capita
Dues Paid in 2016?
Kyrgyzstan 0.002 56,473 0.010 Yes
Laos 0.002 56,743 0.008 Yes
Latvia 0.047 1,327,117 0.665 Yes
Lebanon 0.042 1,185,934 0.239 No
Lesotho 0.001 28,237 0.013 Yes
Liberia 0.001 28,237 0.006 Yes
Libya 0.142 4,009,587 0.641 No
Liechtenstein 0.009 254,129 6.844 Yes
Lithuania 0.073 2,061,267 0.704 No
Luxembourg 0.081 2,287,159 4.161 Yes
Macedonia 0.008 225,892 0.109 No
Madagascar 0.003 84,709 0.003 No
Malawi 0.002 56,473 0.003 No
Malaysia 0.281 7,934,465 0.261 No
Maldives 0.001 28,237 0.083 Yes
Mali 0.004 112,946 0.007 Yes
Malta 0.016 451,784 1.086 Yes
Marshall Islands 0.001 28,237 0.503 Yes
Mauritania 0.002 56,473 0.016 No
Mauritius 0.013 367,075 0.291 Yes
Mexico 1.842 52,011,690 0.434 No
Micronesia 0.001 28,237 0.279 Yes
Moldova 0.003 84,709 0.024 Yes
Monaco 0.012 338,838 9.170 Yes
Mongolia 0.003 84,709 0.028 No
Montenegro 0.005 141,183 0.228 Yes
Morocco 0.062 1,750,665 0.052 Yes
Mozambique 0.003 84,709 0.003 Yes
Myanmar 0.010 282,365 0.005 Yes
Namibia 0.010 282,365 0.134 Yes
Nauru 0.001 28,237 2.800 No
Nepal 0.006 169,419 0.006 Yes
The Netherlands 1.654 46,703,222 2.769 Yes
New Zealand 0.253 7,143,842 1.577 Yes
Nicaragua 0.003 84,709 0.014 Yes
Niger 0.002 56,473 0.003 Yes
Nigeria 0.090 2,541,288 0.014 No
Norway 0.851 24,029,288 4.677 Yes
Oman 0.102 2,880,126 0.711 No
Pakistan 0.085 2,400,105 0.013 No
Palau 0.001 28,237 1.351 No
Panama 0.026 734,150 0.198 No
Papua New Guinea 0.004 112,946 0.015 No
Paraguay 0.010 282,365 0.041 No
Peru 0.117 3,303,674 0.107 Yes
Philippines 0.154 4,348,426 0.043 Yes
Poland 0.921 26,005,845 0.676 No
Portugal 0.474 13,384,116 1.277 Yes
Qatar 0.209 5,901,435 2.841 Yes
Romania 0.226 6,381,456 0.320 No
Russian Federation 2.438 68,840,662 0.471 Yes
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Country
% Share of Total Dues
Dues Owed 2014
Member Dues Per Capita
Dues Paid in 2016?
Rwanda 0.002 56,473 0.005 Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.001 28,237 0.513 Yes
Saint Lucia 0.001 28,237 0.153 Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.001 28,237 0.259 No
Samoa 0.001 28,237 0.150 Yes
San Marino 0.003 84,709 2.514 Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe 0.001 28,237 0.151 No
Saudi Arabia 0.864 24,396,363 0.793 No
Senegal 0.006 169,419 0.013 Yes
Serbia 0.040 1,129,461 0.158 Yes
Seychelles 0.001 28,237 0.310 Yes
Sierra Leone 0.001 28,237 0.005 Yes
Singapore 0.384 10,842,828 1.982 Yes
Slovakia 0.171 4,828,447 0.891 Yes
Slovenia 0.100 2,823,653 1.368 Yes
Solomon Islands 0.001 28,237 0.049 Yes
Somalia 0.001 28,237 0.003 No
South Africa 0.372 10,503,989 0.195 Yes
South Sudan 0.004 112,946 0.010 Yes
Spain 2.973 83,947,207 1.805 Yes
Sri Lanka 0.025 705,913 0.035 Yes
Sudan 0.010 282,365 0.008 No
Suriname 0.004 112,946 0.211 No
Swaziland 0.003 84,709 0.067 No
Sweden 0.960 27,107,070 2.793 Yes
Switzerland 1.047 29,563,648 3.612 Yes
Syrian Arab Republic 0.036 1,016,515 0.046 No
Tajikistan 0.003 84,709 0.010 No
Tanzania 0.009 254,129 0.006 No
Thailand 0.239 6,748,531 0.104 No
Timor-Leste 0.002 56,473 0.047 Yes
Togo 0.001 28,237 0.004 No
Tonga 0.001 28,237 0.273 Yes
Trinidad and Tobago 0.044 1,242,407 0.936 No
Tunisia 0.036 1,016,515 0.093 No
Turkey 1.328 37,498,113 0.489 Yes
Turkmenistan 0.019 536,494 0.101 Yes
Tuvalu 0.001 28,237 2.494 Yes
Uganda 0.006 169,419 0.005 Yes
Ukraine 0.099 2,795,416 0.065 Yes
United Arab Emirates 0.595 16,800,736 1.779 Yes
United Kingdom 5.179 146,236,994 2.281 Yes
United States of America 22.000 621,203,682 1.949 No
Uruguay 0.052 1,468,300 0.431 Yes
Uzbekistan 0.015 423,548 0.014 Yes
Vanuatu 0.001 28,237 0.107 No
Venezuela 0.627 17,704,305 0.586 No
Vietnam 0.042 1,185,934 0.013 No
Yemen 0.010 282,365 0.011 No
Zambia 0.006 169,419 0.011 No
Zimbabwe 0.002 56,473 0.004 Yes
Total 100.000 $2,823,653,100 0.389 —
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