How the U.N. Spends Its $1 Billion from U.S. Taxpayers

Publication Date: January 1984

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Melanie L. Merkle

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Budget

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Last year, U.S. contributions to the U.N. system totalled about $1 billion. Since the U.N.'s founding in 1945, it has received at least $14 billion from American taxpayers. Despite this enormous outlay, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how the money is spent.