The Dag Hammarskj?ld Library’s Digitization Unit is pleased to announce that the Committee on Contribution’s monthly status reports from 1950-1993, are now available online. The reports detail the status of contributions by each Member State to the regular budget of the United Nations over the years, and give insight into the ranking and status of payments.
Under Article 17 of the Charter of the United Nations, Member States have the obligation to bear the expenses of the Organization as apportioned by the General Assembly. The Committee on Contributions, which was established on 13 February 1946 under resolution under the symbols: and in the , which are considered by the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly at its main session.
The Committee meets in New York once a year in a closed session. No meeting records or press releases are issued, however, the Committee keeps an