USA Funding of UN Rises Sharply
Many United Nations budgets have increased dramatically during the past 15 years. The United States remains the top financial supporter of the UN, and its contributions have risen by nearly 500 percent during the same period – from $1.7 billion to $8.3 billion. These trends reflect increased US support of the UN, and the elevated stature of the UN globally, contrasted by the troubling decline of influence of individual sovereign nations and groups of nations (except for the European Union) at the international organization.
