Japan to Become 3rd Largest UN Contributor, Topped by China

December 23, 2018

New York- The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus on Saturday a resolution showing that Japan will be the third largest contributor to the United Nations in 2019-2021, failing to retain the second place the country has For over three decades, due to China's rise.

Country-by-country contributions to the international body have been reviewed every third years, based on such data as gross national income.

For the three years from 2019, the United States will will continue 22 Pct, The Upper Limit, Of The Entire UN Budget, Followed By China, With 12.005 Pct, And Japan, With 8.564 Pct, According To The Resolution.

Japan'S Contribution Rate Will Drop From 9.680 Pct For The Previous Three Years While China'S Rate Will rise from 7.921 pct.

Japan contributed reflects Japan's declining economic strength and powerful growth of China, which has already become the second biggest economy in the world after the world after the world. United States.

Japan contributed less than 2 pct when it joined the United Nations in 1956. But in 1986, the Asian country emerged as the second largest contributor by topping the then Soviet Union, thanks to spectacular postwar economic growth.

Japan's contributions have been declining since peaking out at 20.573 pct in 2000. Jiji Press