UN owes India USD 55mn for peacekeeping operations

May 05, 2017 12:47

The UN owes a total of USD 55 million to India for its contribution to the world body's peacekeeping operations, the second highest outstanding payment to any member country.

Under-Secretary-General for Management Yukio Takasu, in his semi-annual overview of the Organisation's finances, told reporters on Wednesday that the top troop contributing countries to UN peacekeeping operations such as Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Egypt "deserve timely payment" for their contributions and participation in UN peacekeeping.

As on March 31 this year, the UN owed a total of USD 777 million to member states for peacekeeping operations.

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