UN Mission in South Sudan: Finance

(asked on 26th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure adequate funding for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 6th March 2018

The UK strongly supports the important work being done by the UN Mission in South Sudan to protect civilians, monitor and investigate human rights violations, create conducive conditions for humanitarian access, and support the peace agreement. The UK works through the UN Security Council and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly to ensure UN peacekeeping missions are well planned, resourced, and represent good value for money. The UK pays 5.78 per cent towards UN peacekeeping mission budgets through its UN assessed contributions and is the sixth largest contributor. In financial year 2017-18, the UK share of the cost of the mission in South Sudan through its assessed contribution was £40.8 million.

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