850 Million Dollar Payment Plan from the USA to the United Nations

The U.S. State Department announced plans to direct $725 million as part of dues to the U.N. general budget and $125 million to U.N. peacekeeping operations in Haiti and Congo, according to notices sent to U.S. officials and obtained by the Associated Press (AP).

According to UN information, the USA has a dues debt of more than 5 billion dollars related to its UN membership, while more than 2 billion dollars of this amount belongs to the general budget and 3 billion dollars belongs to peacekeeping operations.

The US mission to the UN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.