The U.N. General Assembly's budget committee approved the budget for its far-flung peacekeeping missions Thursday after contentious negotiations pitting wealthy countries against developing nations.
The dispute stopped the clock at midnight on June 30 and left missions in legal limbo for three days. It was over the amount of money that countries supplying troops to U.N. missions should receive per soldier for extra expenses involved in their deployment, including training, vaccinations, overseas allowances, uniforms and additional equipment.
The overall budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015 is estimated at $8.6 billion, an increase from the $7.83 billion budget that expired on June 30. It covers 17 missions and about 100,000 peacekeepers.
By way of comparison, the U.N. notes that this is less than one half of one per cent of world military expenditures, which were estimated at $1.7 trillion in 2013. The Group of 77, which represents 132 mainly developing countries including all the major troop contributing nations and China, wanted the U.N. to reimburse governments contributing troops $1,763 per month per soldier, a huge rise from the average amount of $1,210 last year.
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