Does the United Nations have the power to Tax?

Question

Or ... where does the UN get it's $$$ ???

Answer 1

The U.N. gets about half of its' funding from voluntary donations from Member Nations: the rest comes from mandatory dues paid by Member Nations.

Here is some info about which countries pay how much:

http://www.un.org/geninfo/ir/index.asp?id=150#budget1

Technically, the U.N. does not have the power to tax or to print money (printing money is a feature of governments which is directly tied to taxation: the real value of government-issued currency is that governments will allow you to pay your taxes with it.) But there is a good chance that a tiny amount of your money collected by your government goes to the U.N. (likely less than a dollar of it each year.)

Answer 2

No, UN its a multilateral organism, and theirs funds come from its members, but principally from the developed or rich countries a.k.a. USA, Europe, Rusia, China, Japan and others.

Answer 3

Not yet but they will soon, and the un gets its money largely from the US, but all members contribute.

Answer 4

In theory yes they do...In fact they don't. Bottom line is that they do charge a "membership" fee annually which could be equated to a tax if you cared to define it that way.

Answer 5

am afraid that we supply a lot of that money .but think that will soon change being how corrupt they are in dealing with countries like Iraq and Iran .it need to be close down

Answer 6

They extort money from their "members", just like the Rainbow Push Coalition gets their money from its future "sponsors".

Answer 7

no, the UN gets its money from individual countries who pledge however much money they want

Answer 8

It's financed from it's member countries.

Answer 9

They collect dues then they mis-spend theyr'e so corrupt we can only hope for the disbanding of it soon.

Answer 10

not yet... but give it time!!