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was, moreover, not the result of any deliberate choice on the part of the Administration, but of the decision of all the national Governments in this area to retain full responsibility for relief and rehabilitation in their own hands. The larger issues as to further or past contributions will be dealt with in subsequent paragraphs of this report. Should UNRRA continue, or should it cease to function about the end of 1945 ? This was the first question behind the London discussions in August, 1915, and is the first question now passed by delegates to their Governments, for it is the plain fact that, in default of further contributions, first financial and then in supplies and services, U/NRRA's days are numbered. "Realistically" we are told —to use the already overworked word that coders so many and such varied notions—this means that unless the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada make further payments, the work cannot go on, for theirs are the bulk of the total contributions ; but we have no doubt we are right in assuming that the case for a further contribution must be faced as well by the smaller countries, and in remembering, too, that a tax of 1 per cent, of national income is a burden proportionately no less onerous on a small country than on a Great Power. The following paragraphs and tables set out the actual and estimated resources and expenditure of UNRRA

Administrative Contributions allocated by Council, 1943-45, as of 15th September, 1945

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(In U.S. Dollar Equivalents) 1943-44. 1945. Government. ' ■ Allocated. Paid. Unpaid. Allocated. Paid. Unpaid. Australia .. .. 150,000 150,000 .. 112,500 1.12,500 Belgium .. .. 100,000 100,000 .. 75,000 75,000 Bolivia .. .. 10,000 5,833 4,167 7,500 .. 7,500 Brazil .. .. 150,000 150,000 .. 112,500 112,500 Canada .. .. 300,000 300,000 .. 225,000 225,000 Chile .. .. 20,000 .. 20,000 15,000 .. 15,000 China .. .. 500,000 500,000 .. 375,000 375,000 Colombia .. .. 30,000 30,000 .. 22,500 22,001 499 Costa Rica .. .. 5,000 .. 5,000 3,750 .. 3,750 Cuba.. .. .. 20,000 20,000 .. 15,000 15,000 Czechoslovakia .. 100,000 100,000 .. 75,000 .. 75,000 Denmark .. .. .. .. .. 18,750 .. 18,750 Dominican Republic .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Ecuador .. .. 5,000 .. 5,000 3,750 3,750 Egypt .. .. 70,000 70,000 .. 52,500 52,500 El Salvador .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 .. 3,750 Ethiopia .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3.750 France .. .. 400,000 400,000 .. 300,000 300,000 Greece .. .. 50,000 50,000 .. 37,500 37,500 Guatemala .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Haiti .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Honduras .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Iceland .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 India .. .. 400,000 400,000 .. 300,000 300,000 Iran .. .. 10,000 .. 10,000 7,500 7,500 Iraq.. .. .. 10,000 10,000 .. 7,500 7,500 Liberia .. .. ! 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Luxembourg .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Mexico .. .. 70,000 70,000 .. 52,500 .. 52,500 Netherlands .. .. 150,000 150,000! .. 112,500 112,500 New Zealand .. .. 30,000 30,000 .. 22,500 22,500 Nicaragua .. .. 5.000 5,000 3,750 3,750 Norway .. .. 30,000 30,000 .. 22,500 22,500 Panama .. .. 5,000 5,000 3,750 3,750 Paraguay .. .. 5,000 .. 5,000 3,750 .. 3,750 Peru .. .. 25,000 25,000 .. 18,750 .. .18,750 Philippines .. .. 5,000 5,000 .. 3,750 3,750 Poland .. .. 100,000 100,000 .. 75,000 .. 75,000 Union of South Africa .. 100,000 100,000 .. 75,000 75 000 U.S.S.R 1,000,000 1,000,000 .. 750,000 .. 750,000 United Kingdom .. 1,500,000 1,500,000 .. 1,125,000 1,125,000 United States of A merica 4,000,000 4,000,000 .. 3,000,000 3,000,000 Uruguay .. .. 20,000 .. 20,000 15,000 .. 15 000 Venezuela .. .. 10,000 10,000 .. 7,500 7,500 Yugoslavia .. .. 70,000 70,000 52,500 52,500 Total .. .. 9,500,000 9,430,833 09,167 7,143,750 5,984,501 1,159,249