AgenciesNew Delhi: India is yet to get a total of 22 million US dollars from United Nations for the country's troop and police contributions to the world body in current and past peacekeeping operations, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
In a written reply to a query, Minister for External Affairs Pranad Mukherjee said, "Till January 2009, approximately USD 22 million was outstanding from the UN in connection with India's troop and police contributions in current and past UN peacekeepingoperations."
He said the outstanding bills were caused by shortage of funds with the UN due to non-timely payment of contributions by member states. "Government has asked the UN to settle the pending amount," Mukherjee added.
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