I don't particularly want to get into this debate, but the reason the UN may
have called the US financial contribution stingy was that it's a lot lower
than what Europe is pledging.  I would also point out the US is the one of
the main players in the UN, so criticising the UN, reflects equal criticism
on all the countries involved.

This might be a bit out of date, but this is a list of financial
contributions by country.  As you will notice Europe is contributing (at
least has pledged) 1336.5 Million, the US only 350.

All figures in U.S. dollars:

AUSTRALIA - $810 million (grants and loans)

GERMANY - $674 million

JAPAN - $500 million

UNITED STATES - $350 million

NORWAY - $183 million

FRANCE - $103 million

BRITAIN - $95 million

SWEDEN - $75.5 million

DENMARK - $75 million

SPAIN - $68 million

CANADA - $67 million

CHINA - US$60 million

SOUTH KOREA - $50 million

TAIWAN - US$50 million

NETHERLANDS - $32 million

EUROPEAN COMMISSION - $31 million

SWITZERLAND - $23.5 million

INDIA - $23 million

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - $20 million


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