MOSCOW • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked Russia yesterday to increase its contributions to the United Nations budget to reflect the country’s growing clout on the world stage.
“Russia is one of the largest contributors in terms of financial contributions and also peacekeeping operations,” Ban, on his first visit to Russia since taking the U.N. post early last year, told a news conference.
“But with the increased development of the economy as well as the political profile, I hope Russia can do more. This is the wish that I have expressed to the Russian leadership,” he said, sitting alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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Russia has shown that they already have resources to contribute a lot to the UN, but the UN wants even more. They feel that Russia has the ability to contribute more money, and hopes that the country will do so. By giving even more money to the UN Russia could show just how powerful they are and that they truly want to help the world.
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