
NEW YORK -- China will overtake Japan as the second-largest contributor to the United Nations general budget for the first time, a new report from the global organization shows.
Beijing is poised to fund 12% of the U.N.'s general budget for the 2019-2021 period, the report said, up from 7.92% during the previous three years. Japan's share will fall to 8.56% from 9.68%, according to calculations by the Committee on Contributions.