186 



(2) Grants matching contributions of other member nations 

 up to $125,000 for an IAEA fellowship fund ; 



(3) Approximately 120 fellowships, at an estimated cost of 

 $840,000, over the following two years, for education and training 

 in nuclear science in the United States ; 



(4) Two mobile radioisotope training laboratories ; 



( 5 ) A research reactor ; 



(6) An isotopes laboratory. 117 



TRENDS IN U.S. SUPPORT 



For the 10 calendar years 1960 through 1970, the United States 

 contributed $28 million, or about one-third of the IAEA's adminis- 

 trative budget, and $10.5 million, or about one-half of its voluntary, 

 special programs budget. Details of U.S. funding appear in Table III. 



By way of comparison, the U.S. shares in the costs of United Na- 

 tions operations through assessed payments, which amount to 31.5 

 percent of the total, and voluntary contributions, which vary from 

 10 to 55 percent of the total of individual programs and agencies. 

 Assessed payments are authorized and appropriated to the Department 

 of State and voluntary contributions are authorized by' the Foreign 

 Assistance Act and are separately appropriated. 



At the time of writing, the matter of determining what is a "fair 

 share" of U.S. costs in international organizations is a matter of 

 congressional debate, both as to assessed dues and to contributions. 

 The Senate Appropriations Committee, for example, recently ex- 

 pressed its views that U.S. share of such costs should amount to 20 

 to :>0 percent of the total. A sense of the Senate amendment to the 

 Foreign Aid and Assistance Act for FY 1072 called for the total U.S. 

 contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency, including 

 in kind contributions, not to exceed 31.5 percent of the total, world- 

 wide contribution. The Senate Appropriations Committee in 1072 

 expressed a hope, that other countries would increase their contribu- 

 tions to international organizations coupled with a more realistic 

 effort on their part to provide for their multilateral and their in- 

 dividual defense. 118 



The Senate Appropriations Committee while calling for redis- 

 tribution of support for international agencies among member states, 

 with a smaller U.S. share, recognized the advantages of multi- 

 lateral assistance programs. It mentioned the following, saying: 119 



As justified to the committee multilateral assistance programs have a number 

 of advantages : 



They promote a wider sharing of the burden of development assistance : 



They reduce the political friction that can arise from reliance on bilateral 

 contacts in the most sensitive affairs of nations, such as population and family 

 planning, the production of and traffic in dangerous drugs, and surveys of min- 

 erals with strategic implications ; 



They enhance the effectiveness of the world development effort by providing 

 for the pooling of knowledge and expertise for solving development problems : 



They can operate in areas of political tension such as the Middle East, where 

 Individual nations are often unable to function, even in providing essential 

 humanitarian assistance. 



117 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Research from Power from Fusion and Other 

 Major Activities in the Atomic Energy Program*, January— June 1958, op. cit., p. 25. 



•"U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations, Foreign Assistance and Related 

 Programs Appropriations Pill, 19T3, 92d Cong., 2d Sess., 1972, Sen. Rept. 92 1231. p. 42. 



119 Loc. cit. 



