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Number of people employed by the United Nations: 53,589
Number of people employed at Disney World and Disney Land: 50,000
Total budget of the United Nations in 1995-96 (two-year budget): $18.2 billion
Revenues in 1995 of one U.S. arms manufacturer (Lockheed Martin): $19.4 billion
U.N. peacekeeping expenditures in 1995: $3.6 billion
World military spending in 1995: $767 billion
Number of U.N. peacekeepers for every 150,000 people in the world: 1
Number of soldiers in national armies for every 150,000 people in the world: 650
U.S. contribution to the U.N. budget, per capita: $7
Norwegian contribution to the U.N. budget, per capita: $65
Number of U.S. troops serving in U.N. peacekeeping operations in 1994: 965
Number of U.S. troops serving in international missions under U.S. command in 1994: 86,451
Cost of the 1992 Earth Summit: $10 million
Cost of the 1994 Paris Air Show and Weapons Exhibit (U.S. portion): $12 million
SOURCES: U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, "World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1995"; Michael Renner, "Peacekeeping Expenditures Level Off," in Lester R. Brown et al, "Vital Signs 1996"; Michael Renner, "Remaking U.N. Peacekeeping: U.S. Policy and Real Reform, Briefing Paper 17" (Washington, D.C.: National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament, 1995); U.N. Department of Public Information.
(Thanks to Rod Morris, Center for Global Citizens, for sending us this table from WorldWatch Magazine.)
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