Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations
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8 operative paragraphs
A/RES/31/95 [A]
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Reaffirms that the capacity of Member States to contribute towards the payment of the budgetary expenses of the United Nations is the fundamental criterion on which scales of assessment are based;
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Decides to lower the floor for purposes of formulating and establishing the rates of assessment;
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Requeststhe Committee on Contributions to reflect this decision in formulating the coming scale of assessments in so far as purely practical and technical limitations in calculating permit, which should be understood to mean a minimum payment of no less than 0.01 per cent of the total expenses of the Organization;
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Also requeststhe Committee on Contributions to study urgently and in depth ways and means of increasing the fairness and equity of the scale of assessments in the light of views expressed by Member States at the thirty-first session of the General Assembly, in particular by:
a
Seeking imnrovements in the statistical measurement of the ~relative capacity to pay, including new or additional statistical indicators and criteria;
Considering the possibility of mitigating ex- ( b) treme variations in assessments between two successive scales, without departing essentially from the principle of the capacity to pay, either by increasing the statistical base period from three years to some longer period or by any other appropriate method;
( c) Bearing in mind the fact that the capacity to pay of Member States may be subject to severe fluctuations in economic activity for a variety of reasons;
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Further requeststhe Committee on Contributions to embody as appropriate in subsequent reports of the Committee the particular justification for any significant increases in the assessment of any Member State between two successive scales;
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Requeststhe Committee on Contributions to report in depth on its findings to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session with a view to enabling the Assembly to consider early action on a new scale;
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Decides to enlarge the membership of the Committee on Contributions hy five members, effective 1 January 1977.~6
