Scale of Assessments for the Apportionment of the Expenses of the United Nations

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 125Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, published in 2000.

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5 topics

Financial Regulations Information Exchange Kiribati Nauru Tonga

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

A

Decides that the rate of assessment for the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga, admitted to membership of the United Nations on 14 September 1999, should be 0.001 per cent for the years 1999 and 2000;

Also decides that the contributions of the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga for the year 1999 should be calculated on the basis of one twelfth of their rate of assessment for the year 1999 per full calendar month of membership and that a corresponding adjustment should be made in their assessments for the year 1999 as non-member States;

Further decides that the contributions of the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga for the years 1999 and 2000 should otherwise be applied to the same basis of assessment as for other Member States, except that, in the case of appropriations or apportionments approved by the General Assembly for the financing of peacekeeping operations, the contributions of the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga, as determined by the group of Member States to which they may be assigned by the Assembly, should be calculated in proportion to the calendar year;

Decides that the 1999 assessments of the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga should be taken into account as miscellaneous income in accordance with regulation 5.2 (c) of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations;

Also decides that, for the year 2000, the rate of assessment for the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga should be added to the scale of assessments established by the General Assembly in its resolution 52/215 A;

Further decides that, in accordance with financial regulation 5.8, the advances of the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga to the Working Capital Fund should be calculated by the application of their rate of assessment of 0.001 per cent to the authorized level of the Fund and should be added to the Fund pending the incorporation of their rate of assessment in a 100 per cent scale.

B

Decides that the Committee on Contributions should not consider further the questions covered in paragraphs 69 and 70 as well as 73 and 74 of its report;

Requests the Committee further to consider measures to encourage the timely, full and unconditional payment of assessed contributions and to make appropriate recommendations, pursuant to its general mandate under paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 14 A (I) of 13 February 1946.

C

Urges all Member States to pay their assessed contributions in full, on time and without imposing conditions, to prevent financial difficulties for the United Nations;

Reaffirms its role in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations and the advisory role of the Committee on Contributions in accordance with rule 160 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly;

Urges all Member States in arrears requesting exemption under Article 19 of the Charter to provide the fullest possible supporting information, including information on economic aggregates, government revenues and expenditure, foreign exchange resources, indebtedness, difficulties in meeting domestic or international financial obligations and any other information that might support the claim that failure to make necessary payments had been attributable to conditions beyond the control of the Member States;

Decides that requests for exemption under Article 19 of the Charter must be submitted by Member States to the President of the General Assembly at least two weeks before the session of the Committee, so as to ensure a complete review of the requests.

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