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 136Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, published in 2010.

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Financial Regulations Financing Foreign Exchange Rates Holy See National Income Payments Arrangements Principles Statistical Methodology

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26 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the determination of the scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations shall remain the prerogative of the General Assembly;

Also reaffirms the fundamental principle that the expenses of the Organization shall be apportioned broadly according to the capacity to pay;

Further reaffirms the obligation of all Member States to bear the expenses of the United Nations, as apportioned by the General Assembly, in conformity with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations;

Reaffirms that the Committee on Contributions as a technical body is required to prepare the scale of assessments strictly on the basis of reliable, verifiable and comparable data;

Decides that the scale of assessments for the period 2010–2012 shall be based on the following elements and criteria:

Estimates of gross national income;

Average statistical base periods of three and six years;

Conversion rates based on market exchange rates, except where that would cause excessive fluctuations and distortions in the income of some Member States, when price-adjusted rates of exchange or other appropriate conversion rates should be employed, taking due account of its resolution 46/221 B of 20 December 1991;

The debt-burden approach employed in the scale of assessments for the period 2007–2009;

A low per capita income adjustment of 80 per cent, with a threshold per capita income limit of the average per capita gross national income of all Member States for the statistical base periods;

A minimum assessment rate of 0.001 per cent;

A maximum assessment rate for the least developed countries of 0.01 per cent;

A maximum assessment rate of 22 per cent;

Resolves that the scale of assessments for the contributions of Member States to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2010, 2011 and 2012 shall be as follows:

Recognizes that the current methodology can be enhanced bearing in mind the principle of capacity to pay;

Also recognizes the need to study the methodology in depth and in an effective and expeditious manner, taking into account views expressed by Member States;

Decides to review, at its earliest opportunity, all elements of the methodology of the scale of assessments with a view to a decision before the end of its sixty-sixth session to take effect, if agreed, for the 2013–2015 scale period;

Requests the Committee on Contributions, in accordance with its mandate and the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to make recommendations, in the light of the review referred to in paragraph 9 above, and report thereon to the Assembly at the main part of its sixty-fifth session;

Recognizes the concern expressed by Member States with regard to conversion rates, and requests the Committee on Contributions to review further criteria to be used to identify cases where market rates of exchange should be replaced with price-adjusted rates of exchange or other appropriate conversion rates for preparing the scale of assessments and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session in the context of the report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph 10 above;

Resolves that:

Notwithstanding the terms of financial regulation 3.9, the Secretary-General shall be empowered to accept, at his discretion and after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee on Contributions, a portion of the contributions of Member States for the calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012 in currencies other than the United States dollar;

In accordance with financial regulation 3.8,Error: Reference source not found the Holy See, which is not a member of the United Nations but which participates in certain of its activities, shall be called upon to contribute towards the expenses of the Organization for 2010, 2011 and 2012 on the basis of a notional assessment rate of 0.001 per cent, which represents the basis for the calculation of the flat annual fees to be charged to the Holy See in accordance with General Assembly resolution 44/197 B of 21 December 1989;

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on multi-year payment plansError: Reference source not found and of the related conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Contributions;1,2,3

Reaffirms paragraph 1 of its resolution 57/4 B;

Takes note with appreciation of the considerable efforts undertaken by those Member States that fully implemented their multi-year payment plans;

Encourages Member States in arrears with their assessed contributions to the United Nations to consider submitting multi-year payment plans, and in this context requests the Committee on Contributions to make recommendations with a view to mitigating large scale-to-scale increases for those Member States that have fulfilled their multi-year payment plans and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session in the context of the report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph 10 above.

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