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

A/RES/1223(XII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1958.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/249	Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations	1,658	–
2022	A/RES/76/238	Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations	1,645	–
2019	A/RES/73/271	Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations	1,624	–
2016	A/RES/70/245	Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations	1,683	–
2013	A/RES/67/238	Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations	1,744	–

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Budget Contributions

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7 operative paragraphs

Resolves that the scale of assessments for Members' contributions to the United Nations budget for the financial year 1959 shall be as follows: Member States Percent

Afghanistan ......................... .

0.06

Albania ............................. .

0.04

Argentina ........................... .

1.14 Australia

........................... .

1.61 Austria

............................ .

0.35 Belgium

............................ .

1.24

Bolivia .............................. .

0.05

Brazil ............................... .

1.06

Bulgaria ............................. .

0.14

Burma .............................. .

0.10 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ... .

0.47

Cambodia ............................ .

0.04

Canada .............................. .

3.09

Ceylon .............................. .

0.11

Chile ................................ .

0.29

China ............................... .

5.01

Colombia ............................ .

0.36

Costa Rica ........................... .

0.04

Cuba ............................... .

0.26 Czechoslovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

0.82

Denmark ............................ .

0.64 Dominican Republic ................... .

0.05

Ecuador ............................. .

0.05

Egypt ............................... .

0.35

El Salvador .......................... .

0.06

Ethiopia ............................. .

0.11

Finland ............................. .

0.36

France .............................. .

5.56

Ghana ............................... .

0.07

Greece .............................. .

0.19

Guatemala ........................... .

0.07

Haiti ............................... .

0.04

Honduras ........................... .

0.04

Hungary ............................ .

0.39

Iceland .............................. .

0.04

India ............................... .

2.90

Indonesia ............................ .

0.50

Iran ................................ .

0.26

Iraq ................................ .

0.12

Ireland ............................. .

0.18

Israel ............................... .

0.16

Italy ................................ .

2.03

Japan ............................... .

1.92

Jordan .............................. .

0.04

L~ ································· 0.04

Lebanon ............................. .

0.05

Liberia .............................. .

0.04

Libya ............................... .

0.04

Luxembourg ......................... .

0.06 Malaya, Federation of ................ .

0.22

Mexico .............................. .

0.68

Morocco ............................. .

0.12

Nepal ............................... .

0.04

Netherlands .......................... .

1.12

New Zealand ......................... .

0.42

Nicaragua ........................... .

0.04

Norway ............................. .

0.48

Pakistan ............................. .

0.54

Panama ............................. .

0.05

Paraguay ............................ .

0.04 Member States 0.15

Peru ................................ . Philippines .......................... .

0.40 1.52

Poland .............................. . Portugal ............................. .

0.24 Romania

........................... .

0.49

Saudi Arabia ........................ .

0.07

Spain ............................... .

1.11

Sudan ............................... .

0.11

Sweden ............................. .

1.43

Syria ............................... .

0.08

Thailand ............................ .

0.16

Tunisia .............................. .

0.05

Turkey .............................. .

0.61 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ..... .

1.80 Union of South Africa ........ , ........ .

0.67 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .... .

13.62 United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland ................... .

7.62 United States of America .............. .

32.51

Uruguay ............................ .

0.16

Venezuela ........................... .

0.42

Yemen .............................. .

0.04

Yugoslavia ........................... .

0.35 100.00

Resolves that the scale of assessments given in paragraph 1 shall be reviewed by the Committee on Contributions in 1958, when a report shall be submitted for the consideration of the General Assembly at its thirteenth session ;

Resolves that for the year 1957 the rates of contributions for Japan, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia shall be as follows : Member States Percent

Japan ............................... .

1.97

Morocco ............................ .

0.12

Sudan ............................... .

0.11

Tunisia .............................. .

0.05 These rates shall be in addition to the 1957 scale of assessments of 100 per cent contained in paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 1087 (XI) of 21 December 1956, and shall be applied to the budget for 1957;

Resolves that, in view of the fact that Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia became Members of the United Nations on 12 November 1956, and Japan on 18 December 1956, these States shall contribute for the year of admission to membership an amount equal to oneninth of their percentage assessment for 1957 applied to the budget for 1956;

Resolves that Ghana and Federation of Malaya, which States became Members of the United Nations on 8 March and 17 September 1957 respectively, shall contribute for the year of admission to membership amounts equal to one-third of 0.07 per cent for Ghana, one-sixth of 0.22 per cent for the Federation of Malaya; these amounts will be applied to the budget for 1957;

Resolves that, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 970 (X) of 15 December 1955, States which are not Members of the United Nations but which participate in certain of its activities shall be called upon to contribute towards the 1958 expenses of such activities on the basis of the following rates :

States Germany, Federal Republic of .......... .

4.15

Korea, Republic of .................... .

0.13 Liechtenstein 0.04 Monaco . . . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

0.04

San Marino .......................... .

0.04 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . .

. .......... .

0.98

Viet-Nam ............... .

0.16 The following countries being called upon to contribute:

~a) To the International Court of Justice: Liechtenstein, San Marino and Switzerland ·

( b) To the International Control ,of Narcotic Drugs: Germany _(Federal Republic of), Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marmo, Switzerland and Viet-Nam·

( c) To the Economic Commission for 'Asia and the Far East: Korea (Republic of), and Viet-Nam;

To the Economic Commission for Europe: Germany (Federal Republic of) ;

7_. Resol1:es that .J ~l?an, which participated in certain U1;11ted Nations activities before admission to membership, shall not be required to contribute separately towards the annual expenses of such activities for the year 1957 onwards,. and that for the year 1956 the amounts that Japan 1s called upon to contribute under paragrap~ 4 of resolution 970 (X) shall be reduced by one-mnth ;

~- Resolves that the Federal Republic of Germany, which acceded to the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons on 30 January 1956 shall be called ul!on to contribute towards the expen'ses of the Internat10nal Bureau for Declarations of Death for the years 1956 and 1957 at the rate of 4.61 per cent pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution 970 (X) and for 1958 at the rate of 4.15 per cent, pursuant to paragraph 6 of the present resolution;

9 .. Ur[Jes Member States, within the limits of their co11;stttutlonal processes, to seek appropriate measures w~ich_ would ensure the payment of their annual con- !rtbuttons to. the United Nations as early as possible m the financial year ;

l~. R~quests t~e Secretary-General, under the authority given to him by paragraph 3 of resolution 970 (X), to continue in 1958 to make arrangements for the P'.1-yment of part of Members' contributions in currencies oth~r than United States dollars as comprehensive as practicable.

14 December 1957.

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