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

A/RES/1308(XIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 47 Scale of assessment for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, published in 1959.

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116 documents · 1948–2024

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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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What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Budget Contributions

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

The scale of assessments for Members' contributions to the United Nations budget for the financial years 1959, 1960 and 1961 shall be as follows: Member States Percent

Afghanistan ................•.........

0.06

Albania ............................•..

0.04

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

1.11

Australia ............................ .

1.79

Austria .............................. .

0.43

Belgium ............................. .

1.30

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

0.04

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

1.02

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

0.16

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

0.08 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic .... .

0.47

Cambodia ..........................•..

0.04

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

3.11

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

0.10

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

0.27

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

5.01

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

0.31

Costa Rica ....................•.......

0.04

Cuba .......................•.........

0.25

Czechoslovakia ....................... .

0.87

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

0.60 Dominican Republic ................... .

0.05

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

0.06

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

0.05

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

0.06

Federation of Malaya .................. .

0.17

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

0.36

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

6.40

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

0.07

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

0.23 General As11emhly-Tbirteenth Se88ion

Member States

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

0.05

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

0.04

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

0.04

Hungary .......................... • •.

0.42

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

0.04

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

2.46

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

0.47

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

0.21 Iraq .................... •. • • • • • · • • · · • 0.09

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

0.16

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

0.14

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

2.25 2.19

Japan ............................... . Jordan .............................. .

0.04

Laos ................................ .

0.04

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

0.05

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

0.04

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

0.04

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

0.06

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

0.71

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

0.14

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

0.04 1.01

Netherlands .......................... . New Zealand ......................... .

0.42 0.04

Nicaragua ........................... . Norway ............................. .

0.49

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

0.40

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

0.04

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

0.04 0.11

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

0.43

Poland .............................. .

1.37

Portugal ............................. .

0.20

Romania ............................. .

0.34

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

0.06

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

0.93 0.06

Sudan .............................. . Sweden ............................. .

1.39

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

0.16

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

0.05

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

0.59 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ...... .

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

0.56 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ...... .

13.62 United Arab Republic ................. .

0.32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and

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

7.78 United States of America .............. .

32.51 0.-12

Uruguay ............................ . Venezuela ........................... .

0.50

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

0.04

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

0.35

100.00

Subject to rule 161 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the scale of assessments given in paragraph 1 above shall be reviewed by the Committee on Contributions in 1961, when a report shall be submitted for the consideration of the Assembly at its sixteenth session;

Notwithstanding the terms of regulation 5.5 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, 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 contribu-

tions of Member States for the financial years 1959, 1960 and 1%1 in currencies other than United States dollars;

4. Subject to rule 161 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, 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 1959, 1960 and 1961 expenses of such activities on the basis of the following rates : Non-member States Germany, Federal Republic of ........... .

5.33

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

0.21 0.04

Liechtenstein ......................... . Monaco ..........•...................

0.04

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

0.04

Switzerland .......................... .

0.97

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

0.20 the following countries being called upon to contribute :

To the International Court of Justice: Liechtenstcin, San Marino and Switzerland;

( b) To the international control of narcotic drugs : Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland and Viet- Nam;

( c) To the International Bureau for Declarations of Death of Missing Persons: Federal Republic of Germany;

To the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East: Republic of Korea and Viet-Nam;

( e) To the Economic Commission for Europe :_ Federal Republic of Germany.

10 December 1958.

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Requests the Committee on Contributions to consider an arrangement which would enable representatives of Member States, on request, to acquaint themselves with the statistical and other information at the Committee's disposal;

Requests the Committee on Contributions to submit its recommendations on this matter to the General Assembly at its fourteenth session.

10 December 1958.

TOTAL

Per ce1Jt

In addition to the contributions deducted from the remuneration of the participant as provided in article XVI, any participant may, subject to the approval of the Joint Staff Pension Board and under such conditions as the Board may prescribe, deposit in the Pension Fund, in a lump sum or sums and/or by an increased rate of contribution, an amount computed to be sufficient to purchase an additional retirement benefit which, together with his prospective regular retirement benefit as provided herein, will provide for him a total retirement benefit not to exceed 60 per cent of his final average remuneration at the age of retirement. Interest at such rates as may be set from time to time by the Board shall be allowed on such contributions.

The Joint Staff Pension Board shall consist of eighteen members:

(a) Six members appointed by the United Nations Staff Pension Committee, two from the members elected by the General Assembly, two from the members appointed by the Secretary-General and two from the members elected by the participants ;

(b) Twelve members appointed by the staff pension committees of the other member organizations in accordance with a table fixed by the administrative rules of the Fund which shall provide for equal representation of the three groups referred to in article XX.

Article XLII (new text)

FORFEITURE OF THE RIGHT TO A BENEFIT

The right to a lump-sum benefit shall be forfeit if, for two years after the date on which payment would have been due, the person entitled has lodged no claim and has failed to submit payment instructions or has refused to accept payment.

The right to a pension or life annuity shall be forfeit if, for five consecutive years, the person entitled has lodged no claim and has failed to submit payment instructions or has refused to accept arrears.

The right to unpaid instalments of a pension or life annuity shall be forfeit if, for two years after payment would

• See resolution 1310 (XIII),

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