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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, published in 2003.

What else is in this group?

116 documents · 1948–2024

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2024).

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	–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Afghanistan Appropriations Argentina Credit Specialized Agencies Statistical Methodology Switzerland Timor-Leste Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Multi-year payment plans

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Contributions concerning multi-year payment plans, as contained in paragraphs 17 to 23 of its report;1

Urges all Member States to pay their assessed contributions in full, on time and without imposing conditions, in order to avoid the difficulties being experienced by the United Nations;

Appeals by Members for a change of assessments

Decides to fix the rates of assessment in 2003 for Afghanistan at 0.001 per cent and for Argentina at 0.969 per cent, as ad hoc adjustments;

Requests the Committee on Contributions to elaborate further on the criteria regarding ad hoc adjustments of the rates of assessment for consideration and approval by the General Assembly, in keeping with rule 160 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, so as to facilitate further its consideration of such adjustments;

Emphasizes the need to seek to preserve the integrity of the scale of assessments;

Notes that the decision contained in paragraph 3 above is not a precedent and that future appeals by Member States under rule 160 of the rules of procedure will be considered on a case-by-case basis;

Also notes that this decision should have no automatic implication for the apportionment of the expenses of the specialized agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency;

Assessment of new Member States

Reaffirms the current methodology of the scale of assessments, as approved in its resolution 55/5 B;

Decides that the rate of assessment for Switzerland, admitted to membership of the United Nations on 10 September 2002, should be 1.274 per cent for the years 2002 and 2003;

Decides also that the rate of assessment for Timor-Leste, admitted to membership of the United Nations on 27 September 2002, should be 0.001 per cent for the years 2002 and 2003;

Decides further that the contributions of Switzerland and Timor-Leste for the regular budget, the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 for the year 2002 should be calculated on the basis of one twelfth of their relevant rates of assessment for the year 2002 per full calendar month of membership;

Decides that Switzerland should be credited with a corresponding proportion of its non-member State assessment for the year 2002;

Decides also that the contributions of Switzerland and Timor-Leste for the year 2002 should otherwise be applied to the same basis of assessment as for other Member States;

Decides further that the assessments of Switzerland and Timor-Leste for the year 2002 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;

Decides that for the year 2003, the rates of assessment for Switzerland and Timor-Leste should be added to the scale of assessments established by the General Assembly in its resolution 55/5 B;

Decides also that, in accordance with financial regulation 5.8, the advances of Switzerland and Timor-Leste to the Working Capital Fund should be calculated by the application of their rates of assessment for the year 2002 to the authorized level of the Fund and should be added to the Fund, pending their incorporation in a 100 per cent scale for the Fund for the biennium 2004–2005;

Outstanding assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia

Decides to consider further the question of the outstanding assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia at its fifty-eighth session;

Other matters

Endorses the recommendation of the Committee on Contributions contained in paragraph 125 of its report1 concerning the financing of the final budget appropriations for the biennium 2000–2001.

Consequently, resolution 57/4 of 27 September 2002 becomes resolution 57/4 A.