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

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1956.

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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	–
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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 Members Participants

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7 operative paragraphs

That the scale of assessments for Members' contributions to the United Nations budget for the financial years 1956, 1957 and 1958 shall be as follows:

Member State Per cent

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

0.06

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

1.28

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

1.80

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

1.38

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

0.05

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

1.20

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

0.11 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic .... .

0.53

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

3.63

Chile .................. , ............. .

0.33

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

5.62

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

0.41

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

0.04

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

0.30

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

0.92

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

0.72 Dominican Republic ............. , ..... .

0.05

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

0.05 22 Ibid., agenda item 41, document A/2948.

23 Ibid., document A/2997. Tenth Session Per cent Member State

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

0.40

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

0.06

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

0.12

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

6.23

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

0.22

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

0.07

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

0.04

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

0.04

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

0.04

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

3.25

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

0.56

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

0.30

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

0.13

Israel .............................. • • 0.17

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

0.05

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

0.04

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

0.06

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

0.77

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

1.25

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

0.48

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

0.04

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

0.54

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

0.60

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

0.05

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

0.04

Peru ................................ .

0.16

Philippines ........................... .

0.45

Poland ............................ • • 1.70 Saudi Arabia . . . . .................... .

0.07

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

1.59

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

0.08

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

0.18

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

0.69 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ....... .

2.02 Union of South Africa ................. .

0.78 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ...... .

15.28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and North-

ern Ireland ......................... .

8.55 United States of America ............... .

33.33

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

0.18

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

0.47

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

0.04

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

0.40

TOTAL 100.00

That, unless earlier review is called for in accordance with 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 1958, when a report shall be submitted for the consideration of the General Assembly at its thirteenth session;

That, notwithstanding the terms of financial regulation 5.5, the Secretary-General shall be empowered to accept, at his discretion and after consultation with the Chairman of th~ Committee on Contributions, a portion of the contributions of Member States for the financial years 1956, 1957 and 1958 in currencies other than United States dollars;

That, subject to revision which may be required in accordance with the principles of rule 161 of the rules of procedure of the Gem~ral Assembly, States which are not Members of the United Nations but which participate in certain of its activities shall be called u_pon to contribute towards the 1956, 1957 and 1958 expenses of such activities on the basis of the following rates:

Jllfnb,r Stott Ptrctnt

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

0.04 0.39

Austria .............................. . Bulgaria ............................. .

0.15

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

0.04

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

0.12 0.41

Finland .............................. . Germany, Federal Republic of ........... .

4.61

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

0.50

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

0.21

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

2.27

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

2.15 0.04

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

0.14

I..aos ................................ .

0.04

Liechtenstein ......................... .

0.04

Monaco .............................. .

0.04 Nepal ................. · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.04

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

0.27

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

0.55

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

0.04

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

1.26 0.17

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

The following countries being called upon to contribute:

To the International Court of Justice: Japan, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Switzerland.

To the international control of narcotic drugs: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Switzerland, Viet-Nam.

To the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East: Cambodia, Ceylon, Japan, Republic of Korea, I..aos, Nepal, Viet-Nam.

To the Economic Commission for Europe: Italy.

That I..aos, which became a member of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East on 16 February 1955, shall be called upon to contribute 0.04 per cent of the expenses of the Commission for 1955, and that Nepal, which became a member on 6 June 1955, shall be called upon to contribute three-quarters of the rates of 0.04 per cent of the expenses of the Commission for 1955;

That, if Austria, Finland, Ireland and Portu~al, which under Economic and Social Council resolution 517 (XVII) of 22 April 1954 are eligible for membership tn. the Economic Commission for Europe, should become members before the next review of the assessments, they shall be called upon to contribute an amount calculated, as from the quarter in which membership becomes effective, on the basis of the following rates:

1955 1956, 1957 ancl 1958

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

0.36 0.39 Finland ........... . 0.42 0.41

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

0.25 0.21

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

0.27 0.27

That, if any non-member States should become Parties to the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons before the next review of the assessments, they should be assessed retroactively from the date of their accession to the Convention in respect of all expenses of the International Bureau for Declarations of Death.

557th plenary meeting_,

15 December 1955.

as Retolutiom adopted on the reports ol lhe Filth Committee

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