C 2003/INF/13 |
Thirty-second Session |
Rome, 29 November – 10 December 2003 |
Status of Contributions and Arrears
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The purpose of this document is to provide the Conference with an update of the status of contributions at 4 December 2003, as follows:
2003 US$ |
2002 (for comparison) US$ | ||
1. | Amounts outstanding on 1 January | ||
Current Assessments c | 324,031,500.00 | 324,031,500.00 | |
Contributions in arrears d | 82,627,765.01 | 162,927,121.00 | |
Total | 406,659,265.01 | 486,958,621.00 | |
2. | Receipts 1 January to 4 December | ||
Current Assessments | 255,817,473.08 | 291,667,115.75 | |
Contributions in arrears | 20,632,474.16 | 106,684,442.69 | |
Total | 276,449,947.24 | 398,351,558.44 | |
3. | Amounts outstanding at 4 December | ||
Current Assessments | 68,214,026.92 | 32,364,384.25 | |
Contributions in arrears | 61,995,290.85 | 56,578,224.31 | |
Total | 130,209,317.77 | 88,942,608.56 |
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a Appendix B sets out full details of receipts during 2003.
b Contributions in arrears include amounts payable under Conference authorized instalment plans.
c Of which US$1,500,000 relates to the Tax Equalization Fund
d Contributions in arrears at 1 January includes the previous year end balance carried forward plus arrears instalments due 1 January and New Member contributions where applicable.
Current Assessments
4. The following statistics show the cumulative percentage receipts of current assessments over the past five years. 2003 is reported only up to 4 December.
December 2003 percentage at 4 December, all other figures are at month end.
5. The position of the 2003 assessments of Member Nations at 4 December 2003, compared to the same date during the four preceding years was as follows:
Number of Member Nations | |||||
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 | |
Paid in full |
107 |
98 |
74 |
65 |
72 |
Part paid |
17 |
22 |
28 |
30 |
21 |
No payment |
59 |
63 |
77 |
85 |
82 |
Total |
183 |
183 |
179 |
180 |
175 |
Contributions in arrears
6. The position of Member Nations with arrears of contributions at 4 December 2003 was as follows:
Number of Member Nations | ||
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With arrears at 1 January 2003 |
94 |
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Arrears paid in full (Appendix D) |
36 | |
Arrears partially paid (Appendix E) |
25 | |
No payment (Appendix F) |
33 | |
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With arrears at 4 December 2003 (Appendix C) |
58 |
7. Additional information regarding arrears due at 21 November 2003
8. The following chart shows the geographical distribution of the total of all Regular Programme contributions outstanding at 4 December 2003.