Total amount of arrears at time of signing the plan, in addition to current year's assessments.

In the meantime, the Secretariat was requested to meet with representatives of the five successor States to determine the exact amount of the arrears.

I have now received a request from the Government of Iraq that 2,182,168 plus 226,493 be used to settle the outstanding arrears of the Government of Iraq with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

(Millions of United States dollars)

The Protection Information Section had a significant backlog.

The burden of servicing debt and the payment of arrears have a suffocating effect on the economies of developing countries.

Overtime is constantly being required to deal with a backlog of cases.

With regard to the payment of arrears, he drew attention to the technical suggestions contained in paragraphs 68 and 69, which would facilitate both the payment of arrears and the work of the Secretariat and the Committee on Contributions.

In addition, a number of payments were received and credits applied.

The discussion concerning measures to encourage the payment of arrears also gave rise to grave concern.

I will transfer the money.

Regarding interest on or indexation of arrears, should the General Assembly decide to introduce interest charges on arrears, the rate should be fixed at a low level and should not have retroactive effect, and the annual rate should not exceed 1 per cent.

Acknowledging the importance of facilitating the timely publication of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission and eliminating the backlog,

Local governments have also accumulated massive amounts of non explicit debt through arrears, credits, and guarantees.

(d) Requested the Director General to pursue his efforts and contacts with Member States to effect the collection of arrears.

d) Price of the transaction (value)

c Includes 1,342,633 from the Government of Cyprus and 13,131 from the Government of the United Kingdom.

13. Endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

(d) Requests the Director General to pursue his efforts and contacts with Member States to effect the collection of arrears.

In that context, it encouraged the Comoros to consider the possibility of submitting a multi year payment plan.

Endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

In clearing its arrears, the Transitional Government becomes eligible for new modes of financial support provided by the Bank.

(c) Urges those Member States and former Member States that have not yet paid their assessed contributions, including advances to the Working Capital Fund and prior years' arrears, as well as towards the security enhancements, to do so without delay

This is not a negligible amount.

The estimate also includes an amount of 1.1 million for consultants, of which 100,000 would be non recurrent.

8. Endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

Moreover, by the end of March 2005, Côte d'Ivoire had accumulated some 135 million in arrears to the World Bank.

Guinea Bissau was committed to paying its contributions to the United Nations and would keep the issue of multi year payment plans under continuous consideration.

No other Member States have so far submitted payment plans or schedules for the elimination of their arrears.

Measures to facilitate the payment of arrears should also take account of the special circumstances of developing countries.

But the United States is impeding this process by falling far behind in its obligatory payments to the UN peacekeeping budget, with total US arrears estimated at more than 500 million and possibly exceeding 1 billion by the end of 2007.

They don t know any better.

Contributions of the European Commission and France for debt relief to Burundi have made it possible to finalize the payment of these arrears.

I appeal to all Member States to pay their assessments promptly and in full, and to clear all remaining arrears.

The General Assembly had been struggling for some years to develop measures to encourage the payment of arrears and the timely payment of assessed contributions.

The risk stemming from local government debt is exacerbated further by massive amounts of non explicit debt acquired through arrears, credits, and guarantees.

The table contained in annex VIII shows the breakdown between pre dissolution arrears and post dissolution arrears.

In that respect, the great volume of arrears and outstanding debts of former Member States was unacceptable.

It supported the establishment of the Trust Fund for the elimination of the backlog on the Repertory and encouraged cooperation with universities.

(a) The plans should provide for payment each year of the Member State's current year assessments and a part of its arrears

Payment of any such sum shall be made

As a result of these types of trading of Government revenues and adjustment of debts loans against taxes paid outside the budgetary process, neither are the revenues correctly depicted in the Government books nor are the expenditures properly shown in the books of accounts.

Although the Transition Government has pursued sound macroeconomic and public finance management, accumulation of arrears may resume, depending on the political situation.

Mr. Al Battawi (Iraq) said that multi year payment plans were a good method of paying off arrears and securing fulfilment of Member States' obligations to the Organization.

Under the Agreement, the Government of Canada will transfer 140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as 156 million for implementation of the Agreement.