Measures to encourage the payment of arrears

Indeed, payment arrears of Africa continue to soar.

(a) Substantial payment of arrears are made by Member States

In November 2005, State schools remained closed, as teachers continued to demand payment of salary arrears.

Payment of interest on arrears should become standard practice and should be enforced.

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.

This must include discussions on incentives for timely payment as well as sanctions on arrears, inter alia the possibility of charging interest on arrears.

Other Member States in arrears are encouraged to consider submitting payment plans to steadily reduce their outstanding assessed contributions.

Other Member States in arrears are encouraged to consider submitting payment plans to steadily reduce their outstanding assessed contributions.

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

The Committee had now considered measures to encourage the payment of arrears at eight successive sessions.

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 Committee therefore recommended that the General Assembly should encourage other Member States in arrears to consider submitting payment plans.

19. Encourages Member States in arrears with their assessed contributions to the United Nations to consider submitting multi year payment plans.

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.

These solutions must begin with a demand for payment of arrears by certain States Members of the Organization.

With regard to the payment of arrears, Jordan rejected any punitive measures, since the vast majority of States in arrears were developing countries that were unable to pay their contributions owing to extenuating circumstances.

The situation in Africa, for the most part, is considerably worse than it was in the early 1980s, and payment arrears continue to soar.

Punctual and full payment of the assessed contributions must be made by all States and arrears must be paid in full and promptly.

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

This firm stance seems particularly necessary because the payment of accumulated arrears alone would suffice to resolve the financial crisis.

But it is also attributable to the non payment of unsustainably high debt servicing obligations and is manifested in the accumulation of arrears. C

Consequently, no State party assessments were made in 1994. However, a number of States parties are still in arrears from the non payment of previous assessments.

Protests were also conducted by civil servants against the non payment of salary arrears dating back to the Charles Taylor Administration.

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

Similarly, the timely and full payment of contributions and all arrears would enable organizations to re establish their full programme delivery capacities.

Payment of these arrears is being pursued by the Secretariat with the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations in Vienna.

Payment of these arrears is being pursued by the Secretariat with the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations in Vienna.

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

Civil servants held further protests over the non payment of several years of salary arrears during the administration of former President Charles Taylor.

Expressing concern about the financial situation with regard to the Observer Mission owing to overdue payment by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears,

The Committee noted that four of the Member States that had requested exemption under Article 19 by the date specified in General Assembly resolution 54 237 C had presented multi year payment plans for the payment of their arrears.

Expressing concern about the deteriorating financial situation with regard to peace keeping activities owing to overdue payment by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears,

First, it has been noted that the Organization apos s capital base has long been limited, owing to arrears in some Member States apos payment of their assessments.

The arrears in the payment by Member States of their contributions and the subsequent delays in reimbursements to troop contributing Governments have created very serious financial problems for those Governments.

A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years.

A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years.

A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years.

A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years.

Takes note of the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Contributions on measures to encourage the payment of arrears, as contained in paragraphs 68 to 70 of its report

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

4. Takes note of the information provided by the Niger, and welcomes its intention to submit a schedule for the payment of its contributions and arrears

It had noted a payment received from the Comoros and urged it to continue to make payments so as to reduce its arrears to the United Nations and to consider the possibility of submitting a multi year payment plan.

There are large scale arrears in contributions.