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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The Committee noted the payment received from the Comoros and urged it to continue to make payments so as to reduce its arrears to the United Nations.

The Chinese delegation endorsed the recommendations of the Committee on Contributions on multi year payment plans, which were useful tools for reducing the arrears of Member States.

Also, MCSS announced a 2 million Emergency Energy Fund, which provided one time emergency assistance to deal with payment of energy utility arrears, security deposits and reconnection fees.

The Government had nevertheless recently made a payment of over 25,000, and, as soon as its situation was stabilized, it intended to pay the rest of its arrears.

On 21 May 2004, Afghanistan signed a payment plan agreement of five years' duration covering these arrears and has since then fully met its financial obligations stipulated therein.

Since existing measures to encourage the payment of arrears had proved useful, it was not necessary for the Committee on Contributions to pursue its consideration of that issue.

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.

The General Assembly may wish to take note of the present report and encourage Member States with significant arrears of contributions to consider submitting a multi year payment plan.

He hoped that the multi year payment plans submitted by some Member States would help them to reduce their arrears and honour their financial obligations to the United Nations.

If the Assembly decided to seek payment of all or part of the arrears of the former Yugoslavia arising before the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Assembly might also wish to decide when it would consider claiming payment in this manner.

Mr. RANJAN (India), referring to agenda item 4, urged the Organization to continue its efforts to achieve increased voluntary contributions and early payment of arrears and to expand its membership.

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

Being committed to the objectives of the UNIDO activities and wishing to continue fruitful co operation, the government has made substantial efforts to reduce the arrears under a payment plan.

Disbursements from the World Bank, which is a major contributor to the programme, were blocked after Côte d'Ivoire stopped the payment of its loan arrears to the Bank in April 2004.

While the multi year payment plans had yielded uneven results, they had helped some Member States to reduce their arrears and should therefore continue to be promoted as a voluntary mechanism.

The General Assembly took note that Chad has made the payment necessary to reduce its arrears below the amount specified in Article 19 of the Charter (A 59 874 Add.1).

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.

A third option would be for the Assembly to seek payment from the five successor States of arrears arising before the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and to seek payment of the balance from Serbia and Montenegro based on the principle of estoppel, as outlined above.

(d) Called on Member States and former Member States that are in arrears to fulfil their constitutional obligations by paying their outstanding assessed contributions in full and without conditions as soon as possible, or to take advantage of payment plans to settle their arrears, in accordance with previous decisions by the governing bodies of UNIDO.

(d) Calls on Member States and former Member States that are in arrears to fulfil their constitutional obligations by paying their outstanding assessed contributions in full and without conditions as soon as possible, or to take advantage of payment plans to settle their arrears, in accordance with previous decisions by the governing bodies of UNIDO.

a Excluding arrears reduction.

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

Alternatively, as indicated above, payment of the pre dissolution arrears could be sought from the five successor States and the post dissolution balance could be sought from Serbia and Montenegro based on the principle of estoppel.

52. Invites those organizations of the United Nations system which are currently in arrears with their contributions to the United Nations under the present cost sharing arrangements to take steps to ensure prompt payment of the outstanding sums

The Committee recalled that the Central African Republic had twice indicated its intention to submit a schedule for the payment of its arrears but had not yet done so and had made no payments at all since 1998.

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Contributions concerning multi year payment plans, as contained in paragraphs 63 to 65 of its report,1 and encourages Member States with arrears to consider submitting such a plan

In response to the representative of Cuba, since 1998, the Committee on Contributions had been dealing with the question of measures to encourage the payment of arrears on the basis of the instructions received from the Fifth Committee.