The Secretariat and the External Auditor should also look at the possibility of adopting additional measures to expedite the settlement of arrears by former Member States.

a Excluding arrears reduction.

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

At the same time, there are cases of wage arrears.

Haiti Stock of arrears and projected debt service, 2000 2005

The Government still owed arrears of salaries to civil servants.

Arrears of the former Yugoslavia amount to 2,081,599 (1994 2001).

The Committee noted that, between 1995 and 1997, Guinea Bissau had steadily reduced its arrears, but that since that time its arrears had increased.

Urging and expecting all Member States currently in arrears to fulfil their duties under international law and to settle those arrears promptly and in full,

Belarus had paid a large part of its arrears in 2003 2005.

Notices are regularly sent to member States reminding them of the arrears.

Urges the Member States, which have not done so thus far, to settle their regular mandatory contributions to the budgets of these bodies, and to act for the settlement of their arrears, if any, at the earliest in view of the current financial difficulties being faced by these organs.

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.

Settlement of disputes

Settlement of disputes

Settlement of disputes

The indifference of some countries to settling their arrears was a cause of great concern.

Pacific settlement of disputes

Peaceful settlement of disputes

IV. Settlement of disputes

Friendly settlement of disputes

Settlement of commercial disputes

Settlement of commercial disputes

Pacific settlement of disputes

About half of them are conflict affected countries, and many of them have substantial external arrears.

However, a number of technical issues regarding the exact amount of its arrears were still pending.

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

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.

They have also accumulated large protracted arrears with the international financial institutions.

In cases where countries had accumulated significant arrears before benefiting from the Initiative, the transfer of budgetary revenue to the special account used to finance earmarked social expenditures implies additional expenditure, as arrears have to be cleared.

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

Relationship with settlement of disputes

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

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.

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

Dispute settlement

But the distribution of proceeds from hydrocarbons is irregular, and the central government has accumulated significant arrears.

Outstanding assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia at 27 April 1992 pre dissolution arrears (United States dollars)

(c) Welcomes the commitment of Afghanistan to settle its arrears, as reported in document GC.11 16

Settlement of disputes (art. 35, para.

Settlement of disputes (art. 15, para.

Settlement of disputes (art. 16, para.

(2) Settlement by letter of credit

c Defaulted on restructured loans, December 1998 defaulted on interest arrears notes, June 1999.