The first related to the statistical base period.

26. The discussion of the statistical base period had once again centred on the conflicting interests of stability (long base periods) and current capacity to pay (short base periods), and a gradual reduction in the length of the base period had been suggested.

It had also considered the use of a single base period.

10. A statistical base period of nine years would be preferable to the current 10 year period.

A longer base period would also avoid excessive fluctuations in the scale.

The selection of the base period was crucial to the calculation of the scale of assessments, since too long or too short a base period would lead to distortions in the relevant data.

They would therefore be in favour of employing a shorter base period in future.

2. In 1991, Nigeria had stressed the need for a shorter statistical base period.

64. On the subject of the statistical base period, his delegation believed that the 10 year base period would be the best option for ensuring fairness and equity in the scale for most Member States.

83. With respect to the statistical base period, Uruguay favoured keeping the current 10 year base period, although it recognized that a nine year period might ease the process of phasing out the scale of limits and it would not (Mr. Alvarez, Uruguay) object to considering a period of that length.

The statistical base period was, however, linked to any decision regarding the scheme of limits.

Other members noted the lack of agreement on whether to shorten or lengthen the base period.

28. The proposal to reduce the statistical base period to nine years seemed a good compromise.

Bangladesh would nevertheless agree to the nine year base period recommended by the Committee on Contributions.

24. His delegation was of the view that the statistical base period should be much shorter.

To ensure maximum simplicity and technical soundness, India favoured the use of a six year base period.

Thirdly, my delegation disagrees with the proposal to shorten the seven and a half year base period.

Two solutions might therefore be envisaged to retain a relatively long statistical base period, of nine years for example, while phasing out the scheme of limits or to reduce the statistical base period and retain the current scheme of limits.

33. With regard to the statistical base period, Iran felt that, in view of the rapid political and economic changes taking place in the world, a 10 year base period could not adequately reflect the economic realities of most countries.

73. On the question of the statistical base period for calculating the scale of assessments, his delegation believed that a shorter base period would be more appropriate. It was nevertheless prepared to go along with the recommendation of the Committee on Contributions that the base period should be reduced from ten to nine years, in view of the substantive arguments presented in paragraph 53 of the report.

The base year inventory shall be reviewed only once prior to the commitment period and adjusted if appropriate.

6. His delegation continued to believe that a statistical base period of 10 years was no longer relevant.

One component of the methodology that warranted review as a matter of priority was the statistical base period.

For the moment a base period of nine years, as recommended by the Committee on Contributions, seemed reasonable.

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For most of the postwar period, advanced countries grew by expanding the knowledge and technology base of their economies.

The Independent Advisory Group on United Nations Financing had, moreover, suggested shortening the statistical base period to three years.

13. With regard to the statistical base period, his delegation shared the view that the 10 year period currently used reflected past and not present capacity to pay.

In accordance with established practice, the Committee used mid point data for the preparation of the two machine scales, i.e., 1989 figures for the seven year statistical base period and the average of the years 1988 and 1989 for the eight year statistical base period.

A series of real values over time, such as for real GDP, measures quantities over time expressed in prices of one year, called the base year (or more generally the base period ).

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Furthermore, his country was particularly interested in the idea of shortening the statistical base period to make it more realistic.

37. The present statistical base period should be considerably shortened in order to reflect better the actual capacity to pay.

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His delegation was opposed to a reduction of the statistical base period, which should continue to be set at 10 years.

From 1953 on, the base period had been progressively increased, initially in order to iron out excessive variations between successive scales.

Thus, the dual advantage of the 10 year statistical base period was that it guaranteed stability and predictability of assessment rates.

Although the shorter statistical base period better reflected the capacity to pay of Member States at the time of payment, the longer base period represented a more realistic approach, given the cyclical and unpredictable nature of the economic situation of countries, particularly the developing and the least developed countries.

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The 2003 04 period is the first period for which the Logistics Base was able to assess its performance against the planned results based framework set out in the 2003 04 budget.

43. Regarding the statistical base period, the Saudi Arabian delegation was willing to examine the concept that a period of nine years was technically superior to the current one, but for the time being it supported the current 10 year period.

Performance report on the budget of the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004