One concept is quot capacity to pay quot .

In this regard, the principle of capacity to pay should be adhered to.

It was based on the principle of capacity to pay and carefully weighed all the factors involved.

The only criterion for availing the services of this system is the ability to pay.

The existing scale methodology continues to be based on the principle of capacity to pay.

7. The capacity to pay is the fundamental criterion for determining the scale of assessments.

We welcome the establishment of an expert group to examine the issue of capacity to pay.

The Committee's deliberations on the matter should be guided by the principle of capacity to pay.

Mr. Neil (Jamaica) said that the principle of capacity to pay was applicable to all States.

The relative capacity of Member States to pay must remain the fundamental criterion for the apportionment of the expenses of the Organization, but the scale methodology must be revised to reflect more accurately the capacity to pay.

His delegation did not dispute the principle of capacity to pay but, in its opinion, another criterion had been neglected that of ability to pay.

31. The representation of Romania stresses the great importance its Government attaches to the principle of capacity to pay.

Economic growth results in increasing capacity to pay, and carries with it increasing responsibility.

Additionally, we have a policy that no one is ever turned away because of ability to pay.

His delegation and those of Canada and New Zealand therefore shared the view of the Committee on Contributions that the current 10 year base period was indicative of past rather than present capacity to pay.

As the Assembly had stated in resolution 46 221 B, the capacity to pay remained the basic criterion.

We are fully supportive of the views put forward by the President of Latvia regarding the concept of the quot capacity to pay quot .

Others felt that the current approach should be retained, as it better reflected capacity to pay.

The assessment formula should be simple, easy to apply and objectively reflective of the capacity to pay. The formula should have inbuilt automaticity for regular adjustments of the capacity to pay to take into account the relative changes in the capacities of individual Member States.

28. His delegation had always expressed reservations about the use of capacity to pay as the fundamental criterion for determining assessments.

10. Concerning the scale of assessments, he said that his delegation attached great importance to the principle of capacity to pay.

The scale should be based on the principle of the relative capacity to pay, which would be determined in the light of comparable national income data.

3. Also reaffirms the fundamental principle that the expenses of the Organization shall be apportioned broadly according to capacity to pay

66. The principle of capacity to pay should continue to serve as the fundamental criterion for determining the scale of assessments.

20. The low per capita income allowance was fundamental to the principle of capacity to pay.

It was regrettable that the Committee on Conferences seemed to give greater weight to technical considerations than to capacity to pay.

Since its inception, the United Nations has consistently used gross national income as the primary basis to calculate capacity to pay.

Completion of the transition to capacity to pay assessment rates is a task that remains to be accomplished immediately after 1997.

Mr. Tal (Jordan) said that capacity to pay must be the guiding principle in calculating the scale of assessments.

A distinction should be made between arrears resulting from a liquidity crisis and those caused by a solvency crisis.

It was evident that most of the beneficiaries of such an approach would be developed countries, with greater capacity to pay.

A shorter period of five or at most seven years, would better reflect the real capacity of developing countries to pay, particularly those with transition economies.

If you think about people and mortgages and buying houses and then not being able to pay for it, we need to think about that.

However, it was doubtful whether it was the best means of gauging a country apos s capacity to pay since it did not take into account many factors affecting that capacity.

For ease of reference, the methodology currently used to approximate the capacity to pay and its application are briefly described.

The ideal approach would be to simplify and adjust the current methodology so as to reflect the genuine capacity of Member States to pay.

The apportionment of the Organization's expenses among Member States must be fair and equitable, with capacity to pay being the paramount consideration.

39. Mrs. MLADINEO (Croatia) reiterated Croatia apos s support of the principle of the capacity to pay, for its own capacity had been considerably reduced as a result of the dissolution of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.

An adjustment of the scale of assessments must ensure a fairer and more up to date application of the principle of capacity to pay.

31. Mr. CHOWDHURY (Bangladesh), said that capacity to pay must remain the fundamental principle for determining the scale of assessments.

My delegation appreciates the establishment, through General Assembly resolution 49 19, of the ad hoc working group on capacity to pay and is ready to contribute to its work.

78. In a number of resolutions, the General Assembly had proclaimed capacity to pay as the main criterion for determining assessments.

Lastly, it thought that national income, calculated on the basis of objective information for the purpose of determining capacity to pay, should continue to be the fundamental criterion for the establishment of the scale of assessments.

Accordingly, he supported Japan apos s proposal that an independent body be established to study ways to improve the current methodology, including the question of capacity to pay.

An increasing number of Member States complain about the discrepancy between the proclaimed principle of capacity to pay and the reality of its implementation.