In order to guide the Committee on Contributions in its deliberations on the scale methodology, India wished to highlight a number of elements.

Payment of contributions

Assessed contributions

(iii) Committee on Contributions

Status of contributions

(a) Assessed contributions

(iii) Contributions Service

(d) Contribution and expense flows

Assessment and processing of contributions

That phenomenon was even more pronounced in the case of the assessments for the budgets of peacekeeping operations, which had increased by 83 per cent for assessments and 138 per cent for unpaid contributions.

Cantonal assemblies decide on the share of contributions.

(a) Report of the Committee on Contributions

Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions

Table 1.11 Resource requirements Committee on Contributions

(Signed) Ugo Sessi

Table 28B.17 Resource requirements assessment and processing of contributions

(b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions

STATUS OF ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REGULAR BUDGET (in euros)

(j) Assessed contributions received in advance

Assessed financial contributions of member States

(d) Requests the Director General to pursue his efforts and contacts with Member States to effect the collection of arrears.

Mr. Nikitov (Ukraine) welcomed the exchange of ideas on the scale methodology that had taken place at the sixty fourth session of the Committee on Contributions and supported the Committee's conclusion that stability in the scale methodology should be promoted.

With reference to the latter, the Group was concerned about a number of recommendations in the report of the Committee on Contributions that contained substantive discussions and requested the Committee to be guided by its mandate as a technical body.

Outstanding assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia

Reissued for technical reasons.

Takes note of the report of the Committee on Contributions 1

(b) Appointments of members of the Committee on Contributions (continued)

Summary of outstanding assessed contributions by year

In 2004, total contributions represented 94.8 per cent of benefit payouts, with payouts exceeding total contribution income by 68.1 million.

Unpaid assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia

The Chairman of the Committee on Contributions replied to questions raised.

Assets grow with contributions and vary with investment performance.

Assessed contributions of 1,324,078 were received in advance from Member States in 2004 to be applied against the 2005 assessment.

Exchange rate of assessed contributions paid in US

c Outstanding contribution to be resolved.

Giving the contribution factor full weight (with population and membership at 0 per cent) results in raising the number of underrepresented Member States by 70 per cent, from 10 to 17.

(a) Such sums as may be necessary to finance budgetary appropriations pending the receipt of contributions sums so advanced shall be reimbursed as soon as receipts from contributions are available for that purpose

(a) Such sums as may be necessary to finance budgetary appropriations pending the receipt of contributions sums so advanced shall be reimbursed as soon as receipts from contributions are available for that purpose

Assessed contributions amounting to US 4,284,502 and or representing 25 per cent of the total contributions receivable in the biennium were outstanding.

The cantonal parliaments define the categories for which the payment of contributions is obligatory.

Treatment of the unpaid assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia

Substantive servicing of meetings meetings of the Committee on Contributions (90)

(n) Subscription and standing orders 2,500.

The Secretariat attained a collection rate of 90.5 per cent for 2004 (2002 93.0 per cent), a slight deterioration as compared to 2002 but still above the collection rate of 2002 2003 (89.8 per cent). However,

(a) Such sums as may be necessary to finance budgetary appropriations pending the receipt of contributions sums so advanced shall be reimbursed as soon as receipts from contributions are available for that purpose