$295.2million relates to1990.Thesignificance oftheanountoutstanding ma.ybemeasured bythefactthatitistheequivalent ofrrorethan threequarters oftheregular budgetassessment for1990. I...A/C.5/45/l7 English Page5 12.Attheendof1989tlieseoutstanding contributicns substantially exceeded the$412.5million thenavailable fromtheWJrking capital Fund ($100million), theSpecial Acoount (al:x:>ut$113.5million) andtheanounts realized fromthesuspension oftheprovisions offinancial regulations 4.3, 4.4and5.2(d) ($199.0,million). 13.Asthefollowing statistics dem::>nstrate, in1990thepattern ofpayment by~mberStatesoftheirassessed contributions totheregular budgethas beeneve..T1IIOremsatisfactory thanwasthecasein1989: Paidinfull: Haveoutstanding assessments: (Memoret'hancurrent year'sassessment: Madenopaymentatall:60StatesatendSeptember 1990 64Statesatendseptember 1989 99StatesatendSeptember 1990 95Statesatendseptember 1989 56Statesatendseptember 1990 50Statesatendseptember 1989 32StatesatendSepteniber 1990 37StatesatendSeptember 1989 14.Thepercentages ofannualregular budgetassessed contributicns paidas at30Juneand30Septeniber 1990aregivenbelow,together withthe percentages paidasat30June,30september and31December annually since 1983.ThetableShowsthatthepercentage ofassessed contributions paidby theendoftheyear,whichhadsteadily declined between 1984and1987, increased in1988asaresultofthespecialefforts ma.debynanyMember States. Duringthefirsthalfof1989andagainin1990,however, the results weremuchlessencouraging. 30June 30September 31December1983 42.0 50.3 79.31984 42.6 47.7 81.91985 35.5 53.6 72.11986 49.6 57.8 70.31987 52.0 56.1 63.81988 56.5 63.3 66.01989 48.0 64.6 66.41990 47.9 64.3 15.ArmexIIItothepresent reportprovides detailed infornation onthe statusofcontributions totheregular bUdgetasat30September 1990.As canbeseenfromthatannex,atthatdate,withonlythreerronthsleftin 1990,unpaidcontributions totheregular budgettotalled $641.0million, of whi.ch$345.8million wasoutstanding for1989andprioryearsand $295.2million relates to1990.Thesignificance oftheanountoutstanding ma.ybemeasured bythefactthatitistheequivalent ofrrorethan threequarters oftheregular budgetassessment for1990. I... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/l7 English Page6 C.Payment ofassessed oontributions topeace-keeping operations 16.Asindicated inparagraph 8,non-payment ordelaysinpayment bya numberof~.Statesoftheirassessed oontributions forpeace-keeping oPerations havealsoexacerbated thefinancial difficulties oftheunited Nations. Asthenumberofpeace-keeping operations financed byassessed oontributions hasincreased substantially inthep3stthreeyears,the problem ofd:>taining sufficient contributions tokeepeachoPeration funded hasgra.-mproportionally. 17.TherearesixPeace-keeping operations currently financed byassessed contributirns: UNEF/UNDOF; UNIFIL; theUnitedNations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group(UNIIM:J3); theUnitedNations AngolaVerification Mission (UNAVEM); theUnitedNations Transition Assistance Group(UNI'AG); andthe UnitedNations Observer GroupinCentral America (00tX:A). At 30september 1990outstanding contributions tothesepeace-keeping operations totalled $430.9million, asshownbelow: OUtstanding oontributions asof·30September 1990 (millions ofUnitedStatesdollars) UNEF/UNDOFal UNIFIL'91/UNIIMX; c UNAVEMd7 UNl'AGi! OOUCAY1:;}.6 360.3 11-0 3.4 30.2 6.4 a/Assessments through 30November 1990. blAssGssments through 31January 1991- clAssessments through 30September 1990. dlAssessments through 2January 1991- elAssessments through 31March1990. flAssessments through 7November 1990. 18.Therelationship oftheoutstanding oontributions foreachofthesesix Peace-keeping operations tothearrounts assessed fromtheinception ofeach operation throughitscurrent rrandateisillustrated infigure2below: I...A/C.5/45/l7 English Page6 C.Payment ofassessed oontributions topeace-keeping operations 16.Asindicated inparagraph 8,non-payment ordelaysinpayment bya numberof~.Statesoftheirassessed oontributions forpeace-keeping
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