D. Base period

B. Base period

Statistical base period 1993 1995

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(b) A statistical base period of six years

Step 1 defining base period non programme costs

(ii) A statistical base period of six years

(ii) A statistical base period of three years

(ii) A statistical base period of nine years

(b) A statistical base period of six years

Name of Party Emission commitment Base year period (where relevant)

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

The base period must be sufficiently long to reflect that reality.

Name of Party Emission commitment Base year or period (where relevant)

His delegation therefore favoured a base period of at least six years.

(ii) A statistical base period of three years, with automatic annual updating

(ii) A statistical base period of three years, with automatic annual recalculation

50. Experience had shown that too long a base period, far from ensuring stability, tended to distort the principle of capacity to pay the base period should therefore not exceed six years.

Total expenditures for the Logistics Base were 5.3 million during the financial period.

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.

His delegation therefore endorsed a base period of six years as a reasonable compromise.

Its chosen historical base year period for the implementation of subparagraph (b) below and

Its chosen historical base year or period for the implementation ofsubparagraph (b) below and

46. The Committee recalled its extensive discussions on the issue of the appropriate base period for the scale and its agreement to examine the possible further reduction of the base period to three years in the context of the scale for the period 2001 2003.

The base period should be long enough to absorb the fluctuations which were so common in the economies of the developing countries the proposal for a base period of six years might be a reasonable compromise.

28. He agreed that the base period for the next scale should be six years.

69. His Government was in favour of shortening the statistical base period to six years, even though a three year base period would lead to closer linkages between a country s economic performance and its capacity to pay.

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

Step 2 comparing base period biennium non programme costs with non programme costs in succeeding bienniums

16. Although his delegation would prefer to shorten the base period to three years, since that would better reflect real capacity to pay, it was prepared to agree that shortening the base period to six years was a reasonable compromise.

The base period should be long enough to provide stability and predictability the six year period agreed upon by the Committee on Contributions seemed reasonable.

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

a The average world per capita gross national product for the base period 1993 1995 is 4,520.

Consideration should also be given to the compromise proposal to change the base period to six years.

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

This happened because in the period between the surveys no direct comparisons were made with the base city.

Annex United Nations Logistics Base, Brindisi operations during the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997

A number of members considered that a single base period would be simpler and technically sounder, with some favouring a three year base period, to correspond more closely to current capacity to pay, and others favouring a six year period, to help to smooth out the impact of short term fluctuations in GNI data.

He welcomed the tentative agreement reached on the base period, the debt burden adjustment and the scheme of limits.

The maintenance of a stable base period was essential for reflecting the real capacity to pay of Member States.

The Base also benefited from the generosity of the Italian Government, which loaned the Base a team of Italian military personnel from 27 January 1997 to the end of the reporting period.

Despite reduced donor contributions to the programme apos s capital base during the reporting period, the Gaza income generation programme tripled the number of loans over the previous period.

It had been to meet the latter requirement that the scheme of limits and the longer base period had been adopted.

66. The length of the base period should reflect changes in economic development and ensure stability in the scale of assessments.

52. For reasons of stability and accurate assessment of current capacity to pay, the base period should not exceed six years.