23. The settlement of Ukraine apos s arrears required fair consideration by Member States.

44. Turning to the question of the settlement of the arrears of Member States, he said that both incentives and coercive measures should be adopted to encourage settlement of arrears and prevent future non payment of contributions.

Steps must be taken before the 1999 General Conference session to expedite the settlement of arrears.

The Secretariat and the External Auditor should also look at the possibility of adopting additional measures to expedite the settlement of arrears by former Member States.

It was therefore necessary to take measures to achieve a just settlement of the accumulated arrears of States like Belarus, which had become debtors for reasons beyond their control.

Measures to encourage the payment of arrears

Arrears as a share of total debt

He further intended to pay some of the arrears when Member States remitted substantial payments of their arrears, as had occurred in 1996 when the Russian Federation had paid over 200 million in arrears.

a Excluding arrears reduction.

Arrears in assessed contributions

4. A close look should be taken at the pros and cons of retaining a 25 per cent ceiling, but that should be done only in the context of an overall financial settlement dealing with arrears.

The surcharge ceiling is 100 of the arrears.

The table contained in annex VIII shows the breakdown between pre dissolution arrears and post dissolution arrears.

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We must finally tackle the causes of these arrears.

A. Member States with remaining arrears

Haiti Stock of arrears and projected debt service, 2000 2005

The Government still owed arrears of salaries to civil servants.

Arrears of the former Yugoslavia amount to 2,081,599 (1994 2001).

(d) There were arrears of 24 months in reconciliation of inter office vouchers as at 31 December 1997, compared with the arrears of 15 months at 31 December 1995

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78. Currently, IMF normally requires that all arrears to creditors be settled or agreement be close at hand on the clearing of arrears before funding is disbursed.

Prolonged non payment of arrears by the largest contributor is not a proud legacy to the United Nations of the twenty first century. Let us put this Organization on a sound financial footing through prompt settlement of arrears, without conditions, consistent with our Charter obligations. Reform of the Security Council is also a key imperative if the United Nations is to remain relevant in the twenty first century.

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In UNEP, arrears of inter office voucher reconciliation had increased up to 24 months as at 31 December 1997, as compared to arrears of 15 months for the previous biennium.

At the same time, there are cases of wage arrears. For example, the total arrears for wages as of 1 February 2003 for all sectors of the economy was 29.1 million somoni.

Belarus had paid a large part of its arrears in 2003 2005.

Notices are regularly sent to member States reminding them of the arrears.

Settlement of disputes

Name of settlement

Settlement of disputes

Settlement of invoices.

The Committee noted that, between 1995 and 1997, Guinea Bissau had steadily reduced its arrears, but that since that time its arrears had increased.

However, we hope more careful consideration can be given to reaching a fair solution in the settlement of the issue related to the payment by Belarus of its arrears in financial contributions to the United Nations regular budget and financing the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Finally, all Member States must pay their arrears promptly.

Urging and expecting all Member States currently in arrears to fulfil their duties under international law and to settle those arrears promptly and in full,

A higher and higher percentage of assessments are in arrears and remain uncollected.

IV. Settlement of disputes

Pacific settlement of disputes

Peaceful settlement of disputes

Friendly settlement of disputes

Settlement of commercial disputes

Settlement of commercial disputes

Settlement of commercial disputes

C. Settlement of disputes