Multi year payment plans

Status of payment plans as at 31 December 2004

That commitment certainly includes the implementation of multiyear payment plans.

a Including the five Member States that have submitted payment plans.

Status of payment plans of Member States as at 31 December 2004

11 Share based Payments

(b) Report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans (A 60 66)

Having further considered the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans,

Although the results of the multi year payment plans had been mixed, they were the only tool available to Member States facing payment difficulties.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans 3

Member States that had submitted multi year payment plans were urged to comply with them.

No new payment plans have been submitted since the issuance of the second annual report.

While such plans must remain voluntary, his delegation called on all Member States that had submitted payment plans to do their utmost to implement them.

Takes note also of the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans 2

Having further considered the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans,A 60 66.

Lastly, multi year payment plans should remain voluntary and should not be automatically linked to other measures.

Request from Afghanistan for restoration of voting rights based on payment plan

For planning, UNHCR implements its annual programme budget, based on country operations plans and headquarters plans.

Major development plans have been based on the report.

13. Takes note of the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans A 60 66.

10. Takes note of the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans A 58 63.

No other Member States have so far submitted payment plans or schedules for the elimination of their arrears.

A one year period would prevent neither requests for exemption nor the submission of multi year payment plans.

Payment for health care services has started based on new health care contracts.

2. Takes note also of the report of the Secretary General on multi year payment plans A 59 67.

(e) Use of Web based communications to provide payroll and payment information to retirees

(g) Language and documentation services (UNOV) share based on workload

19. Encourages Member States in arrears with their assessed contributions to the United Nations to consider submitting multi year payment plans.

Payment plans schedules had been submitted earlier by Georgia, the Niger, the Republic of Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan.

Centres must institute sound work plans with defined goals based on the national implementation plans of Parties within any given region.

Multi year payment plans represented a commendable effort by countries experiencing economic hardship to meet their financial obligations to the United Nations.

terms for payment plans outlined in the report of the open ended discussion group on timely payment of assessed contributions (IDB.19 12 and Corr.1), adopted by the Industrial Development Board in decision IDB.19 Dec.5.

He mentioned plans for an online database of adaptation options to share local knowledge and endogenous adaptation techniques.

He took note of the efforts made by Member States to adhere to their multi year payment plans but observed that no new plans had been submitted since the Secretary General's previous report on that issue.

These requests were based on continuing growth in both the number of participants and periodic benefits in payment.

Multi year payment plans remained the most useful tool for helping countries with economic hardships to meet their financial obligations to the United Nations.

The Committee noted that four of the Member States that had requested exemption under Article 19 by the date specified in General Assembly resolution 54 237 C had presented multi year payment plans for the payment of their arrears.

Guinea Bissau was committed to paying its contributions to the United Nations and would keep the issue of multi year payment plans under continuous consideration.

3. Recognizes that multi year payment plans, subject to careful formulation, could be helpful in allowing Member States to demonstrate their commitment under Article 19 of the Charter to pay their arrears, thereby facilitating consideration of applications for exemption by the Committee on Contributions, and requests the Secretary General to propose guidelines for such multi year payment plans through the Committee on Contributions

It is noted that the Secretariat has maintained its efforts to collect outstanding assessed contributions and negotiated four new payment plans with member states during 2004.

Both Georgia and the Niger had payments and credits applied to their outstanding assessed contributions in 2004 that exceeded the amounts foreseen in their payment plans.

The willingness of Member States to consider multi year payment plans should be a factor in the consideration of future requests for exemption under Article 19.

First, African countries should be able to formulate plans and policies based on their specific conditions.

He commended those Member States that had submitted multi year payment plans and that were endeavouring to meet the obligations arising therefrom, but pointed out that not all Member States in arrears were in a position to submit such plans.

Member States should be encouraged to submit multi year payment plans, but the Committee should recall that due consideration should be given to their economic position and that such plans should be voluntary and not automatically linked to other measures.