FINANCE COMMITTEE

Ninety-Seventh Session

Rome, 17 - 22 September 2001

Collection of Current Assessments and Arrears

STATUS OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUDGET AT 30 JUNE 2001

Appendix A

Appendix A (2)

Appendix A (3)

Appendix A (4)

Appendix A (5)

Appendix A (6)

Appendix A (7)

Appendix A (8)

Appendix B1

Appendix B2

Appendix B3

Appendix B4

Appendix B5

STATUS OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUDGET AT 30 JUNE 2001 ¹²

		2001	2000 (for comparison)
1.	Amounts outstanding on 1 January
		US$	US$
	Current Assessments^c	323,550,000.00	323,550,000.00
	Contributions in arrears	152,775,934.48	149,374,062.72
	Total	476,325,934.48	472,924,062.72

2.	Receipts 1 January to 30 June
	Current Assessments	161,155,265.17	163,385,901.27
	Contributions in arrears	7,772,796.55	5,392,999.58
	Total	168,928,061.72	168,778,900.85

3.	Amounts outstanding at 30 June
	Current Assessments	162,394,734.83	160,164,098.73
	Contributions in arrears	145,003,137.93	143,981,063.14
	Total	307,397,872.76	304,145,161.87

Current Assessments

4. The following statistics show the cumulative month-end percentages of 2001 assessments received during the first six months of 2001, compared to receipts during the previous four years:

Percentages of Current Assessments Received (Cumulative - year to date)
	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
January	0.32	4.21	9.36	14.56	12.43
February	10.29	11.67	12.27	26.51	25.81
March	24.35	43.29	46.74	38.04	53.84
April	40.10	48.38	50.55	44.45	55.66
May	40.85	49.24	51.71	45.12	57.43
*June*	*49.81*	*50.50*	*52.49*	*46.03*	*61.81*
July		53.49	57.61	51.32	62.39
August		53.56	57.63	51.54	68.89
September		56.26	57.73	51.88	69.57
October		72.52	66.40	57.09	75.00
November		75.42	77.29	92.62	75.17
December		94.48	95.26	93.37	96.00

5. The position of the 2001 assessments of Member Nations at 30 June 2001, compared to the same date during the four preceding years was as follows:

Number of Member Nations
	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Paid in full	50	52	54	50	53
Part paid	29	29	22	29	27
No payment	100	99	99	96	94
Total	179	180	175	175	174

Contributions in arrears

6. The position of Member Nations with arrears of contributions at 30 June 2001 was as follows:

Number of Member Nations
With arrears at 1 January 2001	114
Arrears paid in full (Appendix B2)		20
Arrears partially paid (Appendix B3)		24
No payment (Appendix B4)		70
With arrears at 30 June 2001 (Appendix B1)	94

7. Additional information regarding arrears due at 30 June 2001

The total arrears at 30 June was $145,003,137 (Appendix A)
Arrears exceeding US$1 million equivalent to 41 percent of current assessments
Thirteen Member Nations had arrears in excess of US$1 million (Appendix B1)
Arrears exceeding US$1 million accounted for 92 percent of the total arrears due
Fifty-Seven Member Nations had arrears in such amounts as to jeopardise their right to vote in accordance with Article III.4 of the Constitution (Appendix B5)

1 Appendix A sets out full details of receipts during 2001.

2 Contributions in arrears include amounts payable under Conference authorized instalment plans.