A/RES/73/271
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations
5.
Reaffirms that the Committee on Contributions as a technical body is
required to prepare the scale of assessments strictly on the basis of reliable, verifiable
and comparable data;
6.
Decides that the scale of assessments for the period from 2019 to 2021
shall be based on the following elements and criteria:
(a)
Estimates of gross national income;
(b)
Average statistical base periods of three and six years;
(c) Conversion rates based on market exchange rates, except where that would
cause excessive fluctuations and distortions in the income of some Member States,
when price-adjusted rates of exchange or other appropriate conversion rates should
be employed, taking due account of its resolution 46/221 B of 20 December 1991;
(d) The debt-burden approach employed in the scale of assessments for the
period from 2016 to 2018;
(e) A low per capita income adjustment of 80 per cent, with a threshold per
capita income limit of the average per capita gross national income of all Member
States for the statistical base periods;
(f)
A minimum assessment rate of 0.001 per cent;
(g) A maximum assessment rate for the least developed countries of
0.01 per cent;
(h)
A maximum assessment rate of 22 per cent;
7.
Recognizes that the current methodology can be enhanced, bearing in mind
the principle of capacity to pay;
8.
Requests the Committee on Contributions, in accordance with its mandate
and the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to review and make
recommendations on the elements of the methodology of the scale of assessments in
order to reflect the capacity of Member States to pay, and to report thereon to the
Assembly by the main part of its seventy-sixth session;
9.
Encourages Member States to submit national accounts data under the
2008 System of National Accounts on a timely basis;
10. Supports the efforts of the Statistics Division of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat in supporting statistics at the national
level and in providing support to countries and regional organizations to enhance
coordination, advocacy and resources for the implementation of the 2008 System of
National Accounts;
11. Resolves that the scale of assessments for the contributions of Member
States to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2019, 2020 and 2021 shall be
as follows:
Member State
2/8
Percentage
Afghanistan
0.007
Albania
0.008
Algeria
0.138
Andorra
0.005
Angola
0.010
Antigua and Barbuda
0.002
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