Measures to encourage the payment of arrears

Indeed, payment arrears of Africa continue to soar.

(a) Substantial payment of arrears are made by Member States

Payment of interest on arrears should become standard practice and should be enforced.

This must include discussions on incentives for timely payment as well as sanctions on arrears, inter alia the possibility of charging interest on arrears.

In November 2005, State schools remained closed, as teachers continued to demand payment of salary arrears.

The discussion concerning measures to encourage the payment of arrears also gave rise to grave concern.

The Committee had now considered measures to encourage the payment of arrears at eight successive sessions.

With regard to the payment of arrears, he drew attention to the technical suggestions contained in paragraphs 68 and 69, which would facilitate both the payment of arrears and the work of the Secretariat and the Committee on Contributions.

The General Assembly had been struggling for some years to develop measures to encourage the payment of arrears and the timely payment of assessed contributions.

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

Measures to facilitate the payment of arrears should also take account of the special circumstances of developing countries.

These solutions must begin with a demand for payment of arrears by certain States Members of the Organization.

Other Member States in arrears are encouraged to consider submitting payment plans to steadily reduce their outstanding assessed contributions.

Other Member States in arrears are encouraged to consider submitting payment plans to steadily reduce their outstanding assessed contributions.

The burden of servicing debt and the payment of arrears have a suffocating effect on the economies of developing countries.

The Committee therefore recommended that the General Assembly should encourage other Member States in arrears to consider submitting payment plans.

This firm stance seems particularly necessary because the payment of accumulated arrears alone would suffice to resolve the financial crisis.

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

Protests were also conducted by civil servants against the non payment of salary arrears dating back to the Charles Taylor Administration.

With regard to the payment of arrears, Jordan rejected any punitive measures, since the vast majority of States in arrears were developing countries that were unable to pay their contributions owing to extenuating circumstances.

(a) The plans should provide for payment each year of the Member State's current year assessments and a part of its arrears

Similarly, the timely and full payment of contributions and all arrears would enable organizations to re establish their full programme delivery capacities.

Contributions of the European Commission and France for debt relief to Burundi have made it possible to finalize the payment of these arrears.

Civil servants held further protests over the non payment of several years of salary arrears during the administration of former President Charles Taylor.

Punctual and full payment of the assessed contributions must be made by all States and arrears must be paid in full and promptly.

But it is also attributable to the non payment of unsustainably high debt servicing obligations and is manifested in the accumulation of arrears. C

The situation in Africa, for the most part, is considerably worse than it was in the early 1980s, and payment arrears continue to soar.

4. Takes note of the information provided by the Niger, and welcomes its intention to submit a schedule for the payment of its contributions and arrears

Payment of these arrears is being pursued by the Secretariat with the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations in Vienna.

Payment of these arrears is being pursued by the Secretariat with the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations in Vienna.

Consequently, no State party assessments were made in 1994. However, a number of States parties are still in arrears from the non payment of previous assessments.

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.

It had noted a payment received from the Comoros and urged it to continue to make payments so as to reduce its arrears to the United Nations and to consider the possibility of submitting a multi year payment plan.

The Committee noted the payment received from the Comoros and urged it to continue to make payments so as to reduce its arrears to the United Nations.

The Chinese delegation endorsed the recommendations of the Committee on Contributions on multi year payment plans, which were useful tools for reducing the arrears of Member States.

The Committee decided not to consider further the question of measures to encourage the payment of arrears unless it receives any guidance thereon from the General Assembly.

They would like to negotiate a clear reintegration plan which would include a decision on reintegration, readjustment of grade and payment of salary arrears since September 2002.

The Committee decided not to consider further the question of measures to encourage the payment of arrears unless it receives any guidance thereon from the General Assembly.

Expressing concern about the financial situation with regard to the Observer Mission owing to overdue payment by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears,

Also, MCSS announced a 2 million Emergency Energy Fund, which provided one time emergency assistance to deal with payment of energy utility arrears, security deposits and reconnection fees.

The Government had nevertheless recently made a payment of over 25,000, and, as soon as its situation was stabilized, it intended to pay the rest of its arrears.

On 21 May 2004, Afghanistan signed a payment plan agreement of five years' duration covering these arrears and has since then fully met its financial obligations stipulated therein.

Since existing measures to encourage the payment of arrears had proved useful, it was not necessary for the Committee on Contributions to pursue its consideration of that issue.

Mr. Al Battawi (Iraq) said that multi year payment plans were a good method of paying off arrears and securing fulfilment of Member States' obligations to the Organization.