I. The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 14 (1) of 13 February 1946, 238 (III) of 18 November 1948, 665 (VII) of 5 December 1952 and 1137 (XII) of 14 October 1957 relating to the opportionment of the expenses of the United Nations among its Members and the fixing of the maximum contribution of any one Member State,
Affirming that the capacity of Member States to contribute towards the payment of the ordinary expenses of the United Nations is a fundamental criterion on which scales of assessment are based,
Noting that, when it was decided by the General Assembly in 1957, that, in principle, the maximum contribution of any one Member State to the ordinary expenses of the United Nations should not exceed 30 percent of the total, the United Nations consisted of eightytwo Member States,
Noting further that, since the General Assembly decision of 1957, fifty States have been admitted to membership in the United Nations,
Recalling that, since the General Assembly decision of 1957, there has been a reduction in the percentage contribution of the State paying the maximum contribution from 33.33 percent to 31.52 percent,
Decides that:
As a matter of principle, the maximum contribution of any one Member State to the ordinary expenses of the United Nations shall not exceed 25 percent of the total;
In preparing scales of assessment for future years, the Committee on Contributions shall implement subparagraph (a) above as soon as practicable so as to reduce to 25 percent the percentage contribution of the Member State paying the maximum contribution, utilizing for this purpose to the extent necessary:
The percentage contributions of any newly admitted Member States immediately upon their admission;
The normal triennial increase in the percentage contributions of Member States resulting from increases in their national incomes;
Notwithstanding subparagraph (b) above, the percentage contribution of Member States shall not in any case in the United Nations, the specialized agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency be increased as a consequence of the present resolution.
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The General Assembly,
II. Recalling its resolutions 582 (VI) of 21 December 1951, 665 (VII) of 5 December 1952, 876A (IX) of 4 December 1954, 1927 (XVIII) of 11 December 1963 and 2118 (XX) of 21 December 1965 relating to the additional recognition to be given to low per capita income countries and to the attention to be given to the developing countries in the calculation of their rates of assessment,
Having considered the report of the Committee on Contributions on its thirty-second session, 1
Noting the views of the Committee on Contributions on the question of allowance for low per capita income, expressed in paragraph 21 of its report,
1. Reaffirms its previous directives to the Committee on Contributions regarding the additional recognition to be given to the low per capita income countries and the attention to be given to the developing countries in the calculation of their rates of assessment;
2. Requests the Committee on Contributions, at its next review of the scale of assessments, to change the elements of the low per capita income allowance formula so as to adjust it to the changing world economic conditions.
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III. The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 582 (VI) of 21 December 1951, 665 (VII) of 5 December 1952, 876 A (IX) of 4 December 1954, 1927 (XVIII) of 11 December 1963 and 2118 (XX) of 21 December 1965 relating to the attention and recognition to be accorded by the Committee on Contributions to the countries with low per capita income when calculating the rates of their assessment, in view of their economic and financial problems,
Noting that the ceiling for the highest contribution has been lowered twice and that the per capita ceiling principle has been fully implemented since 1956, but that the floor for minimum contributions set at 0.04 percent has not been lowered since 1946, in spite of the increase in the membership of the United Nations and other factors,
Taking into consideration that the allowance formula was benefiting mainly those developing countries with assessments higher than the floor and that the countries with the lowest per capita income, including the least developed among the developing countries, were not benefiting from any recommendations in favour of the developing countries in this respect, because of the rigidity of the fixed floor,
1. Reaffirms that due regard should be accorded to the developing countries, especially those with the lowest per capita income, to help them meet their priorities at home and to help them offset the inflationary trends continuously affecting their payments in dollar terms;
2. Requests the Committee on Contributions, in formulating the coming scale of assessment, to lower the floor from 0.04 percent to 0.02 percent to allow the adjustments necessary for the developing countries, in particular those with the lowest per capita income.
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13 December 1972
MEMBERS OF FAO COUNCIL
The composition of the Council until 31 December 1972 was as follows:
Independent Chairman: Michel Cépède
Argentina2
Brazil3
Canada3
Chile1
Colombia3
Egypt1
France1
Germany, Fed. Rep. of2
Hungary3
India1
Indonesia2
Iran3
Italy2
Japan2
Kenya3
Morocco3
New Zealand1
Norway1
Pakistan1
Peru2
Philippines2
Romania2
Saudi Arabia1
Sierra Leone3
Switzerland3
Sri Lanka2
Syrian Arab Republic3
Tanzania1
Togo2
United Kingdom1
United States of America3
Upper Volta1
Venezuela3
Zaire,2
The composition of the Council from 1 January 1973 is as follows:
Independent Chairman: Michel Cépède
Argentina2
Australia4
Brazil3
Canada3
Chile4
Colombia3
Dahomey4
Denmark4
Egypt4
Ethiopia4
France4
Germany, Fed. Rep. of2
Hungary3
India4
Indonesia2
Iran3
Italy2
Japan2
Kenya3
Morocco3
Pakistan4
Peru2
Philippines2
Romania2
Sierra Leone3
Sri Lanka2
Sudan4
Switzerland3
Syrian Arab Republic3
Togo2
United Kingdom4
United States of America3
Venezuela3
Zaire2
1 Term of office until 31 December 1972.
2 Term of office until conclusion of Seventeenth Session of the Conference, November 1973
3 Term of office until 31 December 1974.
4 Term of office until conclusion of Eighteenth Session of the Conference, November 1975.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES (elected)
November 1971 – November 1973
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Chairman:
G. Bula Hoyos (Colombia)
Members:
K. Ando (Japan)
M.A. Bajwa (Pakistan)
H.J. Kristensen (Denmark)
R.W. Philips (United States of America)
B. Shaib (Nigeria)
A.S. Tuinman (Netherlands)
First Alternate:
E. Buciuman (Romania)
Second Alternate:
K. Prasad (India)
Third Alternate:
S. Haidar (Lebanon)
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chairman:
F. Shefrin (Canada)
Members:
Miss Marina de Barros e Vasconcellos (Brazil)
P. Byrnes (United States of America)
E. Luhe (Germany, Fed Rep. of)
G. Weill (France)
First Alternate:
A Lochen (Norway)
Second Alternate:
Su In Song (Korea, Rep. of)
Third Alternate:
J Murenga (Kenya)
COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
Australia
Ecuador
Italy
Japan
Morocco
Pakistan
United Kingdom
OTHER COMMITTEES
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE METHODS OF WORK OF THE COUNCIL
Argentina
Egypt
Indonesia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
United States of America
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON INCREASING THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF EDIBLE PROTEINS
Brazil
Canada
France
India
Iran
New Zealand
Sierra Leone
UN/FAO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME 1973
Argentina*
Australia
Canada
Denmark
France*
Germany, Fed. Rep. of*
Hungary
India*
Indonesia*
Japan
Kenya
Netherlands*
New Zealand*
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Sudan
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago*
Tunisia*
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America*
Uruguay*
FAO MEMBER NATIONS
(as at 1 June 1973)
Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Dahomey
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, the
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Khmer Republic
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Republic
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan, the
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Viet-Nam, Republic of
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
