FC 95/7

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Ninety-fifth Session

Rome, 25 - 29 September 2000

Financial Position of the Organization and Status of Current Assessments as at 30 June 2000

I. Collection of Assessed Contributions - Outstanding and in Arrears

A. Status on 30 June 2000 of contributions to the budget^ab

		2000	1999 (for comparison)
1.	Amounts outstanding on 1 January
		US$	US$
	Current Assessments	323,550,000.00^c	320,400,000.00^d
	Contributions in arrears	149,374,062.72	151,418,359.12
	Total	472,924,062.72	471,818,359.12

2.	Receipts 1 January to 30 June

	Current Assessments	163,385,901.27	168,183,584.89
	Contributions in arrears	5,392,999.58	11,573,326.32
	Total	168,778,900.85	179,756,911.21

3.	Amounts outstanding at 30 June

	Current Assessments	160,164,098.73	152,216,415.11
	Contributions in arrears	143,981,063.14	139,845,032.80
	Total	304,145,161.87	292,061,447.91
___________________________________________________ a Appendix A sets out full details of receipts during 2000. b Contributions in arrears include arrears payable under Conference authorizations by instalments due in 2000 (1999 in comparative figures) c Of which US$2,000,000.00 relates to the Tax Equalization Fund. d Of which US$1,250,000.00 relates to the Tax Equalization Fund.

Current Assessments

4. The following statistics show the cumulative month-end percentages of 2000 assessments received during the first six months of 2000, compared to receipts during the previous four years:

Percentages of Current Assessments Received (Cumulative - year to date)

	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996
January	4.21	9.36	14.56	12.43	7.72
February	11.67	12.27	26.51	25.81	15.78
March	43.29	46.74	38.04	53.84	38.39
April	48.38	50.55	44.45	55.66	46.71
May	49.24	51.71	45.12	57.43	48.28
June	50.50	52.49	46.03	61.81	48.34
July		57.61	51.32	62.39	53.62
August		57.63	51.54	68.89	69.12
September		57.73	51.88	69.57	69.40
October		66.40	57.09	75.00	70.70
November		77.29	92.62	75.17	70.81
December		95.26	93.37	96.00	92.95

5. The position of the 2000 assessments of Member Nations at 30 June 2000, compared to the same date during the four preceding years was as follows:

Number of Member Nations

	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996

Paid in full	52	54	50	53	51
Part paid	29	22	29	27	22
No payment	99	99	96	94	101
Total	180	175	175	174	174

Contributions in arrears

6. The position of Member Nations with arrears of contributions at 30 June 2000 was as follows:

Number of Member Nations

With arrears at 1 January 2000		108
	Arrears paid in full		15
	Arrears partially paid		16
	No payment		77

With arrears at 30 June 2000		93

7. Additional information regarding arrears due at 30 June 2000

The total arrears at 30 June was $131,582,971.66
Arrears exceeding US$ 1 million equivalent to 44.50 percent of current assessments
Fourteen Member Nations had arrears in excess of US$1 million
Arrears exceeding US$1 million totalled accounted for 91.39 percent of the total arrears due

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/, 4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Afghanistan2/	$0.00	$9,646.50	$167,469.50	$177,116.00	5/
Albania	$9,646.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Algeria	$0.00	$276,533.00	$0.00	$276,533.00
Angola	$0.00	$32,155.00	$0.00	$32,155.00
Antigua and Barbuda	$0.00	$6,431.00	$323,884.60	$330,315.60	5/

Argentina	$0.00	$3,562,774.00	$3,309,585.50	$6,872,359.50
Armenia	$0.00	$19,293.00	$1,596,124.00	$1,615,417.00	5/
Australia	$0.00	$4,791,095.00	$0.00	$4,791,095.00
Austria	$0.00	$3,041,863.00	$0.00	$3,041,863.00
Azerbaijan	$0.00	$35,370.50	$1,352,823.00	$1,388,193.50	5/

Bahamas	$48,232.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Bahrain	$0.00	$54,663.50	$0.00	$54,663.50
Bangladesh	$32,155.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Barbados	$0.00	$25,724.00	$0.00	$25,724.00
Belgium	$3,565,989.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Belize	$0.00	$3,215.50	$66,594.00	$69,809.50	5/
Benin	$6,431.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Bhutan	$3,215.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Bolivia	$42,578.60	$0.00	$180,630.87	$180,630.87	5/
Bosnia and Herzegovina	$111,723.18	$16,077.50	$350,046.82	$366,124.32	5/

Botswana	$64,070.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Brazil	$562,654.81	$4,752,509.00	$5,570,715.67	$10,323,224.67
Bulgaria	$0.00	$35,370.50	$137,655.50	$173,026.00
Burkina Faso	$339.50	$6,091.50	$0.00	$6,091.50
Burundi	$17,832.60	$3,215.50	$148,928.33	$152,143.83	5/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/, 4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Cambodia2/	$0.00	$3,215.50	$90,678.50	$93,894.00	5/
Cameroon	$55,955.65	$41,801.50	$17,448.85	$59,250.35
Canada	$8,826,547.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Cape Verde	$0.00	$6,431.00	$38,298.00	$44,729.00	5/
Central African Republic	$0.00	$3,215.50	$192,763.50	$195,979.00	5/

Chad	$0.00	$3,215.50	$228,753.11	$231,968.61	5/
Chile	$75,000.00	$440,523.50	$86,704.50	$527,228.00
China	$0.00	$3,215,500.00	$0.00	$3,215,500.00
Colombia	$20,000.00	$333,705.00	$0.00	$333,705.00
Comoros	$0.00	$3,215.50	$275,361.00	$278,576.50	5/

the Congo, Democratic Republic of	$0.00	$22,508.50	$37,004.92	$59,513.42
Congo	$24,267.62	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Cook Islands	$0.00	$3,215.50	$130,814.50	$134,030.00	5/
Costa Rica	$0.00	$51,448.00	$71,952.91	$123,400.91
Cote d'Ivoire	$28,750.00	$28,913.00	$0.00	$28,913.00

Croatia	$0.00	$96,465.00	$191,342.86	$287,807.86
Cuba	$0.00	$77,172.00	$402,003.00	$479,175.00	5/
Cyprus	$109,327.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Czech Republic	$347,274.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
D.P.Rep. of Korea	$0.00	$48,232.50	$300,974.48	$349,206.98	5/

Denmark	$2,234,772.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Djibouti	$0.00	$3,215.50	$67,055.50	$70,271.00	5/
Dominica	$20,990.83	$3,215.50	$20,990.82	$24,206.32
Dominican Republic	$0.00	$48,232.50	$936,247.50	$984,480.00	5/
Ecuador	$0.00	$64,310.00	$398,988.09	$463,298.09	5/

Egypt	$209,007.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
El Salvador	$38,586.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Equatorial Guinea 2/	$0.00	$3,215.50	$219,375.51	$222,591.01	5/
Eritrea	$0.00	$3,215.50	$3,011.50	$6,227.00
Estonia	$38,586.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/, 4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Ethiopia	$19,293.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Fiji	$0.00	$12,862.00	$12,526.00	$25,388.00
Finland	$1,755,663.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
France	$21,141,912.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Gabon	$42,159.26	$48,232.50	$5,263.24	$53,495.74

Gambia2/	$0.00	$3,215.50	$76,048.52	$79,264.02	5/
Georgia	$0.00	$22,508.50	$1,343,248.50	$1,365,757.00	5/
Germany	$15,919,940.50	$15,919,940.50	$0.00	$15,919,940.50
Ghana	$0.00	$22,508.50	$22,340.50	$44,849.00
Greece	$1,135,071.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Grenada 2/	$10,650.00	$3,215.50	$165,883.43	$169,098.93	5/
Guatemala	$48,015.36	$22,488.12	$0.00	$22,488.12
Guinea	$0.00	$9,646.50	$66,547.50	$76,194.00	5/
Guinea-Bissau	$24,970.00	$3,215.50	$82,772.50	$85,988.00	5/
Guyana	$0.00	$3,215.50	$8,027.90	$11,243.40

Haiti	$79.15	$6,351.85	$0.00	$6,351.85
Honduras	$0.00	$9,646.50	$19,475.69	$29,122.19
Hungary	$389,075.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Iceland	$102,896.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
India	$964,370.00	$280.00	$0.00	$280.00

Indonesia	$0.00	$607,729.50	$587,149.12	$1,194,878.62
Iran, Islamic Republic of	$0.00	$520,911.00	$3,493,168.04	$4,014,079.04	5/
Iraq	$0.00	$102,896.00	$4,181,738.00	$4,284,634.00	5/
Ireland	$723,487.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Israel	$377,285.00	$759,279.44	$0.00	$759,279.44

Italy	$17,340,846.98	$222,214.02	$0.00	$222,214.02
Jamaica2/	$0.00	$19,293.00	$29,149.00	$48,442.00
Japan	$35,700,000.00	$30,757,954.00	$0.00	$30,757,954.00
Jordan	$0.00	$19,293.00	$31,915.00	$51,208.00
Kazakhstan	$0.00	$154,344.00	$1,011,880.50	$1,166,224.50	5/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/, 4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Kenya	$0.00	$22,508.50	$50,890.59	$73,399.09
Kiribati	$0.00	$3,215.50	$797.88	$4,013.38
Korea, Republic of	$3,250,870.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Kuwait	$414,799.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Kyrgyz Republic	$0.00	$19,293.00	$834,923.50	$854,216.50	5/

Laos	$3,215.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Latvia	$114,191.00	$54,663.50	$1,327,182.00	$1,381,845.50	5/
Lebanon	$0.00	$51,448.00	$255.34	$51,703.34
Lesotho	$6,431.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Liberia	$0.00	$6,431.00	$318,891.60	$325,322.60	5/

Libya	$0.00	$401,937.50	$0.00	$401,937.50
Lithuania	$0.00	$48,232.50	$1,787,242.00	$1,835,474.50	5/
Luxembourg	$218,654.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Madagascar	$10,685.20	$9,646.50	$32,861.71	$42,508.21
Malawi	$0.00	$6,431.00	$39,394.58	$45,825.58	5/

Malaysia	$591,652.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Maldives	$3,215.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Mali	$0.00	$6,431.00	$6,671.18	$13,102.18
Malta	$45,017.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Marshall Islands	$0.00	$3,215.50	$797.88	$4,013.38

Mauritania	$0.00	$3,215.50	$3,558.18	$6,773.68
Mauritius	$28,939.50	$0.00	$21,630.00	$21,630.00
Mexico	$2,562,383.53	$1,138,224.47	$0.00	$1,138,224.47
Moldova	$0.00	$32,155.00	$989,622.00	$1,021,777.00	5/
Mongolia	$0.00	$6,431.00	$37,866.67	$44,297.67

Morocco	$627.92	$131,207.58	$0.00	$131,207.58
Mozambique	$3,215.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Myanmar, Union of	$25,724.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Namibia	$0.00	$22,508.50	$0.00	$22,508.50
Nepal	$12,862.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/,4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Netherlands	$5,273,420.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
New Zealand	$713,841.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Nicaragua	$32,625.63	$3,215.50	$126,089.06	$129,304.56	5/
Niue	$0.00	$3,215.50	$797.88	$4,013.38
Niger	$0.00	$6,431.00	$255,214.00	$261,645.00	5/

Nigeria	$0.00	$102,896.00	$170,303.21	$273,199.21
Norway	$1,971,101.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Oman	$0.00	$163,990.50	$0.00	$163,990.50
Pakistan	$191,861.27	$19,124.17	$0.00	$19,124.17
Palau	$4,013.38	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Panama	$0.00	$41,801.50	$33,328.50	$75,130.00
Papua New Guinea	$22,508.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Paraguay	$0.00	$45,017.00	$7,947.81	$52,964.81
Peru	$0.00	$318,334.50	$497,873.00	$816,207.50
Philippines	$0.00	$260,455.50	$301,019.50	$561,475.00

Poland	$300,000.00	$333,453.50	$0.00	$333,453.50
Portugal	$0.00	$1,392,311.50	$1,346,813.00	$2,739,124.50
Qatar	$536.90	$105,574.60	$0.00	$105,574.60
Romania	$397,090.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Rwanda	$3,215.50	$0.00	$3,191.50	$3,191.50

St Kitts & Nevis	$3,215.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Saint Lucia	$39.57	$3,175.93	$0.00	$3,175.93
St Vincent & the Grenadines	$0.00	$3,215.50	$3,226.50	$6,442.00
Samoa	$3,250.51	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
San Marino	$0.00	$6,431.00	$1,595.75	$8,026.75

Sao Tome and Principe	$0.00	$3,215.50	$252,282.50	$255,498.00	5/
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of	$2,102,666.67	$0.00	$1,577,928.16	$1,577,928.16
Senegal	$0.00	$19,293.00	$55.61	$19,348.61
Seychelles	$0.00	$6,431.00	$133,237.00	$139,668.00	5/
Sierra Leone	$0.00	$3,215.50	$294,096.64	$297,312.14	5/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/,4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Slovakia	$112,542.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Slovenia	$0.00	$196,145.50	$0.00	$196,145.50
Solomon Islands	$0.00	$3,215.50	$35,106.50	$38,322.00	5/
Somalia	$0.00	$3,215.50	$328,186.50	$331,402.00	5/
South Africa	$5,872.87	$1,177,431.13	$0.00	$1,177,431.13

Spain	$8,369,946.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Sri Lanka	$644.11	$37,941.89	$0.00	$37,941.89
Sudan	$0.00	$22,508.50	$129,131.48	$151,639.98	5/
Suriname	$0.00	$12,862.00	$76,631.00	$89,493.00	5/
Swaziland	$12,814.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Sweden	$3,485,602.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Switzerland	$3,926,125.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Syria	$207,273.00	$205,791.50	$0.00	$205,791.50
Tajikistan	$1,500.00	$12,862.00	$194,534.22	$207,396.22	5/
Tanzania	$1.32	$9,645.18	$0.00	$9,645.18

Thailand	$549,850.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
The Former Yug. Rep. Of Macedonia	$0.00	$12,862.00	$76,630.00	$89,492.00	5/
Togo	$0.00	$3,215.50	$168,017.13	$171,232.63	5/
Tonga	$3,215.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Trinidad and Tobago	$213,165.50	$51,448.00	$18,070.54	$69,518.54

Tunisia	$5,894.86	$90,033.68	$0.00	$90,033.68
Turkey	$1,102,071.31	$319,179.69	$0.00	$319,179.69
Turkmenistan	$0.00	$19,293.00	$368,207.00	$387,500.00	5/
Uganda	$0.00	$12,862.00	$31,028.49	$43,890.49
United Arab Emirates	$575,574.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

United Kingdom	$16,450,498.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
United States of America	$0.00	$82,387,500.00	$95,362,818.29	$177,750,318.29
Uruguay	$800.00	$154,344.00	$156,383.50	$310,727.50
Vanuatu	$0.00	$3,215.50	$0.00	$3,215.50
Venezuela	$3,218,966.94	$54,468.80	$0.00	$54,468.80

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regular Programme Contributions Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts:1/,4/	Outstanding Contributions
Member Nations:	Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Relating to 2000 Assessments	Arrears: 1999 and prior assessments3/	Total Outstanding
	$	$	$	$
Viet Nam	$150.82	$22,357.68	$0.00	$22,357.68
Yemen	$31,681.50	$473.50	$175,544.06	$176,017.56	5/
Yugoslavia	$0.00	$83,603.00	$8,321,705.00	$8,405,308.00	5/
Zambia	$0.00	$6,431.00	$30,124.42	$36,555.42
Zimbabwe	$3,191.50	$25,748.00	$0.00	$25,748.00

Total	$168,778,900.85	$160,164,098.73	$143,981,063.14	$304,145,161.87

1/US$163,385,901.27 to 2000 assessments, 5,392,999.58 to arrears.

2/ Member Nation(s) with payment(s) due or overdue under Conference authorized instalment arrangement

3/ Includes Arrears Instalments of US$65,794.32 due in 2000

4/ Includes credits due under Discount Scheme for 1999 totalling US$357,791.31.

5/ Member Nation with potential voting rights problems. Details are given in a summary at the end of this report.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Conference Authorized Arrears Instalments - Ssummary Status As at: 30 June 2000
Member Nations:	Receipts: Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Instalments
Member Nations:	Receipts: Advances from 1999 and credits to date	Due in 2000	Due in future Years	Total Oustanding

Cambodia		$30,896.00	$154,480.00	$185,376.00

Equatorial Guinea		$12,713.80	$12,713.80	$25,427.60

Gambia		$12,184.52	$60,922.62	$73,107.14

Jamaica		$10,000.00	$22,717.00	$32,717.00

	$0.00	$65,794.32	$250,833.42	$316,627.74