FC 93/12





FINANCE COMMITTEE



Ninety-third Session

Rome, 13 - 17 September 1999

SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 2000-2001

1. The Report of the Hundred and Sixteenth Session of the Council, Rome 14-19 June 1999, in connection with the Scale of Contributions to be adopted for the forthcoming 2000-2001 biennium noted the following:

...The Council noted that the largest contributor intended to negotiate the reduction of the "ceiling rate", (the maximum rate of contribution) with the UN Committee on Contributions in New York, from the current twenty-five percent to twenty-two percent. The largest contributor informed the Council that, since the UN Scale for the period 2001-2003 would not be adopted until after the FAO Conference, it would request that the Conference Resolution be amended to allow for the modification of the scale for the year 2001. The Council noted that a similar amendment had been adopted by the Conference in 1997.

Concern was expressed over the possible effects of the reduction of the "ceiling rate". The Secretariat advised that a document showing a revised scale taking into account this change, would be presented to the Finance Committee at its September 1999 Session...

2. This paper is provided for the information of the Committee in accordance with the above. In the absence of more specific data, the theoretical scale attached has been calculated by pro-rating the assessment rates of the United Nations Scale of Assessments for the calendar year 2000 and can, therefore, only be considered as indicative.

Proposed Scale of Contributions 2000-2001 with the "Ceiling Rate" reduced to 22 percent

(2000-2001 Scale with "Ceiling Rate" at 25 percent shown for comparative purposes)


Member Nations		 Proposed Scale a/
2000-01		 Proposed Scale b/
2000-01
Afghanistan 0.003%   0.003%
Albania 0.003%   0.003%
Algeria 0.090%   0.086%
Angola 0.010%   0.010%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.002%   0.002%
       
Argentina 1.153%   1.108%
Armenia 0.006%   0.006%
Australia 1.551%   1.490%
Austria 0.985%   0.946%
Azerbaijan 0.012%   0.011%
       
Bahamas 0.016%   0.015%
Bahrain 0.018%   0.017%
Bangladesh 0.010%   0.010%
Barbados 0.008%   0.008%
Belgium 1.154%   1.109%
       
Belize 0.001%   0.001%
Benin 0.002%   0.002%
Bhutan 0.001%   0.001%
Bolivia 0.007%   0.007%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.005%   0.005%
       
Botswana 0.010%   0.010%
Brazil 1.538%   1.478%
Bulgaria 0.012%   0.011%
Burkina Faso 0.002%   0.002%
Burundi 0.001%   0.001%
       
Cambodia 0.001%   0.001%
Cameroon 0.014%   0.013%
Canada 2.856%   2.745%
Cape Verde 0.002%   0.002%
Central African Republic 0.001%   0.001%
       
Chad 0.001%   0.001%
Chile 0.142%   0.137%
China 1.040%   1.000%
Colombia 0.114%   0.110%
Comoros 0.001%   0.001%
       
Congo 0.003%   0.003%
Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.007%   0.007%
Cook Islands c/ 0.001%   0.001%
Costa Rica 0.017%   0.016%
Cote d'Ivoire 0.009%   0.009%
       
Croatia 0.031%   0.030%
Cuba 0.025%   0.024%
Cyprus 0.036%   0.034%
Czech Republic 0.112%   0.108%
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.016%   0.015%
       
Denmark 0.724%   0.695%
Djibouti 0.001%   0.001%
Dominica 0.001%   0.001%
Dominican Republic 0.016%   0.015%
Ecuador 0.021%   0.020%
       
Egypt 0.068%   0.065%
El Salvador 0.013%   0.012%
Equatorial Guinea 0.001%   0.001%
Eritrea 0.001%   0.001%
Estonia 0.013%   0.012%
       
Ethiopia 0.006%   0.006%
Fiji 0.004%   0.004%
Finland 0.568%   0.546%
France 6.843%   6.576%
Gabon 0.016%   0.015%
       
Gambia 0.001%   0.001%
Georgia 0.007%   0.007%
Germany 10.306%   9.903%
Ghana 0.007%   0.007%
Greece 0.367%   0.353%
       
Grenada 0.001%   0.001%
Guatemala 0.019%   0.018%
Guinea 0.003%   0.003%
Guinea-Bissau 0.001%   0.001%
Guyana 0.001%   0.001%
       
Haiti 0.002%   0.002%
Honduras 0.003%   0.003%
Hungary 0.126%   0.121%
Iceland 0.034%   0.032%
India 0.313%   0.300%
       
Indonesia 0.197%   0.189%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.168%   0.162%
Iraq 0.034%   0.032%
Ireland 0.234%   0.225%
Israel 0.366%   0.352%
       
Italy 5.685%   5.463%
Jamaica 0.006%   0.006%
Japan 21.510%   20.670%
Jordan 0.006%   0.006%
Kazakhstan 0.050%   0.048%
       
Kenya 0.007%   0.007%
Korea, Republic of 1.052%   1.011%
Kuwait 0.134%   0.129%
Kyrgyz Republic 0.006%   0.006%
Lao 0.001%   0.001%
       
Latvia 0.018%   0.017%
Lebanon 0.017%   0.016%
Lesotho 0.002%   0.002%
Liberia 0.002%   0.002%
Libya 0.130%   0.125%
       
Lithuania 0.016%   0.015%
Luxembourg 0.071%   0.068%
Madagascar 0.003%   0.003%
Malawi 0.002%   0.002%
Malaysia 0.191%   0.184%
       
Maldives 0.001%   0.001%
Mali 0.002%   0.002%
Malta 0.015%   0.014%
Mauritania 0.001%   0.001%
Mauritius 0.009%   0.009%
       
Mexico 1.040%   1.000%
Moldova 0.010%   0.010%
Mongolia 0.002%   0.002%
Morocco 0.043%   0.041%
Mozambique 0.001%   0.001%
       
Myanmar 0.008%   0.008%
Namibia 0.007%   0.007%
Nepal 0.004%   0.004%
Netherlands 1.706%   1.640%
New Zealand 0.231%   0.222%
Nicaragua 0.001%   0.001%
Niger 0.002%   0.002%
Nigeria 0.034%   0.032%
Norway 0.638%   0.613%
Oman 0.053%   0.051%
       
Pakistan 0.062%   0.059%
Panama 0.014%   0.013%
Papua New Guinea 0.007%   0.007%
Paraguay 0.015%   0.014%
Peru 0.104%   0.100%
       
Philippines 0.085%   0.081%
Poland 0.205%   0.197%
Portugal 0.451%   0.433%
Qatar 0.035%   0.033%
Romania 0.059%   0.056%
       
Rwanda 0.001%   0.001%
St Kitts and Nevis 0.001%   0.001%
Saint Lucia 0.001%   0.001%
St Vincent & Grenadines 0.001%   0.001%
Samoa 0.001%   0.001%
       
Sao Tome and Principe 0.001%   0.001%
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 0.588%   0.565%
Senegal 0.006%   0.006%
Seychelles 0.002%   0.002%
Sierra Leone 0.001%   0.001%
       
Slovakia 0.037%   0.035%
Slovenia 0.064%   0.061%
Solomon Islands 0.001%   0.001%
Somalia 0.001%   0.001%
South Africa 0.383%   0.368%
       
Spain 2.709%   2.603%
Sri Lanka 0.013%   0.012%
Sudan 0.007%   0.007%
Suriname 0.004%   0.004%
Swaziland 0.002%   0.002%
       
Sweden 1.128%   1.084%
Switzerland d/ 1.222%   1.221%
Syria 0.067%   0.064%
Tajikistan 0.004%   0.004%
Tanzania 0.003%   0.003%
       
Thailand 0.178%   0.171%
The Former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia 0.004%   0.004%
Togo 0.001%   0.001%
Tonga d/ 0.001%   0.001%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.017%   0.016%
       
Tunisia 0.029%   0.028%
Turkey 0.460%   0.442%
Turkmenistan 0.006%   0.006%
Uganda 0.004%   0.004%
United Arab Emirates 0.186%   0.179%
       
United Kingdom 5.324%   5.116%
United States of America 22.000%   25.000%
Uruguay 0.050%   0.048%
Vanuatu 0.001%   0.001%
Venezuela 0.167%   0.161%
       
Viet Nam 0.007%   0.007%
Yemen 0.010%   0.010%
Yugoslavia 0.027%   0.026%
Zambia 0.002%   0.002%
Zimbabwe 0.009%   0.009%
  100.00%   100.00%
 
a/ Derived directly from the UN Scale of Assessments for 2000 as adopted by General Assembly Resolution 52/215 of 22 December 1997 and adjusted pro-rata to accommodate a "ceiling rate" of 22 percent.

b/ Derived directly from the UN Scale of Assessments for 1999 as adopted by General Assembly Resolution 52/215 of 22 December 1997.

c/ The Secretariat of the UN Committee on Contributions advised that the "theoretical probable" rate of this member of FAO, which is not a member of the UN, would be the minimum rate, i.e. 0.001 percent

d/ The contribution rates of these two members of FAO which are not members of the United Nations, are derived from the percentages at which they are called upon by the UN to contribute to certain UN activities.