C-III/DEC.17

	OPCW	Conference of the States Parties
Third Session			C-III/DEC.17
16 - 20 November 1998				20 November 1998
				Original: ENGLISH

DECISION

SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR 1999

The Conference

Bearing in mind States Parties’ obligations to pay their assessed contributions in full within 30 days of the receipt of the communications informing the States Parties of their commitments, or on the first day of the financial period 1999, whichever is later, in accordance with the OPCW Financial Regulations,

Hereby:

Adopts the attached scale of assessments for 1999 without prejudice for subsequent years.


SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS OF STATES PARTIES (121) AND APPORTIONMENT OF THE
OPCW PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1999

		United Nations	Assessed contributions
		Scale
	States Parties	per cent	in NLG

1	Albania	0.003	3,262
2	Algeria	0.094	102,199
3	Argentina	1.024	1,113,322
4	Armenia	0.011	11,960
5	Australia	1.482	1,611,273
6	Austria	0.941	1,023,082
7	Bahrain	0.017	18,483
8	Bangladesh	0.010	10,872
9	Belarus	0.082	89,153
10	Belgium	1.103	1,199,213
11	Benin	0.002	2,174
12	Bolivia	0.007	7,611
13	Bosnia-Herzegovina	0.005	5,436
14	Botswana	0.010	10,872
15	Brazil	1.470	1,598,226
16	Brunei Darussalam	0.020	21,745
17	Bulgaria	0.019	20,657
18	Burkina Faso	0.002	2,174
19	Burundi	0.001	1,080
20	Cameroon	0.013	14,134
21	Canada	2.754	2,994,229
22	Chile	0.131	142,427
23	China	0.973	1,057,874
24	Cook Islands	0.001	1,080
25	Costa Rica	0.016	17,396
26	Cote d'Ivoire	0.009	9,785
27	Croatia	0.036	39,140
28	Cuba	0.026	28,268
29	Cyprus	0.034	36,966
30	Czech Republic	0.121	131,555
31	Denmark	0.691	751,275
32	Ecuador	0.020	21,745
33	El Salvador	0.012	13,047
34	Equatorial Guinea	0.001	1,080
35	Ethiopia	0.006	6,523
36	Fiji	0.004	4,349
37	Finland	0.542	589,278
38	France	6.540	7,110,477
39	Gambia	0.001	1,080
40	Georgia	0.019	20,657
41	Germany	9.808	10,663,540
42	Ghana	0.007	7,611
43	Greece	0.351	381,617
44	Guinea	0.003	3,262
45	Guyana	0.001	1,080
46	Hungary	0.120	130,467
47	Iceland	0.032	34,791
48	India	0.299	325,081
49	Indonesia	0.184	200,050
50	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.193	209,835
51	Ireland	0.224	243,539
52	Italy	5.432	5,905,827
53	Japan	19.984	21,727,179
54	Jordan	0.006	6,523
55	Kenya	0.007	7,611
56	Kuwait	0.134	145,689
57	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.001	1,080
58	Latvia	0.024	26,093
59	Lesotho	0.002	2,174
60	Lithuania	0.022	23,919
61	Luxembourg	0.068	73,932
62	Malawi	0.002	2,174
63	Maldives	0.001	1,080
64	Mali	0.002	2,174
65	Malta	0.014	15,221
66	Mauritania	0.001	1,080
67	Mauritius	0.009	9,785
68	Mexico	0.980	1,065,484
69	Monaco	0.004	4,349
70	Mongolia	0.002	2,174
71	Morocco	0.041	44,576
72	Namibia	0.007	7,611
73	Nepal	0.004	4,349
74	Netherlands	1.631	1,773,271
75	New Zealand	0.221	240,278
76	Niger	0.002	2,174
77	Norway	0.610	663,210
78	Oman	0.051	55,449
79	Pakistan	0.059	64,146
80	Panama	0.013	14,134
81	Papua New Guinea	0.007	7,611
82	Paraguay	0.014	15,221
83	Peru	0.095	103,287
84	Philippines	0.080	86,978
85	Poland	0.207	225,056
86	Portugal	0.417	453,374
87	Qatar	0.033	35,879
88	Republic of Korea	0.994	1,080,705
89	Republic of Moldova	0.018	19,570
90	Romania	0.067	72,844
91	Russian Federation	1.487	1,616,709
92	Saint Lucia	0.001	1,080
93	Saudi Arabia	0.569	618,633
94	Senegal	0.006	6,523
95	Seychelles	0.002	2,174
96	Singapore	0.176	191,352
97	Slovak Republic	0.039	42,402
98	Slovenia	0.061	66,321
99	South Africa	0.366	397,926
100	Spain	2.589	2,814,836
101	Sri Lanka	0.012	13,047
102	Suriname	0.004	4,349
103	Swaziland	0.002	2,174
104	Sweden	1.084	1,178,556
105	Switzerland	1.215	1,320,983
106	Tajikistan	0.005	5,436
	The former Yugoslav Republic
107	of Macedonia	0.004	4,349
108	Togo	0.001	1,080
109	Trinidad & Tobago	0.017	18,483
110	Tunisia	0.028	30,442
111	Turkey	0.440	478,381
112	Turkmenistan	0.008	8,698
113	Ukraine	0.302	328,343
	United Kingdom of Great
114	Britain and Northern Ireland	5.090	5,533,995
115	United Republic of Tanzania	0.003	3,262
116	United States of America	25.000	27,010,001
117	Uruguay	0.048	52,187
118	Uzbekistan	0.037	40,227
119	Venezuela	0.176	191,352
120	Viet Nam	0.007	7,611
121	Zimbabwe	0.009	9,785

		99.529	108,040,000

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