Resolution
A.967(24)
ARREARS OF CONTRIBUTIONS
(Adopted on 1 December 2005)
THE
ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING
Article 55(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
which provides that the Assembly "shall apportion the expenses of the
Organization in accordance with a scale to be fixed by it after consideration
of the proposals of the Council thereon",
RECALLING
ALSO Article 56 of the Convention stating that "any Member which fails to
discharge its financial obligation to the Organization within one year from the
date on which it is due, shall have no vote in the Assembly, the Council, the
Maritime Safety Committee, the Legal Committee, the Marine Environment
Protection Committee or the Technical Co-operation Committee unless the
Assembly, at its discretion, waives this provision",
RECALLING
ALSO the provision of Rule 56bis of the Rules of Procedure of the
Assembly, under which "any Member wishing to request a waiver of the
provision of Article 56 in respect of itself shall submit a written application
to the Secretary-General giving reasons therefor, with a payment schedule
indicating the time scale over which arrears will be paid",
RECALLING
ALSO the provision of Rule 56ter of the Rules of Procedure of the
Assembly which states that any Member seeking election to the Council shall
have discharged its financial obligations to the Organization or shall have
committed itself to a schedule submitted to the Secretary-General so to do,
RECALLING
FURTHER Regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the Organization, under
which contributions are considered as due and payable in full within thirty
days of receipt of the notice of assessment issued by the Secretary-General, or
as of the first day of the calendar year to which they relate, whichever is the
later,
RECALLING
FURTHER the introduction of the Contribution Incentive Scheme, established in
1988 by resolution A.629(15) to encourage early payment of contributions in
accordance with the Financial Regulations by providing for the Organization’s
interest earnings on contributions to be distributed to Member States in
accordance with an agreed formula,