A/RES/79/249 GA

United Nations A/RES/79/249 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 December 2024 24-24688 (E) *2424688* Seventy-ninth session Agenda item 143 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2024 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/79/390/Add.1, para. 13)] 79/249. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions and decisions on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, including its resolutions 55/5 B and C of 23 December 2000, 57/4 B of 20 December 2002, 58/1 B of 23 December 2003, 61/237 of 22 December 2006, 64/248 of 24 December 2009, 67/238 of 24 December 2012, 70/245 of 23 December 2015, 73/271 of 22 December 2018 and 76/238 of 24 December 2021 and its decision 68/548 of 27 December 2013, Reaffirming Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 160 of its rules of procedure, Recalling paragraphs 5 and 6 of its resolution 58/1 B, Having considered the report of the Committee on Contributions on its eighty- fourth session1 and the report of the Secretary-General on multi-year payment plans,2 1. Takes note of the report of the Committee on Contributions on its eighty- fourth session; 2. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on multi-year payment plans; 3. Reaffirms that the determination of the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations shall remain the prerogative of the General Assembly; __________________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-ninth Session, Supplement No. 11 and addendum (A/79/11 and A/79/11/Add.1). 2 A/79/69. A/RES/79/249 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations 24-24688 2/8 4. Also reaffirms the fundamental principle that the expenses of the Organization shall be apportioned broadly according to capacity to pay; 5. Further reaffirms the obligation of all Member States to bear the expenses of the United Nations, as apportioned by the General Assembly, in conformity with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations; 6. Reaffirms that the Committee on Contributions as a technical body is required to prepare the scale of assessments strictly on the basis of reliable, verifiable and comparable data; 7. Decides that the scale of assessments for the period from 2025 to 2027 shall be based on the following elements and criteria: (a) Estimates of gross national income; (b) Average statistical base periods of three and six years; (c) Conversion rates based on market exchange rates, except where that would cause excessive fluctuations and distortions in the income of some Member States, when price-adjusted rates of exchange or other appropriate conversion rates should be employed, taking due account of its resolution 46/221 B of 20 December 1991; (d) The debt-burden approach employed in the scale of assessments for the period from 2022 to 2024; (e) A low per capita income adjustment of 80 per cent, with a threshold per capita income limit of the average per capita gross national income of all Member States for the statistical base periods; (f) A minimum assessment rate of 0.001 per cent; (g) A maximum assessment rate for the least developed countries of 0.01 per cent; (h) A maximum assessment rate of 22 per cent; 8. Recognizes that the current methodology can be enhanced, bearing in mind the principle of capacity to pay; 9. Requests the Committee on Contributions, in accordance with its mandate and the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to review and make recommendations on the elements of the methodology of the scale of assessments in order to reflect the capacity of Member States to pay, and to report thereon to the Assembly by the main part of its eighty-second session; 10. Encourages Member States to submit national accounts data under the 2008 System of National Accounts on a timely basis; 11. Supports the efforts of the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat in supporting statistics at the national level and in providing support to countries and regional organizations to enhance coordination, advocacy and resources for the implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts; 12. Resolves that the scale of assessments for the contributions of Member States to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2025, 2026 and 2027 shall be as follows: Member State Percentage Afghanistan 0.005 Albania 0.010 Algeria 0.087 Andorra 0.004 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations A/RES/79/249 3/8 24-24688 Member State Percentage Angola 0.010 Antigua and Barbuda 0.002 Argentina 0.490 Armenia 0.007 Australia 2.040 Austria 0.626 Azerbaijan 0.034 Bahamas 0.015 Bahrain 0.050 Bangladesh 0.010 Barbados 0.007 Belarus 0.043 Belgium 0.773 Belize 0.001 Benin 0.005 Bhutan 0.001 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.018 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.014 Botswana 0.013 Brazil 1.411 Brunei Darussalam 0.019 Bulgaria 0.071 Burkina Faso 0.005 Burundi 0.001 Cabo Verde 0.001 Cambodia 0.008 Cameroon 0.014 Canada 2.543 Central African Republic 0.001 Chad 0.005 Chile 0.374 China 20.004 Colombia 0.197 Comoros 0.001 Congo 0.005 Costa Rica 0.063 Côte d’Ivoire 0.024 Croatia 0.088 Cuba 0.122 Cyprus 0.035 Czechia 0.344 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 0.005 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.010 Denmark 0.531 A/RES/79/249 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations 24-24688 4/8 Member State Percentage Djibouti 0.002 Dominica 0.001 Dominican Republic 0.069 Ecuador 0.065 Egypt 0.182 El Salvador 0.013 Equatorial Guinea 0.008 Eritrea 0.001 Estonia 0.045 Eswatini 0.002 Ethiopia 0.010 Fiji 0.003 Finland 0.386 France 3.858 Gabon 0.011 Gambia 0.001 Georgia 0.009 Germany 5.692 Ghana 0.025 Greece 0.280 Grenada 0.001 Guatemala 0.046 Guinea 0.004 Guinea-Bissau 0.001 Guyana 0.011 Haiti 0.006 Honduras 0.010 Hungary 0.223 Iceland 0.035 India 1.106 Indonesia 0.579 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.386 Iraq 0.131 Ireland 0.472 Israel 0.609 Italy 2.813 Jamaica 0.007 Japan 6.930 Jordan 0.021 Kazakhstan 0.131 Kenya 0.037 Kiribati 0.001 Kuwait 0.222 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations A/RES/79/249 5/8 24-24688 Member State Percentage Kyrgyzstan 0.003 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.006 Latvia 0.050 Lebanon 0.022 Lesotho 0.001 Liberia 0.001 Libya 0.040 Liechtenstein 0.009 Lithuania 0.081 Luxembourg 0.073 Madagascar 0.004 Malawi 0.003 Malaysia 0.326 Maldives 0.004 Mali 0.005 Malta 0.020 Marshall Islands 0.001 Mauritania 0.003 Mauritius 0.010 Mexico 1.137 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.001 Monaco 0.011 Mongolia 0.004 Montenegro 0.004 Morocco 0.059 Mozambique 0.002 Myanmar 0.010 Namibia 0.007 Nauru 0.001 Nepal 0.010 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.298 New Zealand 0.302 Nicaragua 0.004 Niger 0.004 Nigeria 0.150 North Macedonia 0.008 Norway 0.653 Oman 0.115 Pakistan 0.123 Palau 0.001 Panama 0.086 Papua New Guinea 0.009 Paraguay 0.023 A/RES/79/249 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations 24-24688 6/8 Member State Percentage Peru 0.145 Philippines 0.198 Poland 0.831 Portugal 0.328 Qatar 0.245 Republic of Korea 2.349 Republic of Moldova 0.006 Romania 0.358 Russian Federation 2.094 Rwanda 0.003 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.001 Saint Lucia 0.002 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.001 Samoa 0.001 San Marino 0.002 Sao Tome and Principe 0.001 Saudi Arabia 1.217 Senegal 0.007 Serbia 0.040 Seychelles 0.002 Sierra Leone 0.001 Singapore 0.479 Slovakia 0.149 Slovenia 0.077 Solomon Islands 0.001 Somalia 0.002 South Africa 0.251 South Sudan 0.005 Spain 1.895 Sri Lanka 0.038 Sudan 0.008 Suriname 0.002 Sweden 0.822 Switzerland 1.029 Syrian Arab Republic 0.006 Tajikistan 0.003 Thailand 0.341 Timor-Leste 0.001 Togo 0.002 Tonga 0.001 Trinidad and Tobago 0.033 Tunisia 0.018 Türkiye 0.685 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations A/RES/79/249 7/8 24-24688 Member State Percentage Turkmenistan 0.036 Tuvalu 0.001 Uganda 0.010 Ukraine 0.074 United Arab Emirates 0.574 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.991 United Republic of Tanzania 0.010 United States of America 22.000 Uruguay 0.079 Uzbekistan 0.024 Vanuatu 0.001 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.069 Viet Nam 0.159 Yemen 0.003 Zambia 0.006 Zimbabwe 0.007 13. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on multi-year payment plans and the related conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Contributions; 14. Reaffirms paragraph 1 of its resolution 57/4 B; 15. Urges all Member States to pay their assessed contributions in full, on time and without imposing conditions; 16. Urges all Member States currently in arrears to settle those arrears promptly and in full; 17. Encourages Member States in arrears with their assessed contributions to the United Nations to consider submitting multi-year payment plans; 18. Resolves that: (a) Notwithstanding the terms of financial regulation 3.10 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, 3 the Secretary-General shall be empowered to accept, at his discretion and after consultation with the Chair of the Committee on Contributions, a portion of the contributions of Member States for the calendar years 2025, 2026 and 2027 in currencies other than the United States dollar; (b) In accordance with financial regulation 3.9, the Holy See, which is not a member of the United Nations but which participates in certain of its activities, shall be called upon to contribute towards the expenses of the Organization for 2025, 2026 and 2027 on the basis of a notional assessment rate of 0.001 per cent, which represents the basis for the calculation of the flat annual fees to be charged to the Holy See in accordance with General Assembly resolution 44/197 B of 21 December 1989; (c) In accordance with financial regulation 3.9, the State of Palestine, which is not a member of the United Nations but which participates in certain of its activities, shall be called upon to contribute towards the expenses of the Organization for 2025, 2026 and 2027 on the basis of a notional assessment rate of 0.011 per cent, __________________ 3 ST/SGB/2013/4 and ST/SGB/2013/4/Amend.1. A/RES/79/249 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations 24-24688 8/8 which represents the basis for the calculation of the flat annual fees to be charged to the State of Palestine in accordance with its resolution 44/197 B. 55th (resumed) plenary meeting 24 December 2024

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