TWENTY-FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION OEA/Ser.P
November 12, 1998 AG/doc.13 (XXV-E/98)
Washington, D.C. 9 December 1998
Original: Spanish

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

(Revised by the Style Committee on December 8, 1998)

AG/RES. 1 (XXV-E/98)

THE PROGRAM-BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR 1999
QUOTAS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUNTARY FUND FOR 1999

(Resolution adopted at the first plenary session,
held on November 12, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN:

The proposed program-budget of the Organization for fiscal year 1999, submitted by the Secretary General (AG/CP/doc.599/98); and

The proposed program-budget 1999 revised, CP/doc.3094/98, and the report of the Preparatory Committee on the proposed program-budget of the Organization for 1999 [AG/doc. 11 (XXV-E/98)]; and

CONSIDERING:

That in accordance with Articles 54 and 55 of the Charter, the General Assembly approves the Program-Budget of the Organization and establishes the bases for fixing the quota that each Government is to contribute to the maintenance of the Organization, taking into account the ability to pay of the respective countries and their determination to contribute in an equitable manner;

That the Organization has defined its political priorities which must be addressed, within the limits of its available resources;

That it is necessary to establish a maximum number of posts and positions in the Organization for a two-year period;

That the need to modify the distribution of posts is urgent so that the General Secretariat will have a pyramid of posts that enables it to carry out the mandates entrusted to it under Articles 107 and 111 of the Charter by the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and the Councils, for the purpose of promoting economic, social, legal, educational, scientific and cultural relations among all the Member States of the Organization, with special emphasis on cooperation for the elimination of extreme poverty;

That significant savings may be realized by reducing the General Secretariat’s travel costs;

That in order to reflect the will of the Member States, Articles 28, 72, 79, 96, and 98 of the General Standards for the Operation of the General Secretariat should be modified;

That the Program-Budget of the Organization for the year 2000 should incorporate a new presentation that ensures transparency and the availability of information based on the mandates and corresponding programs approved by the General Assembly; and

That, pursuant to Article 60.b of the Charter, the Preparatory Committee transmitted to the General Assembly a working document on the proposed program-budget of the Organization for 1999;

CONCERNED:

About the failure of some member states to pay their quotas in full and on a timely basis;

About the significant and continuing real decrease in the expenditure budget, coupled with increases in fixed costs due to inflation, among other factors, which have resulted in a significant decline in available resources for political mandates;

About the significant and continuing decline in the amount of support obtained for OAS technical cooperation and development programs in recent years that threatens to retard progress in achieving the objectives underlying the creation of CIDI; and

About the Organization’s urgent need for greater financial resources to comply with its political mandates,

RESOLVES:

I. BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS

1. To approve and authorize–with the changes and observations made by the Permanent Council–the program-budget of the Organization for the fiscal period starting January 1 through December 31, 1999, financed by the following funds at the corresponding levels:

	1999 (US $1000)
Regular Fund	78,000.0
Voluntary Fund	10,060.1

for a total appropriation of US$88,060,100, except with respect to programs relating to personnel and other contractual obligations to which reference is made in the General Provisions of this resolution.

2. To approve the specific levels of appropriation by chapter, program, and subprogram with the recommendations, instructions, or mandates as detailed below:

				1999 (US $1,000)
CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER ORGANS				11,841.5
10A	General Assembly (twenty-ninth regular session) Administrative Tribunal sessions			180.6
10B				79.9
10D	Board of External Auditors			164.0
10E	Secretariat of the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation and the Permanent Council			1,057.2
10G	Secretariat of Conferences and Meetings			4,877.4
10H	Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission			183.1
10K	Meetings of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development			144.4
10L	Regional and subregional programming meetings			77.9
10N	Non-permanent Specialized Committees			137.9
10O	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights			2,998.1
10P	Inter-American Juridical Committee			446.9
10Q	Inter-American Court of Human Rights			1,114.9
10V	Inter-American Committees			83.0
10W	Programmed OAS conferences			296.2
CHAPTER 2 – SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES				5,530.0
20A	Inter-American Defense Board			2,159.2
20B	Inter-American Children’s Institute			1,580.5
20C	Inter-American Commission of Women			935.7
20D	Pan American Development Foundation			173.5
20J	Inter-American Telecommunication Commission			681.1
CHAPTER 3 – EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT				9,235.3
30A	Office of the Secretary General			2,148.9
30B	Office of the Assistant Secretary General			961.0
30C	Department of Public Information/			1,976.9
30D	Department of Legal Services			856.8
30E	Office of the Inspector General			691.1
30F	Museum of Art of the Americas			499.9
30G	Columbus Memorial Library			989.4
30H	Protocol Office			441.9
30I	Official Functions			53.3
30J	Department of External Relations			414.6
30K	Office of Summit Follow-up			201.5
CHAPTER 4 – UNITS AND SPECIALIZED OFFICES				21,363.5
40A	Trade Unit			1,735.5
40B	Foreign Trade Information System (SICE)			425.4
41C	Unit for the Promotion of Democracy			3,501.4
42D	Intersectoral Tourism Unit and Caribbean Tourism Organization			720.4
43A	Executive Office of CICAD			1,629.8
44E	Unit for Environment and Sustainable Development			1,418.5
46F	Unit for Social Development and Education			1,379.0
47G	Office of Cultural Affairs			564.8
48H	Office of Science and Technology			934.0
49M	Department of Fellowships			9,054.7
CHAPTER 5 – EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT				2,753.3
55A	Office of the Executive Secretary for Integral Development			645.7
56A	Division of Operations and Technical Support Services			750.2
57A	Division of Planning and Evaluation			884.1
58A	Division of Program and Project Coordination			473.3
59X	CIDI’s Unprogrammed Activities			0.0
CHAPTER 6 – OFFICES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT IN THE MEMBER STATES				6,641.1
60G	Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States			6,641.1
CHAPTER 7 – SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS				1,947.8
70A	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs			401.3
70B	Department of International Law			939.4
70G	Secretariat of the Administrative Tribunal			189.6
70H	Department of Legal Cooperation and Information			417.5
CHAPTER 8 – SECRETARIAT FOR MANAGEMENT				9,632.9
80M	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management			318.3
80N	Department of Financial Services			2,096.9
80P	Department of Program-Budget			1,114.4
80Q	Department of Material Resources			2,833.0
80R	Department of Human Resources			1,560.2
80S	Department of Management Systems and Information			1,710.1
CHAPTER 9 – COMMON SERVICES				9,054.6
90B	Computer equipment and supplies			411.5
90C	Equipment and supplies			135.4
90D	Building management and maintenance			4,517.5
90E	General insurance			250.5
90F	Post audits			125.0
90G	Recruitments and transfers			168.8
90H	Terminations and repatriations			976.4
90I	Home leave			192.6
90J	Education and language allowance, medical examinations			127.0
90K	Pension for retired executives and health and life Insurance for retired employees			1,801.6
90L	Human resources development			121.4
90M	Contribution to the Staff Association/			10.0
90Q	Management systems			216.9

II. FINANCING OF THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS

1. To set the quotas with which the governments of the member states will finance the 1999 program-budget of the Organization corresponding to the Regular Fund, in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 1073 (XX-O/90) and the decision of January 19, 1955, (doc.C-I-269) on income tax reimbursements, using the scale and amounts shown in Table B.

2. To finance the 1999 budget of the Regular Fund with the quotas of the member states, estimated interest income, rental income from space in the General Secretariat Building, and administrative and technical support contributions from the voluntary and specific funds, and all other miscellaneous income.

3. To authorize contributions for the voluntary fund portion of the program-budget of the Organization at the level approved for programming in 1999 by CEPCIDI for execution in 2000.

III. GENERAL PROVISIONS

A. BUDGETARY

1. Personnel

•  To set for a period of two years (1999-2000) the ceiling on the number of posts financed by the program-budget of the Organization at 587.

• To urge the Secretary General to observe the limit of 50% for personnel costs in objects 1 and 2 of the total of the Regular Fund and voluntary fund appropriations.
• To instruct the Secretary General to ensure that, in executing the budget, early separations, transfers, and reassignment of personnel are carried out in such a manner as to not adversely affect the approved programs.
• To instruct the Secretary General to present a study on the distribution of personnel across all levels and to present recommendations to be adopted by the twenty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly on restructuring this distribution with a view to building a workforce more appropriate to the changing needs of the Organization, and to establishing an appropriate personnel policy, taking into account geographical representation in accordance with Article 120 of the Charter. Such a study should include a breakdown of the age distribution, the category, the length of service, qualifications and nationality (among other criteria) of all staff, the impact of freezing posts made vacant through retirement, and the ratio of junior to senior staff.

2. Travel

To instruct the General Secretariat to reduce travel costs by following these guidelines:

1. Whenever possible reserve airline tickets at least 28 days in advance to ensure the lowest possible fares;

b. Establish an organization-wide system to ensure that benefits accrued from travel including air miles, vouchers and other benefits, are used only to reduce the Organization’s travel budget;

The General Secretariat shall inform the Permanent Council on the implementation of this provision by February 15, 1999.

3. Fellowships

To authorize any unused or deobligated funds at the end of the fiscal year from the original appropriation to the Fellowship Program, Object 3, to be deposited into the Capital Fund that will be set up pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 1460 (XXVII-O/97), on fellowship and training programs.

4. Secondment of staff members to other international organizations or government entities and Modification of Article 28 of the General Standards

For the purpose of regularizing the provisions governing secondment of staff members as repeated in the program-budgetary resolutions for the past few years, Article 28 of the General Standards should be modified by adding the text in italics below:

Article 28. Provision of services and acceptance of benefits. No staff member shall render services to any government or entity under conditions other than those specifically approved by the Secretary General. No staff member may accept a decoration from any government. Neither may he accept honors, awards, remuneration, favors, or gifts when, in the opinion of the Secretary General, this is incompatible with his status as an international civil servant or with the interests of the Organization. No staff member shall be seconded to another international organization, governmental agency, or other entity unless the entity to which the staff member is seconded first agrees to reimburse the full cost of salary and benefits of the staff member as well as any other expenses incurred by the General Secretariat in relation to the secondment.

5. Conference language services and Modification of Article 96 of the General Standards

In order to regularize the provisions governing the contracting of conference language services as repeated in the program-budget resolutions of the past few years, Article 96 of the General Standards should be modified by adding the text in italics below:

Article 96. Purchase of equipment, supplies, and conference language services

The purchasing of equipment, office furniture, and specific supplies and general supplies, as well as the contracting of printing services, shall be done by competitive methods.

The Secretary General may make exceptions for purchases in amounts of less than US$30,000 in those cases in which he considers those methods are not beneficial to the interest of the Organization.

The Secretary General may make exceptions to the use of competitive methods when the amount of the purchase is US$30,000 or more only in emergencies, such as disaster relief, emergency repairs, and other measures urgently needed to protect life or property.

The Secretary General shall inform the Permanent Council within thirty days of all purchases in the amount of US$30,000 or more in which competitive methods were not used, and the reasons therefore.

The General Secretariat shall give preference to contracting interpreters and translators locally, insofar as possible, when selecting such personnel for conferences away from headquarters, provided they meet the necessary established requirements.

All purchases will be subject to post-audit by the Office of the Inspector General.

6. Américas Magazine

a. To instruct the General Secretariat to use any contribution it receives to produce the magazine in the four official languages of the Organization, as a matter of priority.

b. To instruct the General Secretariat to give prior approval for all the magazine’s activities that require use of the franking privilege;

c. To instruct the General Secretariat to report all proceeds from the sale of the magazine during 1999 as income of the Organization and to include it in the proposed program-budget;

d. To determine that the editorial policy of the magazine shall be established by its Editorial Board, which shall ensure that the magazine, as an official publication of the OAS, gives particular attention to promoting the activities of the Organization, as outlined in Article 111 of the Charter.

7. Center for the Study of Democracy

To authorize an amount of up to $190,000 from the 1998 lapsed appropriation to the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy for possible co-financing with the Inter-American Development Bank of a Center for the Study of Democracy. Should the Center not be established by June 30, 1999, the Permanent Council shall decide on the use of those funds, giving priority to programs for strengthening democratic institutions in the Member States.

8. Official functions

To recommend that the entire amount allocated to the Permanent Council under subprogram 30I be distributed in four equal parts for use in each quarter of the year, with necessary flexibility to respond to the requirements of the Permanent Council in order to guarantee that the Chair of the Permanent Council can carry out the representational functions of that office.

9. General Assembly

To reiterate to the General Secretariat the instruction to prepare by February 15, 1999 for the Permanent Council’s review an analysis of the costs of the General Assembly over the past five years. This analysis should indicate, by object of expenditure, which costs were paid for by the OAS and which by the host country, as well as the staff employed and the functions performed.

10. Foundations

To instruct the General Secretariat to request by February 15, 1999 audited financial statements from all foundations to which the OAS makes financial contributions and/or has signed an agreement and submit them to the Board of External Auditors for their consideration.

11. Modification to Article 98 of the General Standards

For the purpose of ensuring greater accountability and transparency in the transfer of Regular Fund resources between Chapters of the program-budget, Article 98 of the General Standards shall be modified in its entirety as follows:

Article 98. Transfers Between Chapters. For any fiscal period, the Secretary General has the authority to transfer Regular Fund resources from one Chapter of the Program-Budget to another, subject to the following conditions:

1. Transfers that do not exceed five percent of the total Regular Fund resources approved for the Chapter from which those resources are withdrawn or do not involve substantial alteration of any approved program do not require prior approval of the Permanent Council.
2. For each transfer made under the preceding Section "a," the Secretary General shall submit a Special Report in writing to the Permanent Council within fifteen days following the date of the transfer. That Report shall justify the transfer on the basis of the current mandates which warrant it. Failure to submit that Report by the close of the fifteen-day period will immediately extinguish the Secretary General’s authority to make such transfers for the remainder of the fiscal period without the Permanent Council’s prior approval.
3. Transfers which exceed the five percent limit established in Section "a" of this Article or which would result in either the elimination or substantial alteration of any approved program require the prior approval of the Permanent Council.

12. Modification to Article 72 of the General Standards

Modify in its entirety Article 72 of the General Standards:

Article 72. Bank deposits and interest. The Secretary General shall designate the Banking institutions in which the funds of the Organization shall be deposited. Interest received on such funds shall be considered as income of the corresponding fund; however, for each Specific fund which is not governed by a donor agreement dictating how interest on the fund shall be credited, all such interest shall be credited to the corresponding fund (i.e. Regular Fund or FEMCIDI), for use in the administration of specific funds. The Annual Financial Report of the General Secretariat to the Permanent Council shall state how the interest from each Specific Fund has been credited.

13. Conference Services

To instruct the General Secretariat to ensure that the resources assigned to the activities included in subprogram 10G Secretariat of Conferences and Meetings provide equitable services in support of all the bodies of the OAS, in accordance with resolution CP/RES. 718 (1150/98).

14. Modification of Article 79 of the General Standards

In order to assure greater transparency and simplicity in the preparation and administration of future program-budgets, Section "a" of Article 79 of the General Standards is hereby modified as follows:

Article 79. Objects of expenditure. The proposed program-budget, beginning with the proposed budget for the year 2000, shall also be presented in accordance with the following objects of expenditure:

Personnel

Object 1.

1. Recurring personnel expenses (such as the direct cost of all posts and positions filled by staff members).

1. career service

2. non-career service

b. Overtime expenses

Object 2

Non-recurring personnel expenses (such as training, moving, repatriation and recruitment travel for staff members^)/

15. Real Estate Study

To extend the mandate in AG/RES. 1531(XXVII-O/97) to study all the Organization’s real estate, for the purpose of defining alternatives that will maximize the benefits that the Organization receives from those properties, and to request the General Secretariat to present this study to the Permanent Council for its consideration before February 15, 1999.

16. Contributions to the Regular Fund for Technical Supervision and Administrative Support from FEMCIDI and Other Funds

To request the Permanent Council to present its conclusions to the next regular session of the General Assembly on the study requested by resolution AG/RES. 1531 (XXVII-O/97) on comparing the administrative costs for technical supervision and administrative support to the Voluntary and other funds of the OAS with those of other organizations and international cooperation agencies since 1990.

17. Vehicles

To instruct the General Secretariat to lease rather than purchase all vehicles in headquarters from now on, and as appropriate, elsewhere. Beginning with the program-budget for the year 2000, the proposal must clearly identify amounts budgeted for maintenance and leasing of vehicles.

To instruct the General Secretariat to provide a car and driver to the Chair of the Permanent Council only if the Chair does not have a car and driver provided by the Chair’s Mission, and to instruct that the use of General Secretariat cars and drivers is otherwise restricted to the Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Secretaries, and the chief of staff.

18. Studies in International Law

To instruct the General Secretariat to ensure that the resources assigned to the activity "Studies" included in subprogram 70B are utilized for studies by recognized experts on specific issues of juridical interest which will be defined by the Permanent Council in keeping with resolution AG/RES. 1471 (XXVII-O/97).

19. Refinancing the General Secretariat Building

To instruct the Secretary General to follow through with refinancing the mortgage on the General Secretariat Building in order to take advantage of the low rates available and to achieve budget savings.

20. Offices in the Member States

To instruct the Secretary General to negotiate with the governments of the member states a 15% reduction in the overall cost of the national offices, where appropriate, taking into account, in particular, the costs of rent and security.

21. Overtime

To instruct the Secretary General to pay overtime in compensatory leave, as much as possible, in accordance with his authority under Staff Rule 103.8(e).

22. Insurance Benefits for Retirees

To request the General Secretariat to prepare a comparative study on the life and health insurance benefits offered by the General Secretariat and other international organizations by the twenty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly in order to recommend whether to change the benefits for new staff when they join the General Secretariat.

23. Protocol

To instruct the General Secretariat to propose cost effective methods for honoring individuals, such as the Chair of the Permanent Council, departing Permanent Representatives, and other special guests, other than the current method of gifts. This proposal should save at least half of the current budget for such gifts and should be submitted to the Permanent Council by February 15, 1999, so as to ensure the greatest savings for the fiscal year.

24. Public Information

To instruct the Secretary General to determine how the Department of Public Information may be managed without the eliminated D-1 Director’s post. Options include merging the Department of Public Information with another administrative unit having a senior-level position, as well as leaving the Department with a Director classified at a lower level if the classification standards so permit.

25. Reports required by this resolution

If the General Secretariat cannot comply with reporting deadlines established in this resolution, it must seek an extension of those deadlines from the Permanent Council.

2. OTHER

1. Honoraria and Per diem

a. To maintain the sum of $150 a day for honoraria paid to members of the following bodies entitled to such compensation: Administrative Tribunal, Board of External Auditors, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Inter-American Juridical Committee, and Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

b. The General Secretariat is authorized to pay the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission per diem and honorarium from the approved budget of the Commission in accordance with rates and rules of the General Secretariat when the Chairman is performing work of the Commission. However, a President serving as a "Resident President at Headquarters" will not be paid per diem for days worked in Washington, D.C., if he is domiciled within the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area or had established residence there within one year prior to assuming office.

2. Permanent Observer States

The Permanent Observer States are invited to contribute, within their possibilities, to the Regular Fund.

3. Program-Budget for 2000

1. To instruct the Secretary General to submit a proposed program-budget for the Regular Fund for the year 2000 at a level no higher than US$84,333,500, provided that the General Secretariat can finance it with revenues as defined in Section II.2. of this resolution. Should the General Secretariat obtain financing over this approved level, these funds should go into the Working Capital Subfund until it reaches the level prescribed by the General Standards.
2. To instruct the General Secretariat and Preparatory Committee to include in the proposed Program-Budget an unprogrammed amount for the funding of new mandates arising out of the Plenary of the General Assembly.
3. To instruct the Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly to require that all resolutions transmitted to the Plenary of the General Assembly for approval be accompanied by an opinion on the corresponding budgetary implications so that those implications may be duly considered in the Organization’s year 2000 Budget. The budgetary opinions must be presented in advance for consideration by the Preparatory Committee. Similarly, no resolution not previously reviewed by the Preparatory Committee or by such other committee that may be established for that purpose may be considered by the plenary unless accompanied by the corresponding opinion on budgetary implications.
4. To instruct the General Secretariat, in preparing the program-budget, to consult with the Permanent Council regarding the criteria and basic information to be contained in the draft program-budget in accordance with Article 88 of the General Standards.
5. To urge the member states to make a decision on whether to adopt a new scale of quotas in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 1594 (XXVIII-O/98), for the purpose of applying it in the year 2000.

f. To instruct the General Secretariat to take immediate action towards the formulation of the program-budget of the Organization, on the basis of the corresponding mandates and programs, at the earliest possible time and to inform the Permanent Council, through its Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs, on a quarterly basis as to its progress.

4. Contribution of Unused Appropriations from the 1998 Fiscal Period to FONDEM for Emergency Assistance to Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador

To transfer to FONDEM from the Reserve Subfund of the Regular Fund, pursuant to Article IV(b) of the FONDEM Statute, the amount of US$150,000 in unused appropriations from the fiscal period ending December 31, 1998, to be distributed as follows: US$50,000 to Honduras, US$50,000 to Nicaragua, US$25,000 to Guatemala, and US$25,000 to El Salvador to assist them in their recovery from the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch. By way of exception, the funds so transferred will be replaced in the Reserve Subfund by other unused appropriations as they accumulate at the close of subsequent fiscal periods.

5. Modifications to the General Standards

The specific modifications to the General Standards set out in this resolution shall remain in force indefinitely until otherwise modified or derogated.

Table A

PROGRAM-BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR 1999,

QUOTAS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUNTARY FUND

(US$1,000)

A. BUDGETARY APPROPRIATIONS		TOTAL	REGULAR FUND	VOLUNTARY FUND
1.	GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER ORGANS	11,841.5	11,841.5
2.	SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES	5,530.0	5,530.0
3.	EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT	9,235.3	9,235.3
4.	UNITS AND SPECIALIZED OFFICES	21,363.5	21,363.5
5.	EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT	12,813.4	2,753.3	10,060.1
6.	OFFICES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT IN THE MEMBER STATES	6,641.1	6,641.1
7.	SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS	1,947.8	1,947.8
8.	SECRETARIAT FOR MANAGEMENT	9,632.9	9,632.9
9.	COMMON SERVICES	9,054.6	9,054.6
	TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS	88,060.1	78,000.0	10,060.1

Table A - (cont.)

PROGRAM-BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR 1999

QUOTAS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUNTARY FUND, 1999

(US$1,000)

1. Regular Fund	Total	Regular Fund	Voluntary Fund
a. Quotas	73,727.1	73,727.1
b. Contribution for technical supervision and administrative support	1,567.5	1,567.5
c. Income from treasurer	745.5	745.5
d. Income from rental of buildings	1,687.0	1,687.0
e. Other income	272.9	272.9
2. Voluntary Fund   a. Pledges received
b. Pledges pending	10,060.1		10,060.1
TOTAL	88,060.1	78,000.0	10,060.1

 

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

REGULAR FUND

QUOTA ASSESSMENT FOR

1999

(US$1.000)

 

		Quotas for the year
Member States	Percentage	Budget	Tax Reimbursementc/	Creditsa/	Total
Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize	0.02 4.90 0.07 0.08 0.03	14.9 3,658.0 52.3 59.7 22.4	8.9		14.9 3,658.0 52.3 68.6 22.4
Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia	0.07 8.55 12.36 0.54 0.94	52.3 6,382.8 9,227.1 403.1 701.7		184.5 8.1 14.0	52.3 6,382.8 9,042.6 395.0 687.7
Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador	0.13 0.02 0.18 0.18 0.07	97.0 14.9 134.4 134.4 52.3		1.0	97.0 14.9 134.4 134.4 51.3
Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras	0.03 0.13 0.02 0.07 0.07	22.4 97.0 14.9 52.3 52.3			22.4 97.0 14.9 52.3 52.3
Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay	0.18 6.08 0.07 0.13 0.18	134.4 4,538.9 52.3 97.0 134.4	5.2		134.4 4,544.1 52.3 97.0 134.4
Peru Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & Grenadines Suriname	0.41 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.07	306.1 14.9 22.4 14.9 52.3		0.4	306.1 14.9 22.0 14.9 52.3
Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela	0.18 59.47 0.26 3.20	134.4 44,395.9 194.1 2.388.9	11,000.0	47.8	134.4 55,395.9 194.1 2,341.1
Subtotal Cuba	98.76 1.24	73,727.1 925.7	11,014.1	255.8	84,485.3 925.7
TOTAL	100.00	74,652.8	11,014.1	255.8	85,411.0

 

a. 2% of 1998 for full payment of 1998 quota by April 30, 1998.

b. Shown only to establish the percentage corresponding to each member state.

c. Amount paid to the member state by staff members subject to income taxes.