GENERAL

FCCC/SBI/2000/INF.5

7 June 2000

ENGLISH ONLY

SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Twelfth session

Bonn, 12-16 June 2000

Item 11 of the provisional agenda

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Income and budget performance in the biennium 2000-2001

Status report on receipt of contributions from Parties

Note by the secretariat

1. This document contains information on the status of receipt of contributions to the UNFCCC trust funds as at 15 May 2000.

2. Table 1 lists the arrears from prior years (1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999), the 2000 indicative contributions, the amounts and dates of payment in 2000, contributions paid in advance for future years and the total outstanding balances due to the Trust Fund for the Core Budget of UNFCCC.

3. Tables 2 and 3 report on contributions received in the year 2000 for the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities of the UNFCCC, respectively.

4. Table 4 lists Parties in six groups according to the status of contributions to the Core Budget, namely:

(a) Parties having paid contributions up to and including 2000;

(b) Parties with 2000 contributions outstanding;

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(c) Parties with 1999 and 2000 contributions outstanding;

(d) Parties with 1998, 1999 and 2000 contributions outstanding;

(e) Parties with 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 contributions outstanding; and

(f) Parties with 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 contributions outstanding.

5. Parties are kindly requested to bring to the attention of the secretariat any errors or omissions in the information presented.

 

Table 1. Trust Fund for the Core Budget of UNFCCC: status of contributions as at 15 May 2000 (United States dollars)

Party	1996-1999 arrears	2000 contribution	2000 amount paid	Date paid	Contributions paid in advance	Outstanding contributions
Albania	100	325				425
Algeria	14,389	9,329				23,718
Antigua and Barbuda	(1,536)	217			1,319	0
Argentina	106,428	119,643				226,071
Armenia	3,421	651				4,072
Australia	(102,247)	160,862				58,615
Austria	0	102,180	102,180	01/05/2000		0
Azerbaijan	23,732	1,193				24,925
Bahamas	(5,250)	1,627			3,623	0
Bahrain	1,065	1,844				2,909
Bangladesh	3,248	1,085				4,333
Barbados	727	868				1,595
Belgium	114,596	119,752				234,348
Belize	196	108	340	27/01/2000	36	0
Benin	(780)	217			563	0
Bhutan	(953)	108			845	0
Bolivia	1,254	759				2,013
Botswana	(42)	1,085				1,043
Brazil	(87)	159,561				159,474
Bulgaria	(3,765)	1,193			2,572	0
Burkina Faso	377	217				594
Burundi	759	108				867
Cambodia	1,407	108				1,515
Cameroon	3,897	1,410				5,307
Canada	0	296,343	296,343	10/04/2000		0
Cape Verde	1,661	217				1,878
Central African Republic	1,642	108				1,750
Chad	1,561	108				1,669
Chile	16,318	14,752				31,070
China	45	107,929				107,974
Colombia	(2,597)	11,823				9,226
Comoros	1,561	108				1,669
Congo	1,293	325				1,618
Cook Islands	0	108				108
Costa Rica	4,462	1,736				6,198
Côte d'Ivoire	3,312	976				4,288
Croatia	(41)	3,254				3,213
Cuba	2,801	2,603	2,673	31/01/2000		2,731
Cyprus	(34 )	3,688				3,654
Czech Republic	(2,025)	11,606				9,581
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	11,415	1,627				13,042
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,402	759				2,161
Denmark	25	75,062	75,062	20/01/2000		25
Djibouti	196	108				304
Dominica	1,561	108				1,669
Dominican Republic	1,592	1,627				3,219
Ecuador	2,079	2,169				4,248
Egypt	12,575	7,051				19,626
El Salvador	3,470	1,302				4,772
Eritrea	(953)	108			845	0
Estonia	(128)	1,302				1,174
Ethiopia	2,579	651				3,230
European Community	0	270,904	270,904	10/03/2000		0
Fiji	(16)	434				418
Finland	(23,161)	58,900	52,818	07/03/2000	17,079	0
France	0	709,942	915,789	24/03/2000	205,847	0
Gabon	1,559	1,627				3,186
Gambia	0	108				108
Georgia	14,531	759				15,290
Germany	0	1,069,198	1,025,353	27/04/2000		43,844
Ghana	(7)	759				752
Greece	27,519	38,073				65,592
Grenada	1,561	108				1,669
Guatemala	3,473	1,952				5,425
Guinea	1,930	325				2,255
Guinea-Bissau	1,509	108				1,617
Guyana	1,561	108				1,669
Haiti	377	217				594
Honduras	1,962	325				2,287
Hungary	6,972	13,017				19,989
Iceland	(25)	3,471				3,446
India	76	32,433				32,509
Indonesia	18,178	20,393				38,571
Iran (Islamic Republic of )	84,862	17,464	34,532	29/03/2000		67,794
Ireland	(2,303)	24,297	29,006	20/01/2000	7,012	0
Israel	13,848	37,965	62,861	10/05/2000	11,048	0
Italy	10,011	589,757	589,757	20/01/2000		10,011
Jamaica	(5,860)	651			5,209	0
Japan	(67,436)	2,231,573				2,164,137
Jordan	(25)	651	840	24/03/2000	214	0
Kazakhstan	44,627	5,207				49,834
Kenya	1,318	759				2,077
Kiribati	196	108				304
Kuwait	10,701	13,884				24,585
Lao People's Democratic Republic	(953)	108			845	0
Latvia	(2,781)	1,844			937	0
Lebanon	67	1,736	2,229	20/04/2000	426	0
Lesotho	(421)	217			204	0
Libyan Arab Jamahirirya	4,301	13,450				17,751
Liechtenstein	(25)	651				626
Lithuania	(2,796)	1,627			1,169	0
Luxembourg	39	7,376	9,514	25/01/2000	2,099	0
Madagascar	107	325				432
Malawi	577	217				794
Malaysia	17,339	19,850	17,337	25/01/2000		19,852
Maldives	(953)	108			845	0
Mali	1,826	217				2,043
Malta	1,506	1,519				3,025
Marshall Islands	(196)	108			88	0
Mauritania	1,561	108				1,669
Mauritius	(1,297)	976			321	0
Mexico	24,250	107,929				132,179
Micronesia (Federated States of)	(688)	108			580	0
Monaco	(480)	434			46	0
Mongolia	(968)	217			751	0
Morocco	(21)	4,447				4,426
Mozambique	(872)	108			764	0
Myanmar	(34)	868				834
Namibia	(431)	759				328
Nauru	196	108				304
Nepal	2,118	434	2,695	15/02/2000	143	0
Netherlands	0	177,025	228,353	21/01/2000	51,324	0
New Zealand	46	23,972	30,923	21/02/2000	6,905	0
Nicaragua	352	108	421	15/05/2000		39
Niger	1,742	217				1,959
Nigeria	(13,830)	3,471			10,359	0
Niue	(283)	108			175	0
Norway	39	66,167				66,206
Oman	2	5,532				5,534
Pakistan	10,469	6,400				16,869
Palau		90				90
Panama	(483)	1,410				927
Papua New Guinea	(29)	759	979	15/02/2000	249	0
Paraguay	4,001	1,519				5,520
Peru	34	10,739				10,773
Philippines	14,809	8,786				23,595
Poland	(15,457)	21,260				5,803
Portugal	74,377	46,751	134,756	25/01/2000	13,628	0
Qatar	(10)	3,580				3,570
Republic of Korea	(104,596)	109,122				4,526
Republic of Moldova	17,036	1,085				18,121
Romania	47	6,074				6,121
Russian Federation	(11,221)	116,823				105,602
Rwanda	129	108				237
Saint Kitts and Nevis	(953)	108			845	0
Saint Lucia	(1,906)	108			1,798	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	696	108				804
Samoa	0	108				108
San Marino	(772)	217			555	0
Sao Tome and Principe		108				108
Saudi Arabia	208,023	60,961	53,291	25/01/2000		215,693
Senegal	2,494	651				3,145
Seychelles	(557)	217			340	0
Sierra Leone	1,561	108				1,669
Singapore	20	19,416				19,436
Slovakia	(632)	3,796	4,212	07/03/2000	1,048	0
Slovenia	(21)	6,617				6,596
Solomon Islands	0	108				108
South Africa	(65)	39,700	39,700	17/02/2000	65	0
Spain	(33)	281,048	362,538	10/04/2000	81,523	0
Sri Lanka	2,344	1,302				3,646
Sudan	2,851	759				3,610
Suriname	753	434				1,187
Swaziland	(772)	217			555	0
Sweden	(25,061)	117,040				91,979
Switzerland	(7)	131,792				131,785
Syrian Arab Republic	11,881	6,942				18,823
Tajikistan	520	434				954
Thailand	56	18,440				18,496
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	416	434				850
Togo	1,642	108				1,750
Tonga	118	108				226
Trinidad and Tobago	3,285	1,736				5,021
Tunisia	1,937	3,037				4,974
Turkmenistan	2,097	651				2,748
Tuvalu	1,561	108				1,669
Uganda	(1,447)	434			1,013	0
Ukraine	71,327	20,609				91,936
United Arab Emirates	12,341	19,308				31,649
United Kingdom	20	552,334	568,602	10/03/2000	16,248	0
United Republic of Tanzania	1,655	325				1,980
United States of America	0	2,711,774	2,711,774	04/05/2000		0
Uruguay	4,676	5,207				9,883
Uzbekistan	(4,072)	2,712			1,360	0
Vanuatu	1,561	108				1,669
Venezuela	59,355	17,355				76,710
Viet Nam	0	759				759
Yemen	2,992	1,085				4,077
Yugoslavia	9,229	2,820				12,049
Zambia	1,826	217				2,043
Zimbabwe	(303)	976				673

      

Notes: (a) Figures in brackets are overpayments which are considered as contributions for future years.

(b) Slight apparent errors in balances are due to rounding.

2000 contributions received as at 15 May 2000

Party	Date received	Amount (United States dollars)
Ireland	20/1/2000	5,150
Japan	17/2/2000	10,000
Japan	23/3/2000	450,000
Canada	10/4/2000	103,306
Finland	10/4/2000	80,226
United Kingdom	20/4/2000	157,400
Netherlands	20/4/2000	40,000
Australia	26/4/2000	17,700
United States of America	09/5/2000	1,418,226
Total		2,282,008

Table 4. List of Parties according to status of contributions* (as of 15 May 2000)

* A Party having paid 50 per cent or more of its contribution is included in the table for the respective year.

Table 4 (continued)

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Table 4 (concluded)

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