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FCCC/SBI/1999/INF.5

29 May 1999



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SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Tenth session

Bonn, 31 May - 11 June 1999

Item 10 (b) of the provisional agenda



 

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS



 

INCOME AND BUDGET PERFORMANCE IN THE BIENNIUM 1998-1999



 

REPORT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE BIENNIUM 1998-1999



 

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 26 May 1999.



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



3. Tables 2 and 3 report on 1998-1999 contributions to the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities, respectively.



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



(a) Parties having paid contributions up to and including 1999;



(b) Parties with 1999 contributions outstanding;



(c) Parties with 1998 and 1999 contributions outstanding;



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



(e) Parties with 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 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 26 May 1999

 

(United States dollars)



Party

1996/97/98 arrears

1999 contribution

1999 amount paid

1999 date paid

Balance

Albania

355

324

679

Algeria

4,618

9,732

14,350

Antigua and Barbuda

(980)

216

764

29/01/1999

(1,528)

Argentina

64,768

106,401

171,169

Armenia

2,277

1,189

3,466

Australia

(51,819)

153,979

102,160

10/12/1998

0

Austria

0

97,750

97,750

23/03/1999

0

Azerbaijan

21,444

2,271

23,715

Bahamas

2,512

1,514

4,026

Bahrain

(702)

1,730

1,028

Bangladesh

2,208

1,081

3,289

Barbados

1,279

865

2,144

Belgium

92,481

114,619

207,100

Belize

88

108

196

Benin

(987)

216

(771)

Bhutan

(1,061)

108

(953)

Bolivia

528

757

1,285

Botswana

(305)

1,081

776

Brazil

(10,488)

152,789

142,301

Bulgaria

3,795

1,946

5,741

Burkina Faso

198

216

414

Burundi

651

108

759

Cambodia

1,300

108

1,408

Cameroon

2,546

1,298

3,844

Canada

(27,047)

286,115

259,068

29/04/1999

0

Cape Verde

1,453

216

1,669

Central African Republic

1,534

108

1,642



 

Table 1 (continued)

Party

1996/97/98 arrears

1999 contribution

1999 amount paid

1999 date paid

Balance

Chad

1,453

108

1,561

Chile

2,702

13,625

16,327

China

15

101,102

101,117

Colombia

573

11,354

11,927

Comoros

1,453

108

1,561

Congo

981

324

1,305

Cook Islands

1,453

108

1,561

Costa Rica

2,799

1,622

4,421

Côte d'Ivoire

2,377

973

3,350

Croatia

4,723

3,785

8,508

Cuba

78

2,703

2,781

Cyprus

2,867

3,568

6,435

Czech Republic

(14,604)

12,543

(2,061)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

9,441

1,946

11,387

Democratic Republic of the Congo

661

757

1,418

Denmark

(3,333)

71,799

68,466

07/04/1999

0

Djibouti

88

108

196

Dominica

1,453

108

1,561

Ecuador

4,586

2,054

6,640

Egypt

5,819

6,704

12,523

El Salvador

2,224

1,298

3,522

Eritrea

(1,061)

108

(953)

Estonia

(1,687)

1,514

(173)

Ethiopia

1,955

649

2,604

European Community

(68,268)

270,328

202,061

Fiji

0

433

433

15/02/1999

0

Finland

(23,160)

56,336

33,176

France

(50)

679,603

679,553

Gabon

0

1,514

1,514

Gambia

1,453

108

1,561

Georgia

12,556

1,946

14,502

 

Table 1 (continued)

Party

1996/97/98 arrears

1999 contribution

1999 amount paid

1999 date paid

Balance

Germany

0

1,019,135

1,019,135

25/02/1999

0

Ghana

1,208

757

1,965

Greece

11,090

36,440

47,530

Grenada

1,453

108

1,561

Guatemala

1,602

1,838

3,440

Guinea

1,618

324

1,942

Guinea-Bissau

1,402

108

1,510

Guyana

1,453

108

1,561

Haiti

169

216

385

Honduras

1,651

324

1,975

Hungary

(5,502)

12,435

6,933

Iceland

(630)

3,352

2,722

India

(736)

31,034

30,298

Indonesia

(947)

19,139

18,192

Iran (Islamic Republic of )

64,797

20,004

84,801

Ireland

(2,287)

23,248

23,299

08/01/1999

(2,338)

Israel

(11)

35,899

35,888

Italy

11,164

564,444

575,608

Jamaica

(4,943)

649

1,540

07/05/1999

(5,834)

Japan

(59,427)

2,076,440

2,017,013

Jordan

0

648

648

07/04/1999

0

Kazakhstan

37,764

6,812

44,576

Kenya

608

757

1,365

Kiribati

103

108

211

Kuwait

(3,229)

13,949

10,720

Lao People's Democratic Republic

(1,059)

108

(951)

Latvia

(5,277)

13,949

8,672

Lebanon

0

1,622

1,597

17/12/1998

25

Lesotho

0

216

216

06/06/1997

0

Liechtenstein

422

649

1,071

Lithuania

(5,084)

2,271

(2,813)

 

Table 1 (continued)

Party

1996/97/98 arrears

1999 contribution

1999 amount paid

1999 date paid

Balance

Luxembourg

(731)

7,029

6,298

Malawi

369

216

585

Malaysia

(1,370)

18,707

17,337

Maldives

(1,061)

108

(953)

Mali

1,618

216

1,834

Malta

52

1,406

1,458

Marshall Islands

88

108

196

Mauritania

1,453

108

1,561

Mauritius

(390)

973

583

Mexico

107,535

101,859

209,394

Micronesia (Federated States of)

(796)

108

(688)

Monaco

(896)

433

(463)

Mongolia

(965)

216

(749)

Morocco

0

4,217

4,217

25/03/1999

0

Mozambique

(980)

108

(872)

Myanmar

(390)

865

475

10/02/1998

0

Namibia

(558)

757

600

03/06/1998

(401)

Nauru

88

108

196

Nepal

1,702

433

2,135

Netherlands

1,131

169,441

170,572

New Zealand

(7,998)

22,924

14,926

12/10/1998

0

Nicaragua

169

108

277

Niger

1,534

216

1,750

Nigeria

0

4,109

17,989

27/01/1999

(13,880)

Niue

(392)

108

(284)

Norway

3,202

63,365

66,567

28/12/1998

0

Oman

(222)

5,298

5,076

30/10/1998

0

Pakistan

0

6,163

122

09/04/1999

6,041

Panama

1,349

1,298

2,647

Papua New Guinea

(559)

757

198

Paraguay

2,546

1,406

3,952

 

Table 1 (continued)

Party

1996/97/98 arrears

1999 contribution

1999 amount paid

1999 date paid

Balance

Peru

2,050

9,840

11,890

Philippines

6,494

8,326

14,820

Poland

(15,456)

21,518

6,062

Portugal

31,090

43,361

74,451

Qatar

2,783

3,460

6,243

Republic of Korea

(785)

103,265

102,480

11/05/1999

0

Republic of Moldova

15,164

1,838

17,002

Romania

0

6,920

6,920

21/04/1999

0

Russian Federation

509,392

154,519

172,800

25/05/1999

491,111

Saint Kitts and Nevis

(422)

108

(314)

Saint Lucia

(1,061)

108

953

29/04/1999

(1,906)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

588

108

696

Samoa

(89)

108

19

San Marino

(980)

216

(764)

Saudi Arabia

148,879

59,148

208,027

Senegal

1,871

649

2,520

Seychelles

(715)

216

(499)

Sierra Leone

1,453

108

1,561

Singapore

0

18,274

18,274

28/04/1998

0

Slovakia

(4,686)

4,001

(685)

Slovenia

(2,709)

6,380

3,671

Solomon Islands

0

108

108

31/03/1999

0

South Africa

(4,965)

38,062

33,097

09/04/1999

0

Spain

13,801

269,030

282,831

16/04/1999

0

Sri Lanka

1,096

1,298

2,394

Sudan

2,124

757

2,881

Suriname

337

433

770

Swaziland

(980)

216

(764)

Sweden

(12,020)

112,673

100,653

Switzerland

(806)

126,297

125,491

03/03/1999

0

Syrian Arab Republic

5,229

6,596

11,825

 

Table 1 (continued)

Party

1996/97/98 arrears

1999 contribution

1999 amount paid

1999 date paid

Balance

Tajikistan

0

541

541

Thailand

2,230

17,301

19,531

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

0

433

433

Togo

1,534

108

1,642

Trinidad and Tobago

1,518

1,730

3,248

Tunisia

2,361

2,920

5,281

Turkmenistan

1,265

865

2,130

Tuvalu

1,453

108

1,561

Uganda

(1,862)

433

(1,429)

Ukraine

39,923

31,358

71,281

United Arab Emirates

(6,111)

18,490

12,379

United Kingdom

(161,623)

528,869

367,246

18/03/1999

0

United Republic of Tanzania

1,344

324

1,668

United States of America

(20,450)

2,703,275

2,682,825

26/05/1999

0

Uruguay

4,132

4,974

9,106

Uzbekistan

0

3,893

7,904

25/09/1998

(4,011)

Vanuatu

1,453

108

1,561

Venezuela

41,058

18,274

59,332

Viet Nam

(1)

757

727

04/01/1999

29

Yemen

1,952

1,081

3,033

Yugoslavia

5,694

3,568

9,262

Zambia

1,618

216

1,834

Zimbabwe

(125)

973

848

22/03/1999

0



Note: (a) Figures in brackets are overpayments which will be credited against future contributions.

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



 

Table 2. Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process:

1998-1999 contributions received as at 26 May 1999



Party

Date received

 

Amount

(United States dollars)

Denmark

06/02/98

40,000

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18/03/98

165,630

Germany

03/06/98

120,787

United States of America

11/06/98

500,000

Sweden

01/07/98

60,000

European Community

07/08/98

82,734

New Zealand

11/08/98

8,604

Norway

12/11/98

26,930

Greece

02/11/98

10,000

Total for 1998

1,014,685

Switzerland

25/01/99

21,898

Germany

08/02/99

125,345

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland



19/03/99



161,115

United States of America

26/05/99

500,000

Total for 1999

808,358

Grand total 1998-1999

1,823,043



 

Table 3. Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities: 1998-1999 contributions

received as at 26 May 1999



Party

Date received

Amount

(United States dollars)

Switzerland

Switzerland

Norway

United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

United States of America

Sweden

Institute for Global Environmental Studies, Japan

France

Netherlands

27/01/98

24/04/98

19/05/98

19/06/98



11/06/98

01/07/98



24/09/98

17/12/98

29/12/98

90,000

4,635

50,000

16,262



1,170,125

24,545



75,000

11,364

15,000

Total for 1998

1,456,932

Ireland

Monaco

Denmark

Switzerland

Germany

United States of America

United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

United States of America

United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

Australia

Norway

Netherlands

Netherlands

New Zealand

United States of America

08/01/99

15/01/99

20/01/99

25/01/99

26/01/99

10/03/99



23/03/99

30/03/99



27/04/99

27/04/99

22/03/99

30/04/99

10/05/99

19/05/99

20/05/99

5,150

1,000

60,000

51,095

129,932

50,000



16,077

50,000



25,000

19,173

19,522

9,398

69,500

10,500

610,477

Total for 1999

1,126,825

Grand total 1998-1999

2,583,757



Table 4. List of Parties according to status of contributions



 

(a) Parties having paid contributions up to and including 1999

Antigua and Barbuda

Lithuania

Samoa

Australia

Maldives

San Marino

Austria

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Seychelles

Benin

Monaco

Singapore

Bhutan

Mongolia

Slovakia

Canada

Morocco

Solomon Islands

Czech Republic

Mozambique

South Africa

Denmark

Myanmar

Spain

Eritrea

Namibia

Swaziland

Estonia

New Zealand

Switzerland

Fiji

Nigeria

Uganda

Germany

Niue

United Kingdom

Ireland

Norway

United States of America

Jamaica

Oman

Uzbekistan

Jordan

Republic of Korea

Viet Nam

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Romania

Zimbabwe

Lebanon

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Lesotho

Saint Lucia



Table 4. (continued)



 

(b) Parties with 1999 contributions outstanding

Bahrain

Hungary

Mauritius

Botswana

Iceland

Netherlands

Brazil

India

Pakistan

Chile

Indonesia

Papua New Guinea

China

Israel

Poland

Colombia

Italy

Slovenia

Cuba

Japan

Sweden

European Community

Kuwait

Tajikistan

Finland

Latvia

Thailand

France

Luxembourg

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Greece*

Malta

* 1998 contribution paid in part.



 

(c) Parties with 1998 and 1999 contributions outstanding

Albania

Djibouti

Philippines

Algeria

Egypt

Portugal

Argentina

Guatemala

Qatar

Armenia

Haiti

Russian Federation*

Belgium

Kenya

Sri Lanka

Belize

Kiribati

Suriname

Bolivia

Liechtenstein

Syrian Arab Republic

Bulgaria

Marshall Islands

Trinidad and Tobago

Burkina Faso

Nauru

Tunisia

Croatia

Nicaragua

Turkmenistan

Cyprus

Panama

Ukraine

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Peru

Uruguay

*1997 contribution paid in part.



 

Table 4. (continued)



 

(d) Parties with 1997, 1998 and 1999 contributions outstanding

Bahamas

Georgia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados

Ghana

Venezuela

Burundi

Malawi

Yugoslavia

Congo

Mexico



(e) Parties with 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 contributions outstanding

Azerbaijan

El Salvador

Paraguay

Bangladesh

Ethiopia

Republic of Moldova

Cambodia

Gambia

Saudi Arabia

Cameroon

Grenada

Senegal

Cape Verde

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Central African Republic

Guinea-Bissau

Sudan

Chad

Guyana

Togo

Comoros

Honduras

Tuvalu

Cook Islands

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

United Republic of Tanzania

Costa Rica

Kazakhstan

Vanuatu

Côte d'Ivoire

Mali

Yemen

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Mauritania

Zambia

Dominica

Nepal

Ecuador

Niger



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