Resolution A.1016(26)

 

Adopted on 2 December 2009

(Agenda item 17(b))

 

ARREARS OF CONTRIBUTIONS

 

THE ASSEMBLY,

 

RECALLING Article 60(b) (previously Article 55(b)) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, which provides that "the Assembly shall apportion the expenses among the Members in accordance with a scale to be fixed by it after consideration of the proposals of the Council thereon",

 

RECALLING ALSO Article 61 (previously 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, the Technical Co-operation Committee or the Facilitation 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 61 in respect of itself shall submit a written application to the Secretary-General at least one month before the Assembly giving reasons therefor, with a payment schedule indicating the timescale over which arrears will be paid",

 

RECALLING ALSO the provision of Rule 56ter of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, which provides that "any Member seeking election to the Council shall have discharged its obligations to the Organization or shall have committed itself at least one month before the Assembly to a schedule of payment submitted to the Secretary-General to do so",

 

RECALLING FURTHER Regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the Organization, adopted by means of resolution A.1017(26), under which contributions and advances shall be considered as due and payable in full within thirty days of receipt of the communications of the