The United Nations Committee on Contributions is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly that is responsible for advising the General Assembly on the apportionment of UN expenses among member states.[1]
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| Established | 14 February 1946 |
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| Type | General Assembly Committee |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | UN Headquarters New York, United States |
Membership | 18 members |
Parent organization | United Nations General Assembly |
| Website | www |
The committee meets annually for three to four weeks, usually in New York in June.[2] These sessions are closed and its meeting records and press releases are not issued.[3]
Mandate
editThe United Nations Charter, in Article 17, established that "the expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the General Assembly." As such on 13 February 1946, the General Assembly created a 10-member Committee on Contributions with the mandate to apportion UN expenses among members, make assessments for new members, hear appeals by members for a change of assessment and apply Article 19 in cases of arrears in the payment of assessments.[2]
Membership of the committee was increased in 1968 to 12, then to 13 in 1973 and most recently in 1976 to 18 members.[4][5][6]
Members
editThe 18 members of the committee are selected by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Fifth Committee and on the basis of broad geographical representation, personal qualifications and experience. They serve three-year terms that end on the 31 December of their respective term. The following are the current members of the committee.[7][8]
| 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | 2021–2023 | |||
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| Member | Country | Member | Country | Member | Country |
| Syed Yawar Ali |  Pakistan |
Cheikh Tidiane Deme |  Senegal |
Michael Holtsch |  Germany
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| Jakub Chmielewski |  Poland |
Gordon Eckersley |  Australia |
Ji-sun Jun |  Republic of Korea
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| Robert Ngei Mule |  Kenya |
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould el Ghaouth |  Mauritania |
Vadim Laputin |  Russian Federation
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| Toshiro Ozawa |  Japan |
Bernardo Greiver |  Uruguay |
Shan Lin |  China
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| Tõnis Saar |  Estonia |
Ugo Sessi |  Italy |
Henrique da Silveira Sardinha Pinto |  Brazil
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| Brett Dennis Schaefer |  United States of America |
Alejandro Torres Lepori |  Argentina |
Steven Townley |  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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References
edit- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 1 Resolution 14. Budgetary and Financial Arrangements A/RES/14(I) 13 February 1946. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ a b Manhire, Vanessa, ed. (2019). "United Nations Handbook 2019–2020" (PDF). United Nations Handbook:: An Annual Guide for Those Working within the United Nations (57th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand: 27–28. ISSN 0110-1951.
- ^ "Committee on Contributions". Dag Hammarskjöld Library. United Nations. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 23 Resolution 2390. Enlargement of the Committee on Contributions: amendment to rule 159 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly A/RES/2390(XXIII) 25 November 1968. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 27 Resolution 2913. Enlargement of the Committee on Contributions: amendment to rule 160 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly A/RES/2913(XXVII) 9 November 1972. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 31 Resolution 96. Enlargement of the Committee on Contributions: amendment to rule 158 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly A/RES/31/96 14 December 1976. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Membership of the Committee on Contributions, 2021" (PDF). United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Committee on Contributions (2020)". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 4 June 2021.