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GB.273/PFA/1
273rd Session
Geneva, November 1998


Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee

PFA


FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA

Programme and Budget for 1997-98

Regular budget account and Working Capital Fund

1. Information on the position of 1998-99 income and expenditure as at 31 October 1998 is submitted herewith. Additional information on the position of member States in relation to the receipt of contributions is provided in Appendices I and II. Appendix I gives details of contributions received and amounts due as at that date, while Appendix II gives details of those member States which, at 31 October, had lost the right to vote under the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution.

Budgetary income and expenditure

2. Under the system of Swiss franc assessments combined with forward purchasing of US dollar requirements introduced in 1990-91, budgetary income(1) is accounted for in US dollars at the ILO budget rate of exchange for the financial period, and Swiss franc expenditure is recorded in US dollars at the same rate of exchange. US dollar budgetary income and expenditure figures reported herein accordingly result from the conversion of Swiss franc income and expenditure to US dollars at the 1998-99 budget rate of exchange of 1.46 Swiss francs to the US dollar. Budgetary income and expenditure as at 31 October 1998 were as follows:

US dollars


Income

 

Assessed contributions for 1998

146 367 779   

Transfer of 1996-97 surplus

16 317 004 (2)

Arrears of contributions from previous financial periods

82 154 870 (3)


 

Total income

244 839 653   

Expenditure

163 537 412   

 


Excess of income over expenditure as at 31 October 1998

81 302 241   

Contributions of member States

3. Total assessed contributions for 1998 amount to 338,577,629 Swiss francs compared with 336,143,611(4) Swiss francs for 1997. Appendix I indicates that, at 31 October 1998, assessed contributions for 1998 received from or credited to member States(5) totalled 213,696,958 Swiss francs, which represented 63.1 per cent of the contributions assessed. At the same date in 1997, 61.8 per cent of the 1997 contributions had been collected. At 31 October 1998, some 81 member States had settled their 1998 contributions in full, 12 member States had made partial payments while 81 others had made no payments against 1998 contributions. This compared with 80, 18 and 76 member States in the same situation respectively at the same date in 1997.

4. Arrears of contributions received to 31 October 1998 totalled 119,946,110 Swiss francs, bringing total contributions collected to 31 October 1998 to 333,643,068 Swiss francs.

5. At 31 October, 11 States (Angola, Bahamas, Benin, Cape Verde, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, El Salvador, Gabon, Nicaragua, Panama, and Papua New Guinea) had made payments against their 1999 contributions.

Position in relation to paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution

6. Appendix II shows that, on 31 October 1998, the arrears of contributions of Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Moldova, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Yugoslavia equalled or exceeded the amount of the contributions due from them for the past two full years (1996-97). Each of these member States had therefore lost the right to vote, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution of the Organization, subject to the special arrangements described below.

7. Albania, Belarus, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Poland and Viet Nam were permitted to vote in accordance with paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution of the Organization under financial arrangements approved by the International Labour Conference at its 75th (1988), 78th (1991), 81st (1994), 82nd (1995), 85th (1997), 86th (1998) Sessions respectively.

Working Capital Fund

8. The nominal level and the cash level of the Working Capital Fund at 31 October 1998 both stood at 35 million Swiss francs.

Geneva, 6 November 1998.


Appendix I

Contributions received and outstanding
Details of movements between 31 December 1997 and 31 October 1998
(in Swiss francs)


Contributions and amounts outstanding

Assessed
Contributions
for 1998


Amountsreceivedorcredited
to 31 October 1998
in respect of


Balance due as at

State

as at
31December1997

%

Amount

1998 Contributions

(1)

Arrears

31 October 1998


A.

States which have settled their1998 contributions in full

Albania (3)

133'194

0.01

33'858

33'858

54'362

78'832

Angola

168'090

0.01

33'858

33'858

168'090

-

Australia

-

1.46

4'943'233

4'943'233

-

-

Austria

-

0.86

2'911'767

2'911'767

-

-

Bahamas

-

0.02

67'715

67'715

-

-

Bangladesh (2)

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Barbados

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Belarus (3)

3'154'923

0.27

914'159

914'159

157'746

2'997'177

Belgium

-

0.99

3'351'918

3'351'918

-

-

Belize

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Benin

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Botswana

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Canada (2)

-

3.07

10'394'333

10'394'333

-

-

Cape Verde (2) (3)

130'790

0.01

33'858

33'858

6'539

124'251

Chile

-

0.08

270'862

270'862

-

-

Colombia

-

0.10

338'577

338'577

-

-

Côte d'Ivoire

33'611

0.01

33'858

33'858

33'611

-

Cyprus

-

0.03

101'573

101'573

-

-

Czech Republic

-

0.25

846'444

846'444

-

-

Denmark (2)

-

0.71

2'403'901

2'403'901

-

-

Dominica

33'611

0.01

33'858

33'858

33'611

-

Egypt

-

0.08

270'862

270'862

-

-

El Salvador

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Eritrea

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Estonia

-

0.04

135'431

135'431

-

-

Ethiopia

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Fiji

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Finland

-

0.61

2'065'323

2'065'323

-

-

France

-

6.33

21'431'964

21'431'964

-

-

Gabon

73'576

0.01

33'858

33'858

73'576

-

Germany

-

8.93

30'234'982

30'234'982

-

-

Hungary

-

0.14

474'009

474'009

-

-

Iceland

-

0.03

101'573

101'573

-

-

India (2)

-

0.30

1'015'733

1'015'733

-

-

Indonesia (2)

-

0.14

474'009

474'009

-

-

Ireland

-

0.21

711'013

711'013

-

-

Italy

-

5.18

17'538'321

17'538'321

-

-

Jamaica

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Japan

-

15.43

52'242'528

52'242'528

-

-

Jordan

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Kenya

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Korea, Republic of

-

0.81

2'742'479

2'742'479

-

-

Kuwait

-

0.19

643'297

643'297

-

-

Luxembourg

-

0.07

237'004

237'004

-

-

Malaysia

-

0.14

474'009

474'009

-

-

Malta (2)

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Mexico

-

0.78

2'640'905

2'640'905

-

-

Morocco

-

0.03

101'573

101'573

-

-

Mauritius (2)

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Myanmar

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Namibia (2)

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Nepal

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Netherlands

-

1.57

5'315'669

5'315'669

-

-

New Zealand

-

0.24

812'586

812'586

-

-

Nicaragua

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Norway

-

0.55

1'862'177

1'862'177

-

-

Panama

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Papua New Guinea

32'693

0.01

33'858

33'858

32'693

-

Poland (3)

7'909'417

0.32

1'083'448

1'083'448

790'942

7'118'475

Portugal

-

0.27

914'159

914'159

-

-

Qatar

-

0.04

135'431

135'431

-

-

Romania

-

0.15

507'866

507'866

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Saint Lucia

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

San Marino

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Saudi Arabia

-

0.70

2'370'043

2'370'043

-

-

Singapore

-

0.14

474'009

474'009

-

-

Slovakia (2)

-

0.08

270'862

270'862

-

-

Slovenia

130'503

0.07

237'004

237'004

130'503

-

South Africa

-

0.31

1'049'590

1'049'590

-

-

Spain

-

2.35

7'956'574

7'956'574

-

-

Sri Lanka

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-

Suriname

62'634

0.01

33'858

33'858

62'634

-

Sweden

-

1.21

4'096'789

4'096'789

-

-

Switzerland

-

1.19

4'029'074

4'029'074

-

-

Thailand

-

0.13

440'151

440'151

-

-

Trinidad and Tobago

-

0.03

101'573

101'573

-

-

United Arab Emirates

-

0.19

643'297

643'297

-

-

United Kingdom

-

5.24

17'741'467

17'741'467

-

-

Viet Nam (3)

122'010

0.01

33'858

33'858

12'190

109'820

Yemen

-

0.01

33'858

33'858

-

-







11'985'052

62.39

211'238'580

211'238'580

1'556'497

10'428'555







B.

States which have paid part of their 1998 contributions

Argentina

4'136'730

0.47

1'591'315

611'000

4'136'730

980'315

Burkina Faso

34'335

0.01

33'858

985

34'335

32'873

Costa Rica

-

0.01

33'858

24'230

-

9'628

Dominican Republic (3)

873'240

0.01

33'858

32'763

145'000

729'335

Guyana

-

0.01

33'858

16'018

-

17'840

Lebanon

29'563

0.01

33'858

1'663

29'563

32'195

Malawi

-

0.01

33'858

16'316

-

17'542

Mozambique

-

0.01

33'858

33'806

-

52

Peru

381'536

0.06

203'146

2'099

381'536

201'047

Philippines

-

0.06

203'146

3'246

-

199'900

Tunisia

82'692

0.03

101'573

16'509

82'692

85'064

Turkey

-

0.37

1'252'737

587'758

-

664'979







5'538'096

1.06

3'588'923

1'346'393

4'809'856

2'970'770







C.

States which have made no payments, but have received credits towards their 1998 contributions

Afghanistan (4)

101'044

0.01

33'858

1'582

-

133'320

Algeria

-

0.16

541'724

765

-

540'959

Bahrain

67'163

0.02

67'715

822

-

134'056

Cambodia (3)

520'237

0.01

33'858

53

60'189

493'853

Cameroon

62'412

0.01

33'858

614

23'283

72'373

China

-

0.73

2'471'616

639

-

2'470'977

Croatia

1'040'650

0.09

304'720

3'345

439'686

902'339

Cuba

565'171

0.05

169'289

3'076

244'792

486'592

Democratic Rep. of the Congo

65'982

0.01

33'858

614

-

99'226

Ecuador

192'989

0.02

67'715

1'026

173'933

85'745

Gambia

19'331

0.01

33'858

82

-

53'107

Greece

1'497'174

0.37

1'252'737

9'398

1'175'716

1'564'797

Guinea

18'503

0.01

33'858

46

-

52'315

Haiti (4)

125'999

0.01

33'858

1'582

41'656

116'619

Honduras

79

0.01

33'858

272

-

33'665

Iran, Islamic Republic of

5'510'752

0.44

1'489'741

24'613

2'566'703

4'409'177

Lao People's Democratic Rep.

33'611

0.01

33'858

315

-

67'154

Lesotho

33'611

0.01

33'858

283

33'611

33'575

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

1'015'004

0.20

677'155

15'426

733'422

943'311

Lithuania

761'353

0.08

270'862

5'128

562'877

464'210

Madagascar

74'494

0.01

33'858

1'582

40'689

66'081

Mauritania

63'789

0.01

33'858

614

-

97'033

Mongolia

-

0.01

33'858

57

-

33'801

Niger

64'263

0.01

33'858

272

12'369

85'480

Nigeria

966'130

0.11

372'435

6'837

776'061

555'667

Oman

131'998

0.04

135'431

206

94'000

173'223

Pakistan

208'111

0.06

203'146

1'635

205'113

204'509

Russian Federation

27'138'359

4.21

14'254'118

290'616

8'329'134

32'772'727

Rwanda (4)

124'261

0.01

33'858

1'582

32'276

124'261

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

33'611

0.01

33'858

81

33'611

33'777

Seychelles

73'874

0.01

33'858

342

33'598

73'792

Sudan

45'860

0.01

33'858

272

33'586

45'860

Swaziland

-

0.01

33'858

272

-

33'586

Syrian Arab Republic

-

0.05

169'289

51

-

169'238

The former Yug. Rep. Macedonia

33'611

0.01

33'858

204

33'611

33'654

Uganda

33'611

0.01

33'858

272

-

67'197

Ukraine

12'446'515

1.07

3'622'780

41'193

5'959'170

10'068'932

United States

126'058'814

25.00

84'644'407

680'972

84'027'500

125'994'749

Uruguay

134'504

0.04

135'431

1'367

134'444

134'124

Venezuela

843'641

0.32

1'083'448

13'211

676'707

1'237'171

Zambia

38'625

0.01

33'858

614

-

71'869

Zimbabwe

-

0.01

33'858

52

-

33'806







180'145'136

33.29

112'712'493

1'111'985

106'477'737

185'267'907







D.

States which have made no payments and have received no credits towards their 1998 contributions

Antigua and Barbuda (4)

197'801

0.01

33'858

-

-

231'659

Armenia (4)

1'678'535

0.05

169'289

-

-

1'847'824

Azerbaijan (4)

3'368'145

0.11

372'435

-

-

3'740'580

Bolivia

75'627

0.01

33'858

-

35'324

74'161

Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)

418'920

0.01

33'858

-

-

452'778

Brazil

13'629'894

1.60

5'417'242

-

3'882'591

15'164'545

Bulgaria

333'993

0.08

270'862

-

80'894

523'961

Burundi

66'006

0.01

33'858

-

33'003

66'861

Central African Republic (4)

131'031

0.01

33'858

-

-

164'889

Chad (4)

256'520

0.01

33'858

-

-

290'378

Comoros (4)

473'908

0.01

33'858

-

-

507'766

Congo

154'262

0.01

33'858

-

121'386

66'734

Djibouti (3)

141'352

0.01

33'858

-

-

175'210

Equatorial Guinea (4)

324'074

0.01

33'858

-

-

357'932

Georgia (4)

2'528'918

0.11

372'435

-

-

2'901'353

Ghana

35'072

0.01

33'858

-

23'740

45'190

Grenada

108'451

0.01

33'858

-

89'475

52'834

Guatemala

108'077

0.02

67'715

-

70'551

105'241

Guinea-Bissau (4)

209'548

0.01

33'858

-

-

243'406

Iraq (4)

3'908'769

0.14

474'009

-

-

4'382'778

Israel

1'953'066

0.26

880'302

-

535'000

2'298'368

Kazakhstan (4)

4'283'335

0.19

643'297

-

-

4'926'632

Kyrgyzstan (4)

945'492

0.03

101'573

-

-

1'047'065

Latvia (4)

1'496'522

0.08

270'862

-

-

1'767'384

Liberia (4)

197'747

0.01

33'858

-

-

231'605

Mali

83'937

0.01

33'858

-

33'198

84'597

Moldova, Republic of (4)

2'303'555

0.08

270'862

-

-

2'574'417

Paraguay (3)

1'008'653

0.01

33'858

-

20'188

1'022'323

Sao Tome and Principe (4)

170'043

0.01

33'858

-

-

203'901

Senegal

35'989

0.01

33'858

-

26'725

43'122

Sierra Leone (4)

401'030

0.01

33'858

-

-

434'888

Solomon Islands (4)

164'506

0.01

33'858

-

-

198'364

Somalia (4)

307'242

0.01

33'858

-

-

341'100

Tajikistan (4)

487'161

0.02

67'715

-

-

554'876

Tanzania, United Republic of

99'712

0.01

33'858

-

94'001

39'569

Togo (4)

185'751

0.01

33'858

-

-

219'609

Turkmenistan (4)

665'755

0.03

101'573

-

-

767'328

Uzbekistan

2'539'213

0.13

440'151

-

2'055'944

923'420

Yugoslavia (4) (5)

5'836'989

0.10

338'577

-

-

6'175'566







51'314'601

3.26

11'037'633

-

7'102'020

55'250'214







248'982'885


100.00


338'577'629


213'696'958


119'946'110


253'917'446


 

Notes to Appendix I: Contributions received and outstanding

Detail of movements between 31 December 1997 and 31 October 1998

  1. Amounts credited against 1998 assessed contributions represent the distribution of credits to eligible member States in respect of :

Swiss francs

The incentive scheme for 1996

211 016

Cash surpluses for previous financial periods

289 925

50 per cent of the net premium earned in previous financial periods

898 764

Total credits

1 399 705

 

  1. States which paid before 1 January 1998
  2. Member States which have financial arrangements for the settlement of arrears of contributions or amounts due in respect of prior periods of membership in the ILO.
  3. Member States which, at 31 October 1998, were subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution of the Organization and therefor have lost the right to vote.
  4. This refers to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Pursuant to decisions taken by the ILO Governing Body on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, no State has been recognized as the continuation of that Member.


Appendix II

Member States that are two years or more
in arrears of contributions and which have lost the right
to vote under paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution
(6)


State

Years partly or fully due


Afghanistan

1995-97

Antigua and Barbuda

1991-97

Armenia

1992-97

Azerbaijan

1992-97

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1993-97

Central African Republic

1994-97

Chad

1977-82

- 1993-97

Comoros

1980-97

Equatorial Guinea

1987-97

Georgia

1993-97

Guinea-Bissau

1991-97

Haiti

1995-97

Iraq

1988-97

Kazakhstan

1993-97

Kyrgyzstan

1992-97

Latvia

1993-97

Liberia

1991-97

Moldova, Republic of

1992-97

Rwanda

1995-97

Sao Tome and Principe

1992-97

Sierra Leone

1983-97

Solomon Islands

1993-97

Somalia

1988-97

Tajikistan

1993-97

Togo

1992-97

Turkmenistan

1993-97

Yugoslavia (2)

1989-97

  1. Excluding those member States which were two years or more in arrears but which had regained the right to vote because of financial arrangements approved by various Sessions of the International Labour Conference.
  2. This refers to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Pursuant to decisions taken by the ILO Governing Body on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, no State has been recognized as the continuation of that Member.


1. Budgetary income includes contributions received in respect of the current and prior biennia. Exceptionally, in 1998, it also includes the cash surplus for 1996-97 of 23,822,826 Swiss francs. At its 85th Session (1997), the International Labour Conference decided, in derogation of article 18 of the Financial Regulations, to transfer 25,177,742 Swiss francs from the expected budgetary surplus to budgetary income for 1998, and that, should the said budgetary surplus be less than 25,177,742 Swiss francs, arrears of contributions received should be used to finance the income budget subject to the resolution adopted by the 82nd Session (1995) concerning the utilization of arrears of contributions to cover budgetary deficits.

2. Swiss francs 23,822,826 valued at the 1998-99 budget rate of exchange of 1.46 Swiss francs to the dollar.

3. Includes US$928,025 (1,354,916 Swiss francs) which was the amount by which the 1996-97 cash surplus was insufficient to meet the amount included in the income budget for 1998-99 (see footnote 1).

4. Includes 33,611 Swiss francs assessed after the adoption of the budget on Saint Kitts and Nevis, which joined the Organization on 19 June 1996.

5. Amounts credited against 1998 contributions represent the distribution to eligible member States of incentive scheme credits, cash surpluses and the net premiums earned in prior periods. Details are given in footnote 1 to Appendix I.

6. Excluding member States that were two years or more in arrears but which had regained the right to vote because of financial arrangements approved at various sessions of the International Labour Conference.


Updated by VC. Approved by RH. Last update: 26 January 2000.