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GB.274/9/4
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NINTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA
Reports of the Programme, Financial and
Administrative Committee
Report of the Government members of the
Committee on Allocations Matters
1. The Government members of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee of the Governing Body met on 9 March 1999 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Khorram, Chairman of the Government group, who also acted as Reporter.
Scales of assessment of contributions to the budget
for the 2000-01 financial period
(First item on the agenda)
2. The Government members considered a paper(1) recommending a draft scale of assessments for ILO member States for the year 2000. In common with past practice, the draft scale was based on the latest rates of assessment for ILO member States in the United Nations scale of assessment of contributions.
3. The representative of the Government of Malaysia pointed out that neither the draft ILO scale nor the latest United Nations scale took account of the difficult economic conditions faced by a number of member States. In his own country GDP growth had dropped from more than 8 per cent in 1997 to just over 1 per cent in 1999, and this year it faced a 120 per cent increase in its ILO contribution in local currency terms. Many other member States faced similar difficulties.
4. The representative of the Government of the United States expressed support for the point for decision and for the suggestion in the Office paper to defer decision on a scale of assessments for 2001 until the March 2000 session of the Governing Body. In accordance with the principle of harmonizing the ILO and UN scales of assessment, the ILO scale for 2001 should be based on the UN scale for the same period.
5. The Government members of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee recommend to the Governing Body that, in accordance with the established practice of harmonizing the rates of assessment of ILO member States with their rates of assessment in the United Nations, it base the ILO scale of assessment for 2000 on the UN scale for 2000, and that it accordingly propose to the Conference the adoption of the draft scale of assessment for 2000 as set out in column 3 of the appendix to this report, subject to such adjustments as might be necessary following any further change in the membership of the Organization before the Conference is called upon to adopt the recommended scale.
Procedure for the possible continuation of the work of
the Government members of the Programme,
Financial and Administrative Committee
in relation to allocations matters during
the International Labour Conference
(Second item on the agenda)
6. The Government members considered a paper(2) describing the procedure to be followed if they were required to meet during the 87th (June 1999) Session of the Conference.
7. The Government members recommend to the Governing Body that they be authorized to continue their work, if necessary, after the Governing Body has concluded its work at this (274th) Session and to submit their report direct to the Finance Committee of Government Representatives of the Conference.
Geneva, 17 March 1999.
Points for decision:
Paragraph 5;
Paragraph 7.
1. GB.274/PFA/GMA/1.
2. GB.274/PFA/GMA/2
Appendix