Ukraine General Newswire
February 5, 2010 Friday 3:54 PM MSK

Only 26 out of 192 countries pay UN assessments for 2010 on time,
including Ukraine

New York February 5

Most of countries have not fulfilled their financial obligations to
the Untied Nations Organization, the United Nations news service
reported on Thursday.

The regulations of the organization require that assessments be paid
to the regular budget by January 31. But only 26 out of 192 UN state
members paid assessments for 2010 in full, the United Nations news
service reported on Thursday.

Armenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Estonia are in the list of the
counties that paid their fees on time. Lithuania and Samoa fulfilled
their obligations by February 1.

The size of assessments for the regular budget of the United Nations
is determined as a share of the general expenditures of the
organization. The scale of assessments is approved by the UN General
Assembly every three years. The level of economic development and size
of population of member states are taken into account.