Arms Trade Treaty: States with financial contributions in arrears for two or more years

05 April 2019 CSP4 Decision – Final Report 36 (c)

36. Following its tasking by the Third Conference of States Parties, the Management Committee presented its report setting out recommendations to address the issue of unpaid assessed contributions. After consideration, the Conference decided:

c. To mandate the Management Committee to undertake further work and prepare a detailed proposal to address the problem of assessed contributions in accordance with the Financial Rules, for consideration at the Fifth Conference of States Parties. Financial Rule 8.1 (d)

«Any State Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years that has not entered into arrangements with the Secretariat in relation to the discharge of its financial obligations shall have its voting rights suspended, not be eligible to nominate a representative as an office-holder, nor become a member of any committee or subsidiary body of the CSP. The CSP may, nevertheless, permit such a member to vote or nominate a representative as an office-holder if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the State Party.» Rule 8.1 (d) States

S T A T E S P A R T I E S

1 Antigua and Barbuda 10 Grenada 19 Mauritania 2 Barbados 11 Guatemala 20 Niger 3 Belize 12 Guinea 21 Paraguay 4 Brazil 13 Guinea Bissau 22 Republic of Moldova 5 Cabo Verde 14 Guyana 23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 Central African Republic 15 Lesotho 24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 Chad 16 Liberia 25 Senegal 8 Costa Rica 17 Madagascar 26 Sierra Leone 9 Ghana 18 Mali 27 Togo Rule 8.1 (d) States

S S I G N A T O R Y S T A T E S t

1 Angola 7 Eswatini 2 Bangladesh 8 Kiribati 3 Burundi 9 Mongolia 4 Colombia 10 Namibia 5 Comoros 11 United Republic of Tanzania 6 Djibouti 12 Zimbabwe