UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001039 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC UN UNGA SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE THIRD SESSION OF THE 2010 REVIEW CONFERENCE ¶1. This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. ¶2. USUN has faxed to IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt a note from the United Nations dated 1 October 2008 requesting payment in the amount of $338,541.00 for the third session of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its Preparatory Committee to be held in New York from 4 to 15 May 2009. Payment is requested no later than 31 December 2008. Text of note follows. ¶3. Begin Text: Contributions - The United States of America 3rd PrepCom/NPT/Assessment The Secretary-General of the United Nations presents his compliments to the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations and has the honour to present the total costs of the second session of the Preparatory Committee and the estimated advance payment required for the third session for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties of the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its Preparatory Committee. Costs of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee -------------- Attached herewith is the provisional financial statement covering all costs related to the second session of the Preparatory Committee which took place 28 April-9 May 2008. With respect to the division of costs, and based on your Government's assessed share of 32.82% of the total cost of $1,130,401.00, the contribution of your Excellency's Government is $370,998.00. After applying your Government's advance payment of $522,000.00 there is a credit of $151,002.00 which will be applied to the third session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2010 NPT Review Conference. Advance Requirements of third session of the Preparatory Committee -------------- In accordance with the decision of the States Parties taken at the second session of the Preparatory Committee, the third session of the Preparatory Committee will be held in New York from 4 to 15 May 2009. As costs related to the meeting cannot have any financial implications for the regular budget of the United Nations, sufficient funding for the preparatory process and Review Conference will need to be received from States Parties well in advance. With respect to the division of costs, and based on the assessed share of 32.82% of the projected cost of $1,491,600.00 the contribution of your Excellency's Government towards the third session of the Preparatory Committee would be $489,543.00. As your Government has a credit of US $151,002.00, the estimated advance payment due the UN Secretariat for the third session of the Preparatory Committee is $338,541.00. Payment Due to the UN Secretariat -------------- In order to ensure that the third session of the Preparatory Committee can proceed as planned, the Secretary-General gratefully requests payment of your Government's advance contribution of $338,541.00 no later than 31 December 2008. Payment to the below Bank Account should be made as soon as possible but no later than the due date above so that the Secretariat will be able to ensure that the meeting will be able to take place on time and as planned by the Committee. Banking Instructions -------------- JP Morgan Chase Bank International Agencies Banking 1166 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 SWIFT No.: CHASUS33 ABA Routing No.: 021000021 UN General Fund Account Bank Account Number: 485-001985 Questions and Follow-Up -------------- Should staff on the Permanent Mission have questions concerning the information in this communication, please know that Mr. John Ennis, Executive Officer of the Office for Disarmament Affairs may be contacted at 1-212-963-5274 or ennisj@un.org. Decision Adopted by the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee -------------- In order to promote greater financial transparency and accountability and taking into account the practice of multilateral and other organizations, the Committee has requested that the Secretary-General of the United Nations provide a financial report to the Review Conference and each session of its Preparatory Committee to be circulated as an official document. The report will show the current account status of each Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons listing credits and/or outstanding balances due. The Secretary-General avails himself of this opportunity to renew to the Permanent Representative the assurances of his highest consideration. 1 October 2008 Attachment Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference 28 April - 9 May 2008, Geneva, Switzerland Provisional Statement of Expenditure Expenditure: US$ Conference-servicing costs 829,301.00 Non-conference servicing costs 53,825.00 Sub-total 883,126.00 Programme support costs (13% expenditure) 114,806.38 Total Expenditure and PSC 997,932.38 Reserve for contingency (15% of expenditure) 132,468.90 Total Expenditure, PSC and Contingency 1,130,401.28 End Text. ¶4. Action Requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment as noted above in paragraph 1. Khalilzad