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08USUNNEWYORK15
2008-01-07 20:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
USUN New York
Cable title:  

UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2008 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL

Tags:  UN CMP AORC AFIN 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UN CMP AORC AFIN
SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2008 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL
MASTER PLAN


UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000015

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UN CMP AORC AFIN
SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2008 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL
MASTER PLAN



1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and
EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the
Secretary-General, dated January 4, 2008 requesting payment

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of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master
Plan (CMP) for 2008 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note
also refers to outstanding payments in the mount of
$64,204,580 with respect to the CMP for prior years. Text of
note is as follows:


2. Begin Text: 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 refer to General Assembly resolutions 61/251 of
22 December 2006 and 62/87 of 10 December 2007, concerning
the financing of the capital master plan.

By its resolution 62/87, the General Assembly decided to
appropriate $992,771,819 for the biennium 2008-2009 and
reaffirmed the mixed one-time and multi-year assessment
option based on the regular budget scale of assessments
applicable for 2007, as stipulated in paragraphs 14 to 20 of
its resolution 61/251, and decided that there would be no
change in the payment schedule for Member States'
contributions to the capital master plan.

In accordance with the provisions of General Assembly
resolutions 61/251 and 62/87, an amount of $75,534,800 is
payable by His Excellency's Government for the capital master
plan for the year 2008 under the multi-year payment plan.

In this connection, the Secretary General wishes to bring to
the attention of His Excellency that the United Nations
records show that as at 4 January 2008, an amount of
$64,204,580 for the capital master plan for prior years
remains payable by His Excellency's Government.

As indicated in paragraph 16 of General Assembly resolution
61/251, notwithstanding financial regulation 3.4, assessments
for the capital master plan shall be considered due and
payable in full within one hundred and twenty days of the
date on which the assessment notices were issued, i.e., 5 May

2008.

Payment may be made by direct deposit to the following
account:

Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA Number: 021000021
Swift Address: CHASUS33
Account Name: United Nations Capital Master Plan (CMP)
Account Number: 485-002167
Location: New York, NY, U.S.A.

The Secretary-General avails himself of this opportunity to
renew to His Excellency the assurances of his highest
consideration. End Text.

Wolcott