CM/Res.1481 (LIX)
RESOLUTION ON THE REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE REVIEW OF THE SCALE OF ASSESSMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fifty-ninth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 31 January to 4 February, 1994,
Recalling Article XXIII of the OAU Charter,
Having considered the report of the Standing Committee on the Review of the OAU Scale of Assessment (Doc.CM/1798 (LIX),
Bearing in mind the need to periodically review the scale of assessment of the organization in the light of the updated socio-economic data reflecting the capacity of Member States to pay,
Recalling Council’s Resolution CM/Res.1130 (XLVII) recognizing the need to review, every five years, the scale of assessment of the Organization in the light of changes likely to occur in the factors agreed on for the establishment of the scale of assessment and the fact that the current scale expires on 31st May, 1994:
TAKES NOTE WITH SATISFACTION, the Report of the Standing Committee on the Review of the OAU Scale of Assessment, (Doc.CM/1798 (LIX);
DECIDES to adopt the new Scale of Assessment proposed by the Standing Committee as contained in Table III, Column 4, of Document CM/1798 (LIX) and further DECIDES that the existing scale of assessment will continue to apply until 31 May, 1995;
MANDATES the General Secretariat to implement the new Scale of Assessment which enters into force, for a period of five years, with effect from 1 June 1995;
CHARGES the Standing Committee to meet and carry out the necessary readjustments to the Scale of Assessment at any time when a new Member State has been admitted and is to pay its contribution to the Organization’s budget;
FURTHER CHARGES the Standing Committee to continue to reflect on ways and means of ensuring that, in fixing the scale of assessment, there is greater fairness in the distribution of the financial burden of the Organization, taking into account, not only Member State’s capacity to pay, but also other determining political and economic factors.