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UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000014 
 
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UN CMP AORC AFIN
SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2007 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 5, 2007 requesting payment 
 
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of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master 
Plan (CMP) for 2007.  The note outlines two payment options, 
a multi-year payment plan whereby $75,534,800 would be due 
for 2007 or a one-time payment plan whereby an amount of 
$377,674,000 would be due in 2007.  In addition, a payment in 
the amount of $9,900,000 is requested for the Working Capital 
Reserve Fund.  The note also refers to outstanding payments 
in the amount of $22,110,000 with respect to the CMP for 
prior years.  Text of the 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 resolution 61/251 of 
22 December 2006, concerning the financing of the Capital 
Master Plan. 
 
In paragraphs 14 and 15 of the resolution, the General 
Assembly approved the funding of the Capital Master Plan, 
based on a mix of one-time and equal multi-year assessments, 
and decided that all assessments will be based on the regular 
budget scale of assessments applicable for 2007. 
 
In paragraph 16 of the resolution the Assembly decided also 
that "notwithstanding financial regulation 3.4, assessments 
for the capital master plan shall be issued on the same day 
of the first working week of January and shall be considered 
as due and payable in full within one hundred and twenty days 
of that date." 
 
In paragraph 17 of the resolution the Assembly agreed "in 
this context, that in 2007 Member States will be allowed a 
period of sixty days, beginning from 5 January, within the 
period of one hundred and twenty days referred in paragraph 
16 above, to select the option of one-time or multi-year 
payment of their assessment on a fixed scale, as referred to 
in paragraph 15 above;" 
 
In paragraph 18 the Assembly further decided, "on an 
exceptional basis and ad-hoc basis, unless notified otherwise 
by a Member State within sixty days of the issuance of the 
notification by the Secretary-General, to place Member States 
on the multi-year assessment plan for the full period of the 
capital master plan." 
 
In paragraph 19 of the resolution the Assembly also decided 
that "once a Member State selects the option of one-time 
payment, that selection shall be irrevocable, unless 
otherwise notified to the Secretary-General by the end of the 
period of one hundred and twenty days referred to in 
paragraph 16 above;" 
 
In accordance with the provisions of General Assembly 
resolution 61/251 as outlined above, the following options 
are available: 
 
a)  Unless notification otherwise is received by 6 March 
2007, an amount of $75,534,800 will be payable by His 
Excellency's Government for the year 2007, under the 
multi-year payment plan. 
 
b)  If option a) is not selected, an amount of $377,674,000 
will be payable by His Excellency's Government, under the 
one-time payment plan.  This option shall be irrevocable, 
unless notification otherwise is received by the Organization 
by 7 May 2007. 
 
In addition, an amount of $9,900,000 is payable by His 
Excellency's Government for the working capital reserve fund. 
 
In this connection, the Secretary-General also wishes to 
bring to the attention of His Excellency that the United 
Nations records indicate that an amount of $22,110,000 
remains payable by His Excellency's Government with respect 
to the capital master plan for prior years. 
 
As indicated in paragraph 16 of the resolution, 
notwithstanding financial regulation 3.4, assessments or 
Capital Master Plan shall be considered as due and payable in 
full within one hundred and twenty days of the date on which 
the assessment notices were issued, i.e., 7 May 2007. 
 
Payment may be made by check or 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. 
 
WOLFF