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1 1) The
scale from which each Member State, subject to
the provisions of No. 468A below, and Sector
Member, subject to the provisions of No. 468B
below, shall choose its class of contribution,
in conformity with the relevant provisions of
Article 28 of the Constitution, shall be as
follows: 40 unit class 8 unit class
35 unit class 6 unit class
30 unit class 5 unit class
28 unit class 4 unit class
25 unit class 3 unit class
23 unit class 2 unit class
20 unit class 1 1/2 unit class
18 unit class 1 unit class
15 unit class 1/2 unit class
13 unit class 1/4 unit class
11 unit class 1/8 unit class
10 unit class 1/16 unit class |
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1 bis)
Only Member States listed by the United Nations
as least developed countries and those
determined by the Council may select the 1/8 and
1/16 unit classes of contribution. |
468B
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1 ter)
Sector Members may not select a class of
contribution lower than 1/2 unit, with the
exception of Sector Members of the
Telecommunication Development Sector, which may
select the 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 unit classes.
However, the 1/16 unit class is reserved for
Sector Members of developing countries as
determined by the list established by the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to be
reviewed by the ITU Council. |
469
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2) In
addition to the classes of contribution listed
in No. 468 above, any Member State or Sector
Member may choose a number of contributory units
over 40. |
470
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3) The
Secretary-General shall communicate promptly to
each Member State not represented at the
Plenipotentiary Conference the decision of each
Member State as to the class of contribution to
be paid by it. |
471
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(SUP) |
472
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2 1) Every
new Member State and Sector Member shall, in
respect of the year of its accession or
admission, pay a contribution calculated as from
the first day of the month of accession or
admission, as the case may be. |
473
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2) Should a
Member State denounce the Constitution and this
Convention or a Sector Member denounce its
participation in a Sector, its contribution
shall be paid up to the last day of the month in
which such denunciation takes effect in
accordance with No. 237 of the Constitution or
No. 240 of this Convention, respectively. |
474
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3 The
amounts due shall bear interest from the
beginning of the fourth month of each financial
year of the Union at 3% (three per cent) per
annum during the following three months, and at
6% (six per cent) per annum from the beginning
of the seventh month. |
475
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(SUP) |
476
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4 1) The
organizations referred to in Nos. 269A to 269E
of this Convention and other organizations also
specified in Chapter II thereof (unless they
have been exempted by the Council, subject to
reciprocity) and Sector Members referred to in
No. 230 of this Convention which participate, in
accordance with the provisions of this
Convention, in a plenipotentiary conference, in
a conference, assembly or meeting of a Sector of
the Union, or in a world conference on
international telecommunications, shall share in
defraying the expenses of the conferences,
assemblies and meetings in which they
participate on the basis of the cost of these
conferences and meetings and in accordance with
the Financial Regulations. Nevertheless, Sector
Members will not be charged separately for their
attendance at a conference, assembly or meeting
of their respective Sectors, except in the case
of regional radiocommunication conferences. |
477
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2) Any
Sector Member appearing in the lists mentioned
in No. 237 of this Convention shall share in
defraying the expenses of the Sector in
accordance with Nos. 480 and 480A below. |
478 and 479
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(SUP) |
480
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5) The
amount of the contribution per unit payable
towards the expenses of each Sector concerned
shall be set at 1/5 of the contributory unit of
the Member States. These contributions shall be
considered as Union income. They shall bear
interest in accordance with the provisions of
No. 474 above. |
480A
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5 bis)
When a Sector Member contributes to defraying
the expenses of the Union under No. 159A of the
Constitution, the Sector for which the
contribution is made should be identified.
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5 ter)
Under exceptional circumstances, the Council may
authorize a reduction in the number of
contributory units when so requested by a Sector
Member which has established that it can no
longer maintain its contribution at the class
originally chosen. |
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(SUP) |
483A
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4 bis)
Associates as described in No. 241A of this
Convention shall share in defraying the expenses
of the Sector and the study group and
subordinate groups in which they participate, as
determined by the Council. |
484
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5 The
Council shall determine criteria for the
application of cost recovery for some products
and services of the Union. |
485
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6 The Union
shall maintain a reserve account in order to
provide working capital to meet essential
expenditures and to maintain sufficient cash
reserves to avoid resorting to loans as far as
possible. The amount of the reserve account
shall be fixed annually by the Council on the
basis of expected requirements. At the end of
each biennial budgetary period all budget
credits which have not been expended or
encumbered will be placed in the reserve
account. Other details of this account are
described in the Financial Regulations. |
486
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7 1) The
Secretary-General may, in agreement with the
Coordination Committee, accept voluntary
contributions in cash or kind, provided that the
conditions attached to such voluntary
contributions are
consistent, as appropriate, with the purposes
and programmes of the
Union and with the programmes adopted by a
conference and in conformity with the Financial
Regulations, which shall contain special
provisions for the acceptance and use of such
voluntary contributions. |
487
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2) Such
voluntary contributions shall be reported by the
Secretary-General to the Council in the
financial operating report as well as in a
summary indicating for each case the origin,
proposed use and action taken with respect to
each voluntary contribution. |
490
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1 1)
Languages other than those mentioned in the
relevant provisions of Article 29 of the
Constitution may be used: |
491
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a) if an application is made to the
Secretary-General to provide for the use of
an additional language or languages, oral or
written, on a permanent or an ad hoc basis,
provided that the additional cost so
incurred shall be borne by those Member
States which have made or supported the
application;
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492
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b) if, at conferences and meetings of the
Union, after informing the Secretary-General
or the Director of the Bureau concerned, any
delegation itself makes arrangements at its
own expense for oral translation from its
own language into any one of the languages
referred to in the relevant provision of
Article 29 of the Constitution.
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493
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2) In the
case provided for in No. 491 above, the
Secretary-General shall comply to the extent
practicable with the application, having first
obtained from the Member States concerned an
undertaking that the cost incurred will be duly
repaid by them to the Union. |
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494 |
3) In the
case provided for in No. 492 above, the
delegation concerned may, furthermore, if it
wishes, arrange at its own expense for oral
translation into its own language from one of
the languages referred to in the relevant
provision of Article 29 of the Constitution. |
495
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2 Any of the
documents referred to in the relevant provisions
of Article 29 of the Constitution may be
published in languages other than those
specified therein, provided that the Member
States requesting such publication undertake to
defray the whole of the cost of translation and
publication involved. |
