– 1 – (1.1 – Budget) 1 FINANCE 1.1 Budget R 1337 (C11) Biennial Budget of the International Telecommunication Union for 2012-2013 The Council, in view of the provisions of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, bearing in mind the provisions of Decision 5 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) of the Plenipotentiary Conference on the Income and Expenditure of the Union for the period 2012-2015, which specifies that the contributory unit for Member States for the years 2012-2013 shall not exceed CHF 318’000, resolves to approve the biennial budget of the Union for 2012-2013, amounting to CHF 166’584’000 for the budget year 2012 and to CHF 157’250’000 for the budget year 2013, or in total CHF 323’834’000 for the biennium 2012-2013, appropriated as follows: further resolves 1 to set the amount of the annual contributory unit for 2012 and 2013 at CHF 318’000 on the basis of the class of contribution chosen by Member States under No. 160 of the Constitution and No. 468 of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, i.e. on the basis of a total of 344 5/16 units; 2 to set at CHF 63’600 the annual value of the contributory unit for 2012 and 2013 for defraying the expenses of meetings of the Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) payable by Sector Members, in accordance with No. 480 of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union; 3 to set the financial contribution for Associates as follows: CHF 10’600 for Associates participating in the work of ITU-T and ITU-R; CHF 3’975 for Associates participating in the work of ITU-D; CHF 1’987,50 for Associates from developing countries participating in the work of ITU-D; Thousands of Swiss francs 2012 2013 2012-2013 a) General Secretariat 92'472 86'750 179'222 b) Radiocommunication Sector 32'593 29'207 61'800 c) Telecommunication Standardization Sector 13'599 12'601 26'200 d) Telecommunication Development Sector 27'920 28'692 56'612 Total 166'584 157'250 323'834