– 16 – (1.1 – Budget) R 1359 (C13) Biennial Budget of the International Telecommunication Union for 2014-2015 The Council, in view of the provisions of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, bearing in mind a) 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 2014-2015 shall not exceed CHF 318’000; b) the provisions of Article 11 of the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of the Union relating to the transfers of appropriations, resolves to approve the biennial budget of the Union for 2014-2015, amounting to CHF 166’311’000 for the budget year 2014 and to CHF 164’744’000 for the budget year 2015, or in total CHF 331’055’000 for the biennium 2014-2015, appropriated as follows: further resolves 1 to set the amount of the annual contributory unit for 2014 and 2015 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 354 units; 2 to set at CHF 63’600 the annual value of the contributory unit for 2014 and 2015 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 2014 2015 2014-2015 a) General Secretariat 93'662 91’853 185’515 b) Radiocommunication Sector 30'162 31’897 62’059 c) Telecommunication Standardization Sector 12'793 12'736 25'529 d) Telecommunication Development Sector 29'694 28'258 57'952 Total 166'311 164'744 331’055