RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/BFA/W/16
13May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2079)
Committee onBudget, Finance andAdministration
ASSESSMENT OFADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TOTHE 1997 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TOTHE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OFZAIRE TOTHE WTO
Note bytheDirector-General
1. Inview oftheaccession totheWTO ofZaire on1January 1997 (document WT/Let/128),
itisproposed thatacontribution tothe1997 budget amounting toSwF56,944 beassessed onthis
Government. Thisassessment, calculated asfrom1January 1997, isbased onanannual contribution
of0.05percent, taking intoaccount theinternational trade figures (imports plusexports ingoods,
services andintellectual property rights) ofZaire fortheyears 1988 -1990.
2. Inconformity withtheWTO Financial Regulations governing theuseoftheWorking Capital
Fund, anygovernment acceding totheWTO shallmake anadvance totheFund inaccordance with
thescaleofcontributions applicable tothebudget fortheyearofitsaccession. Theminimum advance
totheWorking Capital Fund amounts to0.5percentoftheprincipal oftheFund forcountries or
separate customs territories whose share ofthetotaltrade ofMembers is0.5percentorless. Such
advances shallbecarried tothecredit oftheMembers which havemade them.
3. Onthebasis oftheleveloftheWorking Capital ofSwF7,129,584 on1January 1997, itis
proposed toassess anamount ofSwF35,648 ontheGovernment ofZaire asanadvance totheFund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3