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Committee on Contributions

Sixty-ninth session

The Committee on Contributions will hold its sixty-ninth session at Headquarters from 1 to 26 June 2009.

The attention of any Member States intending to request an exemption under Article
19 of the Charter of the United Nations is drawn to the provisions of General Assembly resolution 54/237 C, in which the Assembly, inter alia, urges such Member States to provide the fullest possible supporting information.

The Assembly also decided that requests for exemption under Article 19 must be submitted by Member States at least two weeks before the session of the Committee on Contributions, so as to ensure a full review of the requests. Accordingly, any such requests should be received by the President of the General Assembly no later than Friday,15 May 2009. For further information, the Secretary of the Committee can be contacted in room FF-610 (tel. 1 (212) 963-5306 or 963-5866; fax 1 (212) 963-1943).

The Committee on Contributions will also be considering multi-year payment plans submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/4 B, as reaffirmed in the Assembly’s resolution 61/237 (A/RES/61/237). Any Member States intending to submit such a plan are also invited to contact the Secretary of the Committee for further information .