Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe

Mr. Ferreira (Sao Tome and Principe) said that Sao Tome and Principe was not in a position to pay its assessed contributions.

Signature Sao Tome and Principe (8 December 2005)

Takes note of the information provided by the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe

The cases of Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe also warranted favourable consideration.

Central African Republic, Comoros, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Tajikistan draft resolution

Central African Republic, Comoros, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Tajikistan draft resolution

Takes note of the information provided by the representatives of Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe

His Excellency Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

His Excellency Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

New projects are being prepared for Algeria, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Sao Tome and Principe, and Sudan.

7. Takes note of the information provided by the representatives of Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe

Address by H.E. Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

If fully implemented, the schedule proposed by the Government of Sao Tome and Principe would involve payments totalling 693,896.

Sao Tome and Principe would honour its financial obligations to the United Nations as soon as the economic situation improved.

Address by His Excellency Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Abstentions Argentina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Guatemala, Nauru, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Uruguay

The following States have signed but not ratified the Convention Andorra, Bhutan, Grenada, Guinea Bissau, Nauru and Sao Tome and Principe.

Payment plans schedules had been submitted earlier by Georgia, the Niger, the Republic of Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan.

Biodiversity management and climate change assessment for UNEP and UNITAR in Senegal, Mauritania and Benin (2004) and Sao Tome and Principe (2005).

We have been contributing to the consolidation of peace and democracy in countries such as Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe.

Taking note of the successful completion of electoral processes in Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe,

10. Decides that Sao Tome and Principe should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the end of its sixty first session.

8. Invites the Government of Sao Tome and Principe to submit appropriate information to the Committee on Contributions if similar circumstances prevail in the future

Concludes that the failure of Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to pay the full minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was due to conditions beyond their control, and invites Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to submit appropriate information to the Committee on Contributions if similar circumstances prevail in the future

Agrees that the failure of the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to pay the full minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was due to conditions beyond their control, and invites the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to submit appropriate information to the Committee on Contributions if similar circumstances prevail in the future

Decides that Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the end of its sixtieth session

9. Decides that Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the end of its sixtieth session

8. Concludes that the failure of Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to pay the full minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was due to conditions beyond their control, and invites Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to submit appropriate information to the Committee on Contributions if similar circumstances prevail in the future

Russia has signed relevant agreements with Sao Tome and Principe, Burundi and Nigeria and has held negotiations with Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia, the Republic of the Congo and Chad.

3. Decides that Burundi, the Comoros, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until 30 June 2001

In that connection, it believed that Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe should also be granted exemptions under Article 19 owing to the difficult economic circumstances in those countries.

3. Decides that the Comoros, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, the Republic of Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Tajikistan should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until 30 June 2003

I should therefore like to request all member States to support my delegation's proposal to include Liberia in operative paragraphs 5, 6 and 7, along with the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe.

Decides that the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the Assembly takes a final decision during the main part of the sixtieth session.

The status of implementation of the most recent payment plans submitted by Georgia, the Niger, the Republic of Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan as at 31 December 2004 is summarized below.

Payments by the Government of Sao Tome and Principe foreseen during the period from 2002 to 2004 in its payments schedule ( 128,711) significantly exceeded the amounts actually received applied in those years ( 31,634).

9. Agrees that the failure of Sao Tome and Principe to pay the full minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was due to conditions beyond its control

4. Welcomes the adoption by the twenty fifth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held at Sao Tome from 14 to 18 May 2007, of the Sao Tome Initiative , which provides for the drafting of a legal instrument on the control of small arms and light weapons in Central Africa and of a code of conduct for defence and security forces in Central Africa, and encourages interested countries to provide their financial support for the development of these two projects

6. Decides that the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Tajikistan should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the end of its sixty second session.

4. Decides that the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Iraq, the Niger, the Republic of Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Tajikistan should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until 30 June 2005

Mr. Chitaia (Georgia) I have the honour of introducing draft resolution A 59 L.66 on behalf of the following sponsors the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Guinea Bissau, the Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Tajikistan.

Kirbati (16 April 2004) Federated States of Micronesia (1 October 2004) San Marino (9 January 2004) Sao Tome and Principe (3 July 2003) Swaziland (25 April 2004) Syrian Arab Republic (27 April 2003) Timor Leste (16 May 2003).

Adopted at the 50th plenary meeting, on 8 November 2004, without a vote, on the basis of draft resolution A 59 L.14, sponsored by Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor Leste