× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Proposal to take into account the special position of very small countries in calculating financial contributions Document type Resolution Reference number 2004-4 Date Jul 19, 2004 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Adopted Subject Wild species & ecosystems, Sea Treaty International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Dec 2, 1946) Meeting 56th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC56) Website crm.iwc.int Abstract Resolution 2004-4 PROPOSAL TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL POSITION OF VERY SMALL COUNTRIES IN CALCULATING FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS NOTING that contracting parties should contribute financially to the Commission in a fair and equitable manner; RECOGNISING that two contracting parties that currently belong to capacity-to-pay Group 3, according to the Interim Measure for calculating contributions, are very small countries with a very small population, and thus a much smaller Gross National Income than the other countries that belong to that Group; ALSO RECOGNISING that in all other international organisations the special position of these two countries is properly taken into account in the calculation of financial contributions. RECOGNISING further that taking account of the special position of these countries within the IWC should not affect the financial contributions of those contracting parties that have the least capacity to pay, and thus belong to Group 1 according to the Interim Measure for calculating contributions; NOW THEREFORE THE COMMISSION: DECIDES that, under the Interim Measure for calculating contributions, Monaco and San Marino are transferred from capacity-to-pay Group 3 to Group 2; FURTHER DECIDES that this transfer shall have no effect on the contribution of contracting parties that belong to capacity-to-pay Group 1. Read more https://archive.iwc.int/?r=2079