on the country's capacity to pay, which reflects factors such as a national income and population. The maximum amount a single country can pay in any year is limited to 22% of the Court's budget; Japan paid this amount in 2008. The Court spent €80.5 million in 2007, [ 149 ] and the Assembly of States Parties has approved a budget of €90,382,100 for 2008 [ 148 ] and €101,229,900 for 2009. [ 150 ] As of September 2008, the ICC’s staff consisted of 571 persons from 83 states. [ 151 ] The Court has received complaints about alleged crimes in at least 139 countries, but, currently, the Prosecutor of the Court has opened investigations into eight situations in Africa : the Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Uganda ; the Central African Republic; Darfur, Sudan ; the Republic of Kenya ; the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and Mali. [ 26 ] Of these eight, four were referred to the Court by the concerned states parties themselves (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Mali), two were referred by the United Nations Security Council (Darfur and Libya) and two were begun proprio motu by the Prosecutor (Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire [ 27 ] ). Additionally, by Power of Attorney from the Union of the Comoros , a law firm referred the situation on the Comorian-flagged MV Mavi Marmara vessel to the Court, prompting the Prosecutor to initiate a preliminary examination. A The Office