. /.  RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/BFA/W/201 
12 May 2010 
 (10-2718) 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
  
 
INACTIVE MEMBERS 
 
 1. The Membership has established a number of  Administrative Measures for Members that 
have one full year or more of assessed contributions  remaining outstanding at the end of the financial 
year. Under these Administrative Measures, a Member is  declared as an Inactive Member if more than 
three full years of assessed contributions remain outstanding at the end of the financial year. The 
Administrative Measures also require that: "the lis t of Inactive Members be notified to the General 
Council by the Committee on Budget, Finance and Ad ministration at the beginning of each calendar 
year with a recommendation that these Member s be urged to liquidate their arrears"
1. 
2. A list of Members subject to Administrative Measures as at 30 April 2010 is provided for 
information as an annex. 
3. The Committee is invited to recommend to th e General Council that the following Members 
be urged to liquidate their arrears: 
Burundi 
Central African Republic* 
Chad 
Congo* Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica 
Gambia 
Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mauritania Nicaragua Niger 
Sierra Leone 
Togo 
 * Proposals to suspend the application of Admini strative Measures are being presented at the same 
time to the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration.  
 
                                                     
 
1 PC/7, L/7578, paragraph 7(b).  On 8 and 9 Decem ber 1994, the Preparatory Committee for the World 
Trade Organization and the CONTRACTING PARTIES to  GATT 1947 approved m easures to deal with 
Members in Category IV of the administrative arrangements. WT/BFA/W/201 
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  ANNEX 
 
Members under Administrative Measures Category I through IV
  
Situation as at 30 April 2010  
 
Cate 
gory Members GATT 
Accession 
Year WTO 
Accession
Year Nb years 
outstanding 
as at 
31/12/2009 Outstanding 
 payment to 
the Working 
Capital Fund Outstanding 
contribution 
I Bolivia 1990  1995  1   0 91,420 
I Saint Kitts and Nevis 1994  1996  1   0 55,624 
I Uganda 1962  1995  1   0 61,561 
II Honduras 1994  1995  1+  0  164,913 
II Papua New Guinea 1994  1996  1+ 0  116,394 
II Peru 1951  1995  1+ 0  750,545 
III Grenada 1994  1996  2+  0  108,689 
III Senegal 1963  1995  2+ 0  120,816 
IV Burundi 1965  1995  31  0  1,181,002 
IV Central African Republic* 1963  1995  30  0  1,125,246 
IV Chad 1963  1996  41  33,518  1,382,203 
IV Congo* 1963  1997  15 0  608,843 
IV Democratic Republic of the 
Congo 1971  1997  28  35,648  1,178,332 
IV Djibouti 1994  1995  16  30,961  466,374 
IV Dominica 1993  1995  6  0  174,441 
IV Gambia 1965  1996  28  0  1,023,865 
IV Guinea 1994  1995  16  0  451,270 
IV Guinea-Bissau 1994  1995  16  29,756  466,374 
IV Mauritania 1963  1995  34  0  1,266,398 
IV Nicaragua 1950  1995  4  0  155,715 
IV Niger 1963  1996  27  34,859  893,003 
IV Sierra Leone 1961  1995  35  0  1,280,231 
IV Togo 1964  1995  17  0  534,846 
23 Total       164,742  13,658,105 
 
* Proposals to suspend the application of Administrative Measur es are being presented at the same time to the Committee on 
Budget, Finance a nd Administration. 
 
Category I:  After one full year's  assessed contribution remains outstandi ng at the end of the financial year. 
Category II:  After more than one but less than two full years'  assessed contributions remain outsta nding at the end the financial year. 
Category III :  After two but less than three  full years' assessed contributions remain out standing at the end of the financial year. 
Category IV:  After three full years'  assessed contributions remain outstandi ng at the end of the financial year. 
 
 
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