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                                    shall be made as soon as possible and not
         6. Member-Countries shall pay their contributions
                                    later than one calendar year following the
          to the Union’s annual expenditure for the
                                    assessment agreed by the Governing Board.
          Administrative Section in advance on the
                                      Article XIX(Article 123 amended)
          basis of the budget laid down by Congress or
                                   Conditions of Approval of Proposals Concerning
          by the Executive Council. These contributions
                                   the General Regulations
          shall be paid not later than the first day of the
                                   1. To become effective, proposals submitted to
          financial year to which the budget refers.
                                    Congress relating to these General Regulations
          Contributions for the Training Section shall be paid
                                    shall be approved by a majority of the
          by 31 January of the year to which they
                                    Member-Countries represented at Congress.
          pertain. For contributions for the Administrative
                                   2. Member-Countries may submit proposals to
          Section, after that date, the sums due shall be
                                    amend provisions of Chapter Ⅴ of these
          chargeable with interest in favor of the Union
                                    General Regulations between Congresses. To
          at the rate of 3 percent per annum for the first
                                    become effective, those proposals must be
          six months and of 6 percent per annum from
                                    approved by the unanimity of votes. However,
          the seventh month.
                                    where they pertain to an interpretation of the
         7. To cover shortfalls in Union financing,
                                    provisions of this Chapter, they must be
          reserve funds shall be established for the
                                    approved by a majority of the votes, provided
          budget of the Administrative Section and that
                                    that such interpretation is not subject to the
          of the Training Section separately, the amount
                                    arbitration provided for in Article 22 of the
          of which shall be fixed by the Executive
                                    Constitution.
          Council. These funds shall be maintained
                                            Article XX
          primarily from budgets surpluses. They may
                                   Entry into force and duration of the Additional
          also be used to balance the respective budgets
                                   Protocol to the General
          or to reduce the amount of Member-Countries
          contributions.
                                   Regulations of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union
         8. As regards temporary financing shortfalls of
                                   This Additional Protocol shall come into force
          the Training Section, the host country of the
                                   on 1 July 2002 and shall remain in force for an
          Bureau will advance to the Governing Board
                                   indefinite period.
          the funds necessary to ensure the continuation
                                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Plenipotentiaries of
          of the training function of the Bureau,
                                   the Governments of the Member-Countries have
          provided that it is guaranteed reimbursement
                                   drawn up this Additional Protocol, which shall
          by the countries concerned. The funds shall
                                   have the same force and the same validity as if
          not exceed the budget limit of the Training
                                   its provisions were inserted in the text of the
          Section.
                                   General Regulations themselves, and have
         9. Where funds are advanced by the host country
                                   signed it in a single original which shall be
          of the Bureau, the postal administration of
                                   deposited with the Government of a Member-
          each country concerned shall reimburse the
                                   Country designated by the Congress. A copy
          host country, through the Governing Board,
                                   thereof shall be delivered to each Member-
          the sum advanced on its behalf by virtue of
                                   Country by that Government
          the preceding paragraph. Such reimbursement
                                   Done at Tehran, September 18, 2000.
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