 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/BFA/W/122  
19 October 2004 
 (04-4411) 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
  
 
 
ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL CO NTRIBUTION TO THE 2004 BUDGET 
AND ADVANCE TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND: 
ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA TO THE WTO 
 
Note by the Director-General
 
  1. In view of the accession to the WTO of  the Kingdom of Cambodia on 13 October 2004 
(document WT/Let/480), it is proposed that a pro rata  contribution to the 2004 budget amounting to 
CHF 7,038 be assessed on this Government.  This assessment, calculated as from 13 October 2004, is 
based on an annual contribution of 0.020 per cent, taking into account the international trade figures 
(imports plus exports in goods, services and inte llectual property rights) of the Kingdom of Cambodia 
for the years 1997-2001.  2. In conformity with the WTO Financial Regulati ons governing the use of the Working Capital 
Fund, any government acceding to the WTO shall make an advance to th e Fund in acco rdance with the 
scale of contributions applicable to the budget for the year of its accession.  The minimum advance to 
the Working Capital Fund amounts to 0.5 per cent of th e principal of the Fund for countries or separate 
customs territories whose share of th e total trade of Members is 0.5 pe r cent or less.  Such advances 
shall be carried to the credit of the Members which have made them. 
 
3. On the basis of the level of the Working Capita l Fund of CHF 9,065,103 it is proposed to assess 
an amount of CHF 45,326 on the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia as an advance to the Fund. 
   
 
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1 
    Paragraph 3 
 
 
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