A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/212 23 January 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 119 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/51/747)] 51/212. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations The General Assembly, Reaffirming Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling its resolution 50/207 B of 11 April 1996 concerning the application of Article 19 of the Charter, 1. Notes that the Committee on Contributions will report to the General Assembly on the procedural aspects of the consideration of requests for exemption under Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations before the end of its fifty-first session; 2. Endorses the conclusion of the Committee on Contributions that the failure of the Comoros to pay the minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was attributable to conditions beyond its control;1 3. Decides that, as a result, the Comoros should be permitted to vote through the fifty-first session of the General Assembly and that any extension that may be requested shall be subject to review by the Committee on Contributions. 89th plenary meeting 18 December 1996 1 See A/50/11/Add.2, para. 12; see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 11A. 97-76237