United Nations A/RES/59/312 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 August 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 113 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 July 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.66 and Add.1)] 59/312. Requests for exemption under Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the letter dated 24 June 2005 from the Chairman of the Committee on Contributions addressed to the President of the General Assembly regarding the recommendations of the Committee on Contributions on requests for exemption under Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations, 1 Reaffirming the obligation of Member States under Article 17 of the Charter to bear the expenses of the Organization as apportioned by the General Assembly, 1. Reaffirms its role in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations and the advisory role of the Committee on Contributions in accordance with rule 160 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly; 2. Also reaffirms its resolution 54/237 C of 23 December 1999; 3. Agrees that the failure of the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia and Tajikistan to pay the full minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was due to conditions beyond their control; Decides that the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Georgia, 4. Guinea-Bissau, Somalia and Tajikistan should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the Assembly takes a final decision during the main part of its sixtieth session; Takes note of the information provided by Liberia, the Niger and 5. Sao Tome and Principe; 2 6. Agrees that the failure of Liberia, the Niger and Sao Tome and Principe to pay the full minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 of the Charter was due to conditions beyond their control, and invites Liberia, _______________ 1 2 04-49585 A/59/864. A/59/868, A/59/869 and A/59/871.