(a) Possible annual contribution to ICM for Hong Kong
The ICM budget is in two parts, one part for Administration and one part for Operations. The Administrative Budget for 1981 totals 7.4 million US dollars. The Operational Budget
is 155.3 million US dollars. Contributions to the
Administrative Budget are assessed, while contributions to the Operational Budget are voluntary.
The ICM Constitution calls for an assessed contribution from
each member government as a percentage of the Administrative Budget. The percentage is worked out by the ICM Finance Sub-Committee and endorsed by the Executive Committee, and periodically reviewed and approved by all member governments through the Council. The percentage is determined on the basis of a combination of factors including GNP, contributions to other international organisations and each government's ability to pay. An informal guess, on the basis of recent experience, might be that the assessment for Hong Kong could be at about 1.5% of the Administrative Budget, or about $105,000,
(b) Obligations and privileges to Hong Kong of membership
in ICM
Membership in ICM has certain clear advantages. It involves association with and participation in a substantial inter- national humanitarian effort on a global scale. Each member government has a voice in directing the work of the organisation, in deciding where the emphasis should be placed and how money contributed should be managed and spent. ICM members themselves determine the organisation's policies towards given refugee and migration problems. ICM provides the forum for discussing these problems and focussing international attention on how
best to resolve them. This in turn leads to the international
financing of programmes designed to relieve the problems in an efficient and equitable way. Member governments naturally enjoy a heavy priority in the execution of ICM programmes which include the use of commercial carriers. In 1981 ICM projects
/expenditures