Assembly/AU/Dec.410(XVIII) DECISION ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEMBER STATES TO THE BUDGET OF THE AFRICAN UNION Doc. EX.CL/687(XX)iv The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the recommendations of the Executive Council on the contributions of Member States to the Budget of the African Union; 2. ACKNOWLEDGES Member States that are up-to-date with the payment of their contributions; 3. URGES Member States to pay up their contributions in full and on time; and ENCOURAGES those Member States with arrears of contributions to clear such arrears; 4. DECIDES that the sanctions imposed on Guinea Bissau and the Central African Republic be lifted; 5. FURTHER DECIDES that the temporary exemption granted to the Democratic Republic of Congo be extended as long as the country complies with its payment schedule; 6. REQUESTS the Executive Council through its Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on the Scale of Assessment to consider the cases of the Republic of The Sudan and of the Republic of South Sudan with a view to making appropriate recommendations to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly through the Executive Council in June 2012.