a 在大会第 73/272 号决议通过之时，第五委员会主席和大会主席表达了这样一项谅解，即作为例外情况，仅在 2019-2021 年比额表期间，B 级的三个国家，即巴哈马、巴林和沙特阿拉伯的分摊比率将获得 7.5%的折扣，这些折扣将由安全理事会常任理事国按比例承担。见A/C.5/73/SR.26 和 A/73/PV.65。
a At the time of the adoption of General Assembly resolution 73/272, the Chair of the Fifth Committee and the President of the General Assembly stated the understanding that, on an exceptional basis for the 2019–2021 scale period only, three countries in Level B — the Bahamas, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia — would be afforded discounts of 7.5 per cent to their assessment rates, and that those discounts should be borne on a pro rata basis by the permanent members of the Security Council. See A/C.5/73/SR.26 and A/73/PV.65.