Several concerns were raised: . The overall budget has to be considered with the possibility of cutting some expenditure, especially the operational budget (as proposed by South Africa) before considering the increase of contributions; . A table of amounts presenting the actual Swiss Francs that contributions would be decrease or increased with; . The table of proposed increases contains perverse results (warped scale); . The Swiss Francs had appreciated quite substantially adding more costs to subscriptions; . Several countries indicated that since their country budgets were cut it would be difficult to motivate for the increase of subscription.