Also, the new formula contains a compression factor to moderate, to some extent, the role of the economy's size.

This very modest increase became possible only with the use of the compression factor; the application, to several emerging market and developing countries, of greater weight to the purchasing power parity GDP measure than for other countries; and, most importantly, the willingness of several advanced countries to forego part of the quota increases to which they became eligible.

The time frames identified are subject to change without notice and could be significantly compressed, based upon factors beyond the control of the United Nations.