Although some of its members had fallen behind in their payments, the delays were due to their internal budgetary problems or to the need to allocate funds to urgent social programmes such as the fight against poverty.
虽然一些成员国缴纳会费较迟，但其原因是国内预算困难，或是需要把资金用于紧迫的社会方案，如扶贫灭贫。