Some members pointed to good economic growth in Georgia and to the high rate of growth of its military expenditure and doubted that its failure to make the necessary payment to avoid the application of Article 19 was due to conditions beyond its control. ###>Ils n'étaient donc pas convaincus que le non-paiement des sommes dues pour éviter l'application de l'Article 19 tenait à des causes qui échappaient au contrôle de la Géorgie.