According to the IOC, WADA received less than two-thirds of the funding expected from countries for 2003. Late payers included the United States, Ukraine and Italy.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has supported tough sanctions against non-payees, according to Dick Pound, WADA representative on the IOC.
"The IOC president has indicated that at the next session he is considering amending the Olympic charter to say that countries that have not paid their contributions to WADA and have not adopted the code will not be eligible to be candidate cities to host the Games."
Not only is the current level of funding inadequate to meet WADA's $20million annual budget for 2003, but the December 31 deadline is looming for 2004 contributions.
Pound acknowledged that if the US fails to make its 2004 contribution by an extended June 30 deadline, New York could have to withdraw from the race to host the 2012 Olympics.
"It would affect any country that has not paid, and there may well be a number of them by the time we get to Athens, even if we change our payment deadline to June 30.
"It certainly would include Brazil, for example, which has never paid anything toward WADA."
The International Olympic Committee has made it clear that countries failing to make payments to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) or adopt its drug-ban code could be barred from seeking to host the Olympic Games.
