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United Nations Operations in the Congo: 1961 Cost Estimates and Financing

A/RES/1619(XV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

What else is in this group?

2 documents · 1961
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
1961
A/RES/1619(XV)

United Nations operations in the Congo: 1961 cost estimates and financing

584–
1961
A/RES/1595(XV)

United Nations operations in the Congo: 1961 cost estimates and financing

164–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects
Budget ContributionsCongo QuestionDemocratic Republic of the CongoFinancingPeacekeeping OperationsSpecial Accounts

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

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1
Decides to open an ad hoe account for the expenses of the United Nations operations in the Congo for 1961;
2
Approves the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in paragraphs 2, 29 and 30 of its report, subject to paragraph 3 below ;
3
Decides to appropriate an amount of $100 million for the operations of the United Nations in the Congo from I January to 31 October 1961;
4
Decides further to apportion as expenses of the Organization the amount of $100 million among the Member States in accordance with the scale of assessment for the regular budget subject to the provisions of paragraph 8 below, pending the establishment of a different scale of assessment to defray the extraordinary expenses of the Organization resulting from these operations ;
5
Urges the permanent members of the Security Council to make sizable additional contributions ;
6
Appeals to all other Member States who are in a position to assist to make voluntary contributions ;
7
Calls upon the Government of Belgium, a State directly concerned with the situation in the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville), to make a substantial contribution;
8
Decides to reduce:
a
By 80 per cent the assessment of Member States whose contributions to the regular budget range from 0.04 per cent to 0.25 per cent inclusive;
( b) By 80 per cent the assessment of Member States receiving assistance during 1960 under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, whose contributions to the regular budget range from 0.26 per cent to 1.25 per cent inclusive;
( c) By SO per cent the assessment of Member States receiving assistance during 1960 under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, whose contributions to the regular budget are 1.26 per cent and above ;
9
Decides to apply the additional contributions of Member States under paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 above to offset the deficit resulting from the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 8.
21 April 1961.

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