Financing of the United Nations Protection Force

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1994.

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7 documents · 1992–1995

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1995A/RES/49/228Financing of the United Nations Protection ForceCompare with earlier document
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8 topics

Administration Budget Contributions Financing Former Yugoslavia Situation Peacekeeping Operations Recommendations Reimbursement Special Accounts

What does this mandate say?

25 operative paragraphs

Expresses concern about the deteriorating financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities due to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears;

Expresses deep concern about the adverse effect that the deteriorating financial situation has on reimbursement to troop contributors, placing an additional burden on these countries and putting at risk the continuing supply of troops to the United Nations Protection Force, and, consequently, the effective implementation of the its mandate;

Reaffirms its resolution 48/227 of 23 December 1993 and stresses the need for the Secretariat to submit budget documents in time in order to allow for a proper and thorough review and approval by the General Assembly of the budgets before their implementation;

Regrets deeply the fact that the budget documents did not comply with General Assembly resolution 42/207 C of 11 December 1987 as regards the equal treatment of the official languages of the United Nations;

Notes the assurances given by the Secretariat that such a situation will not be repeated;

Notes with satisfaction an improvement in the compliance by the Secretariat with certain resolutions of the General Assembly concerning the form of budget documents with regard to peace-keeping operations;

Reaffirms the importance of the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as an advisory body to the General Assembly in the budget process;

Urges the Secretary-General to complete his review of the rates of reimbursement to Governments in respect of contingent-owned equipment in close consultation with Member States, in particular with troop-contributing countries, and to submit his proposals to the General Assembly no later than at its forty-ninth session;

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee, 2/ subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Force is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy and, in particular, to implement fully economy, financial and efficiency measures to be approved during the resumed forty-eighth session but no later than 1 May 1994, and to report on the implementation of such measures in the context of the performance report relevant to the period;

Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Force promptly and in full;

Affirms that the non- and late payment of assessed contributions in full and on time and the fact that the General Assembly has to consider and approve budgets for peace-keeping operations without adequate documentation have damaged and continue to damage the ability of peace-keeping operations to implement their activities effectively;

Also affirms that it expects that the Secretariat will make appropriate arrangements to ensure that the General Assembly is not asked to take any future decisions on budgets for peace-keeping operations retroactively;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account referred to in General Assembly resolution 46/233 the amount of 200 million United States dollars gross (198,257,825 dollars net), authorized and apportioned under the terms of paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 47/210 B, for the operation of the Force for the period from 1 July to 30 September 1993, inclusive;

Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account the amount of 195 million dollars gross (193,257,825 dollars net), authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 47/210 B, for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 October to 31 December 1993, inclusive;

Decides further to appropriate to the Special Account the amount of 383,408,000 dollars gross (380 million dollars net), authorized by the General Assembly in subparagraph (a) of its decision 48/470 A of 23 December 1993 for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 July 1993 to 28 February 1994, inclusive;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account the amount of 80,470,659 dollars gross (82,647,109 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 to 31 March 1994, inclusive;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 216,928,200 dollars gross (215 million dollars net) for the period from 1 July 1993 to 28 February 1994, in addition to the amount of 166,479,800 dollars gross (165 million dollars net) already apportioned in accordance with General Assembly decision 48/470 A, and to apportion the amount of 80,470,659 dollars gross (82,647,109 dollars net), for the period from 1 to 31 March 1994, among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions

44/192 B of 21 December 1989, 45/269 of 27 August 1991, 46/198 A of 20 December 1991 and 47/218 A of 23 December 1992 and its decision 48/472 A of 23 December 1993, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1992, 1993 and 1994 as set out in Assembly resolutions 46/221 A of 20 December 1991 and 48/223 A of 23 December 1993 and Assembly decision 47/456 of 23 December 1992;

Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 18 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of 1,928,200 dollars for the period from 1 July 1993 to 28 February 1994 approved for the Force;

Decides that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X), the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 18 above, shall take into consideration the decrease in their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 2,176,450 dollars approved for the Force for the period from 1 to 31 March 1994, inclusive;

Decides also that there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 18 above, their respective share in the unencumbered balance of 26,219,500 dollars gross (25,384,200 dollars net), in respect of the period from 1 July 1993 to 28 February 1994, inclusive;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the operation of the Force at a rate not to exceed 95,430,962 dollars gross (94,546,770 dollars net) per month for the period from 1 April to 31 July 1994, should the Security Council decide to continue the operation beyond 31 March 1994, the amount of 286,292,886 dollars gross (283,640,310 dollars net) to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit the budget corresponding to the mandate period to the General Assembly no later than 15 June 1994;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Force in cash and in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, to be administered, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure established by the General Assembly in its resolutions 43/230 of 21 December 1988, 44/192 A of 21 December 1989 and 45/258 of 3 May 1991;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Protection Force".

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