Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 123Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission, published in 1996.

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6 versions · 1989–1997

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Accounting and Reporting Angola Budget Contributions Budget Performance Election Verification Financing Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Special Accounts Staffing Troop-Contributing States

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Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Angola Verification Mission as at 21 May 1996, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 52,802,286 United States dollars, representing 10 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Verification Mission to the period ending 30 April 1996, notes that some 16 per cent of the Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States concerned, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;

Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, which bear burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;

Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full;

Urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Verification Mission in full and on time;

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

Decides that, when election activities resume, eleven posts that have been transferred from election-related activities to administrative and support functions will be returned to election-related activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Verification Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Angola Verification Mission the amount of 65,912,903 dollars gross (63,067,742 dollars net) already authorized and assessed under the terms of General Assembly resolution 49/227 B of 20 July 1995 for the period from 9 August to 31 December 1995;

Decides also to appropriate the amount of 84,687,300 dollars gross (83,190,300 dollars net) already authorized under the terms of General Assembly resolution 50/209 A for the period from 9 February to 8 May 1996;

Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, and taking into account the amount of 76,218,600 dollars gross (74,871,300 dollars net) already apportioned under the terms of resolution 50/209 A, to apportion an additional amount of 8,468,700 dollars gross (8,319,000 dollars net) for the period from 9 February to 8 May 1996 among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General 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, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, 49/249 A of 20 July 1995, 49/249 B of 14 September 1995 and 50/224 of 11 April 1996 and its decisions 48/472 A of 23 December 1993 and 50/451 B of 23 December 1995, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 1996, as set out in its resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23 December 1995;

Decides 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 10 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the additional estimated staff assessment income of 149,700 dollars approved for the period from 9 February to 8 May 1996;

Decides also to appropriate the amount of 47,988,900 dollars gross (47,140,600 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Verification Mission for the period from 9 May to 30 June 1996 already authorized under the terms of General Assembly resolution 50/209 A;

Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 47,988,900 dollars gross (47,140,600 dollars net) for the period from 9 May to 30 June 1996 among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution;

Decides that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X), there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 13 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 848,300 dollars approved for the period from 9 May to 30 June 1996;

Takes note of the Secretary-General's cost estimate in the amount of 335,140,000 dollars gross (328,230,000 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Verification Mission for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;

Decides to appropriate the amount of 169,118,500 dollars gross (165,984,100 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Verification Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1996, inclusive of the amount of 4,048,500 dollars for the support account for peace-keeping operations and, subject to the concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, an additional amount of 1 million dollars for administrative and logistic support services, including contract supervision, to be assessed on Member States at a monthly rate of 28,186,410 dollars gross (27,664,010 dollars net), in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution, subject to the decision by the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Verification Mission beyond 11 July 1996;

Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X), there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 16 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 3,134,400 dollars approved for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1996;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit the performance reports for the Verification Mission and to provide updated cost estimates for the period from 1 January to 30 June 1997, as appropriate, no later than 1 November 1996, including information on administrative and logistic support services as well as contract supervision;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Verification Mission 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 fifty-first session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission".

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