Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 130Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, published in 1998.

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Cyprus Financing Peacekeeping Operations Special Accounts Staffing

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Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus as at 15 May 1998, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 15.3 million United States dollars, representing 13.2 per cent of the total assessed contributions from 16 June 1993 to the period ending 30 June 1998, notes that some 21.1 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 peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, which bear additional 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 Force in full and on time;

Takes note of the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

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

Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to employ locally recruited staff for the Force against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the mission;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus an amount of 602,900 dollars gross (647,400 dollars net), in addition to the amount of 45,079,500 dollars gross (43,049,600 dollars net) already appropriated for the Force under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/236 of 7 June 1996, for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions of one third of the cost of the Force, equivalent to 215,800 dollars, by the Government of Cyprus;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions of one third of the cost of the Force, equivalent to 215,800 dollars, by the Government of Cyprus, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 387,100 dollars gross (431,600 dollars net), in addition to the amount of 45,079,500 dollars gross (43,049,600 dollars net) already authorized under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/236 for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, 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, 50/224 of 11 April 1996, 51/218 A to C of 18 December 1996 and 52/230 of 31 March 1998 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 years 1998 and 1999, as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997;

Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, shall take into consideration the decrease in their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 44,500 dollars approved for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus an amount of 45,276,160 dollars gross (43,536,860 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, inclusive of an amount of 2,267,160 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions of one third of the cost of the Force, equivalent to 14,512,300 dollars, by the Government of Cyprus and the annual pledge of 6.5 million dollars from the Government of Greece, to appropriate the amount of 24,263,860 dollars gross (22,524,560 dollars net), for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, to be apportioned among Member States at a monthly rate of 2,021,988 dollars gross (1,877,047 dollars net), in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution, subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Force beyond 30 June 1998;

Decides further 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 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,739,300 dollars approved for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;

Expresses deep concern about the information in paragraph 31 of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services3 regarding the Memorandum of Understanding which led to the payment by the United Nations of the termination benefits;

Decides to continue to maintain as separate the account established for the period prior to 16 June 1993 for the Force, invites Member States to make voluntary contributions to that account, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts in appealing for voluntary contributions to the account;

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 and practices established by the General Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus".

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