Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

A/RES/53/19BView PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 136 Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan, published in 1999.

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9 documents · 1995–2001

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2001	A/RES/55/263	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	940	–
2000	A/RES/54/272	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	800	–
1999	A/RES/53/19B	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	1,138	–
1998	A/RES/53/19A	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	1,098	–
1998	A/RES/52/229B	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	1,369	–

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8 subjects

General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Reimbursement Special Accounts Tajikistan Tajikistan Situation Troop-Contributing States

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13 operative paragraphs

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²Consequently, resolution 53/19, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/53/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 53/19 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan as at 30 April 1999, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 3.7 million United States dollars, representing some 7 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission of Observers to the period ending 15 May 1999, notes that some 15 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 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 Mission of Observers in full and on time;

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;⁵

⁵A/53/895/Add.5.

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Mission of Observers 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 recruit local staff for the Mission of Observers against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan the amount of 18,708,926 dollars gross (17,475,926 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Mission of Observers for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, inclusive of the amount of 930,639 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of 182,487 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, to be apportioned, as an ad hoc arrangement, among Member States at a monthly rate of 1,559,077 dollars gross (1,456,327 dollars net) 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 1999 and 2000, as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997, subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission of Observers beyond 30 June 1999;

Decides also 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 8 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,233,000 dollars approved for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000;

Decides further that, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission of Observers, there shall be set off against the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 8 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 2,408,400 dollars gross (2,048,400 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission of Observers, their share of the unencumbered balance of 2,408,400 dollars gross (2,048,400 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Mission of Observers 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-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan”.

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