Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group

A/RES/53/234View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 139 Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1998–2002

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/506

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/506	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group	698	47%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/234	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group	1,102	42%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/244	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group	1,476	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Baranja (Croatia)Costs Croatia Dissolution Eastern Slavonia (Croatia)Financial Regulations Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Troop-Contributing States Western Srem (Croatia)

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group as at 30 April 1999, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 36.3 million United States dollars, representing 7 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Transitional Administration to the period ending 30 November 1998, notes that some 41 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 in full and on time;

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;⁴

⁴A/53/897.

Decides that, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements approved by General Assembly resolution 51/153 B of 13 June 1997 for the Transitional Administration with regard to the application of article IV of the financial regulations of the United Nations, whereby appropriations required in respect of obligations owed to Governments providing contingents and/or logistic support to the Transitional Administration shall be retained beyond the period stipulated under financial regulations 4.3 and 4.4, as set out in the annex to the present resolution, shall be applied to the Support Group;

Decides also to authorize the Secretary-General to utilize an amount of 601,200 dollars gross (541,500 dollars net) from the resources provided for the period ending 30 June 1998 in order to meet the cost of completing the liquidation of the mission as well as the final audit, inclusive of the amount of 553,400 dollars gross (493,700 dollars net) related to liquidation activities with which the Advisory Committee has already concurred;

Decides further that Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Transitional Administration and the Support Group shall be credited their respective share of the remaining unencumbered balance of 14,646,100 dollars gross (13,906,700 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 1998;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their obligations to the Transitional Administration and the Support Group, their share of the remaining unencumbered balance of 14,646,100 dollars gross (13,906,700 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 1998 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the final disposition of the assets of the Transitional Administration and the Support Group;⁵

⁵A/53/838 and Corr.1.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group”.

Special arrangements with regard to the application of article IV

of the financial regulations of the United Nations

At the end of the twelve-month period provided for in financial regulation 4.3, any unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question relating to goods supplied and services rendered by Governments for which claims have been received or which are covered by established reimbursement rates shall be transferred to accounts payable; such accounts shall remain recorded in the Special Account for the Civilian Police Support Group until payment is effected.

(a) Any other unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question owed to Governments for goods supplied and services rendered, as well as other obligations owed to Governments, for which required claims have not yet been received shall remain valid for an additional period of four years following the end of the twelve-month period provided for in regulation 4.3;

Claims received during this four-year period shall be treated as provided for under paragraph 1 of the present annex, if appropriate;

At the end of the additional four-year period, any unliquidated obligations shall be cancelled and the then remaining balance of any appropriations retained therefor shall be surrendered.

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