Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 1291Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola, published in 2000.

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5 versions · 1999–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/329

2003A/RES/57/329Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaLatestCompare with previous version
2001A/RES/55/260Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaCompare with previous version
2000A/RES/54/17BFinancing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaCompare with previous version
1999A/RES/54/17AFinancing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaCompare with previous version
1999A/RES/53/228Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola

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Administration Angola Angola Situation Appropriations Dissolution Equipment and Supplies Peacekeeping Operations Purchasing Reimbursement Special Accounts Troop-Contributing States

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19 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola as at 30 April 2000, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 90.6 million United States dollars, representing 7 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes that some 40 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 its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full;

Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;

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

Expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa;

Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements;

Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Takes note of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into the 6.9 million dollars procurement of quartering area goods in the United Nations Angola Verification Mission;4

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

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola the amount of 7,607,900 dollars gross (7,222,700 dollars net) for the liquidation of the Observer Mission for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, in addition to the amount of 7,441,540 dollars gross (7,083,840 dollars net) already appropriated under the terms of General Assembly resolution 53/228 and inclusive of the amount of 5,274,800 dollars gross (4,875,100 dollars net) authorized by the Advisory Committee under the terms of section IV of Assembly resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into account the amount of 7,441,540 dollars gross (7,083,840 dollars net) already apportioned under the terms of its resolution 53/228, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 7,607,900 dollars gross (7,222,700 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, 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, 50/451 B of 23 December 1995 and 54/456 to 54/458 of 23 December 1999, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 2000, as set out in its resolutions 52/215 A of 22 December 1997 and 54/237 A of 23 December 1999;

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 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of 385,200 dollars approved for the Observer Mission for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000;

Decides to appropriate the amount of 151,916 dollars gross (137,671 dollars net) for the liquidation of the Observer Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, inclusive of the amount of 7,278 dollars gross (6,159 dollars net) for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of 1,138 dollars gross (1,012 dollars net) for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, and decides also that no action shall be taken on the apportionment of the said amounts at this stage;

Takes note of the unencumbered balance of 149,500 dollars gross and of the additional requirements of 787,600 dollars net in respect of the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, and decides to defer action thereon until its review of the final performance information on the Verification Mission and the Observer Mission;

Requests the Secretary-General to present a more detailed explanation of the amounts required for reimbursement of contingent-owned equipment, including the impact of the retroactive application of the new procedures for contingent-owned equipment for the Verification Mission and the Observer Mission, to be provided no later than at its resumed fifty-fifth session;

Decides to keep under review the amounts budgeted for provision for reimbursement of contingent-owned equipment;

Emphasizes that no peacekeeping mission shall be financed by borrowing funds from other active peacekeeping missions;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola”.

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