Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A/RES/57/335View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 151 Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published in 2003.

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16 documents · 2000–2009

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2009).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/291	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,745	–
2008	A/RES/62/256	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,961	–
2007	A/RES/61/281	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,736	–
2006	A/RES/60/121B	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,879	–
2006	A/RES/60/121A	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	—	–

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14 subjects

Administration Appropriations Budget Performance Costs Democratic Republic of the Congo Equipment and Supplies General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

26 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 211.9 million United States dollars, representing some 17 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only twenty-six Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, 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, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Mission in full;

Expresses concern at 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;

Also 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;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to make the fullest possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Mission;

Takes note of the progress report of the Secretary-General on the status of the airfield services contract for the Mission,⁴ and looks forward to the further review of the subject by the Board of Auditors;

⁴A/57/756.

Reaffirms the relevant provisions of its resolutions 55/232 of 23 December 2000 and 55/247 of 12 April 2001;

Also reaffirms its resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994 and decision 49/478 A of 31 March 1995;

Notes the intention of the Secretary-General to submit a revised proposed budget for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004, reflecting the developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and further decisions of the Security Council, to the General Assembly at the main part of its fifty-eighth session;⁵

⁵See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Fifth Committee, 52nd meeting (A/C.5/57/SR.52), and corrigendum.

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁶ and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation, with the understanding that the Secretary-General should have adequate resources to address the changing situation on the ground, subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

⁶See A/57/772/Add.10.

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Mission is administered with maximum efficiency and economy, particularly with regard to air transport;

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 against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission;

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from July 2001 to 30 June 2002;⁷

⁷A/57/682.

Decides to offset the amount of 41 million dollars, which had been appropriated but not apportioned during the financial period ended 30 June 2001 against the unencumbered balance of 61,173,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002;

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the amount of 608,228,150 dollars for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004, inclusive of 582 million dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 20,083,850 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 6,144,300 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base, pending the submission of the revised proposed budget to the General Assembly;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides further to apportion among Member States the amount of 608,228,150 dollars at a monthly rate of 50,685,679 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolutions 55/236 of 23 December 2000, and 57/290 A of 20 December 2002, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2003, as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 and 57/4 B of 20 December 2002, and for 2004,⁸ subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission, pending the submission of the revised proposed budget to the Assembly;

⁸To be adopted by the General Assembly.

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 18 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 14,599,236 dollars at a monthly rate of 1,216,603 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 9,710,736 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 4,525,200 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account, and the prorated share of 363,300 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides also that for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there shall be set off against their apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 18 above, their respective share of the remaining unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 43,158,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002, in accordance with the levels set out in resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolutions 55/236, and 57/290 A and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2002, as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B and 57/4 B;

Decides further that for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their respective share of the remaining unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 43,158,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 20 above;

Decides that the decrease of 448,600 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002 shall be set off against the credits from the amount referred to in paragraphs 20 and 21 above;

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

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to take additional measures to ensure the safety and security of all personnel under the auspices of the United Nations participating in the Mission;

Invites voluntary contributions to the 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 and practices established by the General Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.