Reformed Procedures for Determining Reimbursement to Member States for Contingent-Owned Equipment

A/RES/59/298View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 123 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1999–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/292

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/RES/65/292	Reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment	139	52%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/252	Reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment	249	25%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/298	Reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment	590	16%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/19B	Reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment	617	22%Compare
1999	A/RES/54/19A	Reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment	519	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2006–2009

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2009	A/63/697	Updated report on the review of the methodology for rates of reimbursement to troop-contributing countries report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/62/252
2006	A/60/725	Review of the methodology for rates of reimbursement to troop-contributing countries report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/59/298

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Costs Equipment and Supplies Information Exchange Military Personnel Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Report Preparation Subsistence Allowance Troop-Contributing States Working Groups

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment,1 the letter dated 12 March 2004 from the Chairman of the 2004 Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment to the Chairman of the Fifth Committee2 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;3

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Regrets that the 2004 Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment was unable to reach consensus on, inter alia, a review of the rates of reimbursement for contingent-owned equipment and self-sustainment;

Decides to approve the proposal of the Secretary-General that the next Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment, which will meet in 2008, carry out a comprehensive review of the contingent-owned equipment system, as per the formats established by the Phase V Working Group, for a period of not less than fourteen working days;

Urges the Secretary-General to explore the possibility of holding the Working Group meeting earlier than 2008, if feasible;

Decides that the next Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment will consider, without prejudice to the comprehensive review of the contingent-owned equipment system, in recommending any revision of rates of reimbursement for contingent-owned equipment and self-sustainment, the fact that there was no revision of such rates for the period 2004 to 2008 owing to the lack of consensus on an increase in the rates and on the methodology of the 2004 Working Group;

Notes that, in addition to maintaining all existing components of the current methodology, the Secretary-General had proposed the inclusion of peacekeeping-related training costs and post-deployment medical costs in the troop reimbursement methodology;

Regrets that the 2004 Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment was unable to reach consensus on the components for inclusion in the troop-cost reimbursement methodology;

Notes that the report of the Secretary-General on the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing countries⁵ did not address all elements of the request made in paragraph 8 of General Assembly resolution 55/274;

⁵A/57/774.

Reiterates its request contained in paragraph 8 of its resolution 55/274, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session a comprehensive report thereon, addressing all elements;

Notes that the Secretary-General, in preparing the comprehensive report, may utilize, as appropriate, external expertise;

Decides to review the daily allowance for troops at its resumed sixtieth session, based on information to be provided in the context of the comprehensive report referred to in paragraph 10 above;

Also decides to set up a channel of communication between the Secretariat and the Member States on the contingent-owned equipment system, strictly for the exchange of information and for seeking clarification and not for reaching decisions that are within the mandate of the Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment and relevant intergovernmental bodies.

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