Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

A/RES/60/280View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 152 Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, published in 2006.

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37 documents · 1991–2026

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/284	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,759	–
2025	A/RES/79/310	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,472	–
2024	A/RES/78/307	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,631	–
2023	A/RES/77/314	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,456	–
2022	A/RES/76/292	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,519	–

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26 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Head of Mission with the task of formulating future budget proposals in full accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 59/296 of 22 June 2005 and 60/266 of 30 June 2006, as well as other relevant resolutions;

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara as at 30 April 2006, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 45.5 million United States dollars, representing some 8 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only seventy-one 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;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,Error: Reference source not found and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Reaffirms its resolution 59/296, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of its relevant provisions and the relevant provisions of its resolution 60/266;

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

Also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of the next performance report, to report any savings or efficiencies resulting from the military operational audit of June 2005;

Further 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 2004 to 30 June 2005

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005;⁴

⁴A/60/634.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara the amount of 44,460,000 dollars for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of 42,619,400 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 1,520,300 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 320,300 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides also to apportion among Member States the amount of 14,820,000 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 58/256 of 23 December 2003, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2006 as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003;

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 16 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 800,534 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 735,467 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 57,000 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 8,067 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 29,640,000 dollars for the period from 1 November 2006 to 30 June 2007, at a monthly rate of 3,705,000 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 58/256, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2006 as set out in its resolution 58/1 B, and the scale of assessments for 2007,⁵ subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

⁵To be adopted by the General Assembly.

Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X), 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 1,601,066 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 1,470,933 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 114,000 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 16,133 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides further 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 16 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 1,483,200 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 58/256, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2005, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there shall be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 1,483,200 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 20 above;

Decides also that the decrease of 597,000 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 shall be set off against the credits from the amount of 1,483,200 dollars 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, bearing in mind paragraphs 5 and 6 of Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003;

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 sixty-first session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara”.