United Nations Operations in the Congo: Cost Estimates and Financing

A/RES/1732(XVI)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

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2 documents · 1962

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1962	A/RES/1732(XVI)	United Nations operations in the Congo: Cost estimates and financing	557	–
1962	A/RES/1633(XVI)	United Nations operations in the Congo: cost estimates and financing	58	–

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6 subjects

Belgium Budget Contributions Congo Financing Peacekeeping Operations Special Accounts

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11 operative paragraphs

Decides to continue the ad hoe account for the expenses of the United Nations operations in the Congo;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to expend, during 1962, at an average monthly rate not to exceed $10 million for the continuing cost of the United Nations operations in the Congo ;

Decides to appropriate an amount of $80 million for the operations of the United Nations in the Congo for the period 1 November 1961 to 30 June 1962;

Decides to apportion as expenses of.the Organization the amount of $80 million among the Member States in accordance with the scale of assessment for the regular budget,38 subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 below, pending the establishment of a different scale of assessment to defray the extraordinary expenses of the Organization resulting from these operations ;

Decides to reduce:

"'Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 55, document A/C.5/904. ., Ibid., document A/5019. 18 See resolution 1691 (XVI) of 18 December 1961.

By 80 per cent the assessment of Member States whose contributions to the regular budget range from 0.04 per cent to 0.25 per cent inclusive;

By 80 per cent the assessment of Member States receiving assistance during 1961 under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, whose contributions to the regular budget range from 0.26 per cent to 1.25 per cent inclusive;

( c) By 50 per cent the assessment of Member States receiving assistance during 1961 under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, whose contributions to the regular budget are 1.26 per cent and above;

Urges the permanent members of the Security Council to make sizable additional contributions;

Appeals to all Member States which are in a position to assist to make voluntary contributions to help defray the costs of the United Nations operations in the Congo ;

Calls upon the Government of Belgium, a State directly concerned with the situation in the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville), to make a substantial contribution;

Decides to apply the additional contributions of Member States under paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 above to offset the deficit resulting from the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 5.

20 December 1961.

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