Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia

A/RES/48/255View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 135 Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, published in 1994.

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5 documents · 1992–1994

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1994	A/RES/48/255	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia	1,268	–
1993	A/RES/47/209B	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/209A	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia	—	–
1992	A/RES/46/222[A]	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia	—	–
1992	A/RES/46/222	Financing of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia	—	–

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16 subjects

Administration Auditing Budget Contributions Cambodia Coordination Within UN System Dissolution Evaluation Financial Statements Financing Humanitarian Assistance Peacekeeping Operations Recommendations Reimbursement Resources Mobilization Special Accounts Troop-Contributing States

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16 operative paragraphs

A/48/701 and Corr.1 and 2 and Add.1.

A/48/917 and Corr.1.

Regrets that, as of 29 April 1994, only 37 Member States had paid their assessed contributions to the Special Account for the United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia and the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their outstanding assessed contributions, totalling 253,882,193 United States dollars;

Expresses its grave concern about the resulting financial situation of the Special Account for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority, due to the continued non-payment by Member States of their assessments, particularly those in arrears, which has led to an unprecedented delay in the reimbursement to troop-contributing countries, placing an additional burden on these countries, bearing in mind the fact that the Transitional Authority has completed its activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to approach all Member States that have not paid in full their assessed contributions to the Special Account for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority, urging them to fulfil their obligations under the Charter of the United Nations so as to enable the Organization to reimburse the troop-contributing countries within the shortest possible time;

Notes the assurances given by the Secretariat that the matter of reimbursement of outstanding dues to the troop-contributing countries would be given priority when settling the unliquidated obligations of the Transitional Authority prior to its liquidation;

Urges the Secretary-General to explore all possibilities in order to ensure prompt reimbursement to troop-contributing countries;

Takes note of the information provided on the Interim Joint Administration of Cambodia in section II.B of the report of the Secretary-General; 3/

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2/ subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

A/48/701 and Corr.1 and 2.

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority the amount of 236 million dollars, authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 47/209 A, for the period from 1 May to 31 July 1993;

Also decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority the amount of 100 million dollars gross and net, authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee under the terms of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of General Assembly decision 48/469, for the Transitional Authority for the period from 1 September 1993 to 31 March 1994, and to appropriate the amount of 32,562,900 dollars gross (25,691,600 dollars net), the said amount to be covered by interest income and miscellaneous income in the Special Account, in addition to the total amount of 1,482,191,600 dollars gross (1,461,845,400 dollars net) already appropriated for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority, inclusive of the amount of 236 million dollars authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee, referred to in paragraph 8 above;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, through the Advisory Committee, a detailed financial performance report on the Special Account for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority for the period ending 30 June 1994;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in the light of the importance and size of the Transitional Authority, to provide to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, no later than 31 March 1995, a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the administration and management of the operation, with a view to utilizing this experience in other peace-keeping operations;

Endorses the request of the Advisory Committee as contained in paragraph 10 of its report, and requests the Board of Auditors to devote particular attention to the Transitional Authority in the course of its next audit of peace-keeping missions;

Welcomes the intention of the Board of Auditors to report separately on the liquidation phase of the Transitional Authority during the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit, within its resources for the biennium 1994-1995, to devote particular attention to the lessons to be learned from the experience of the Transitional Authority in the areas of the coordination and mobilization of resources throughout the United Nations system in the preparation of its report on the involvement of the system in providing and coordinating humanitarian assistance and to provide the General Assembly, through the Committee for Programme Coordination at its thirty-fifth session, with action-oriented recommendations;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Transitional Authority is administered with the maximum of efficiency and economy during the final stage of its liquidation;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session an item entitled "Financing and liquidation of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia".

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