Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

A/RES/49/231BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 126 Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

21 versions · 1994–2013

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/67/274

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2013	A/RES/67/274	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia	482	21%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/272	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia	431	62%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/299	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia	659	40%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/234	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia	1,236	52%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/293	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia	1,090	61%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Administration Budget Contributions Equipment and Supplies Financing Georgia Peacekeeping Operations Recommendations Reimbursement Rules and Regulations Special Accounts Special Missions

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia as at 12 June 1995, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 4,015,801 United States dollars, and urges all Member States concerned to make every possible effort to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;

Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities, due to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears;

Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Observer Mission promptly and in full;

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2/

Approves, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements for the Observer Mission with regard to the application of article IV of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, whereby appropriations required in respect of obligations owed to Governments providing contingents and/or logistic support to the Mission shall be retained beyond the period stipulated under financial regulations 4.3 and 4.4, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

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

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia the amount of 6,880,136 dollars gross (6,468,136 dollars net) for the period from 14 January to 15 May 1995, authorized and apportioned under the terms of General Assembly resolution 49/231 A;

Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account a total amount of 11,948,718 dollars gross (11,220,568 dollars net), inclusive of the amount of 3,440,068 dollars gross (3,234,068 dollars net) authorized and apportioned under the terms of General Assembly resolution 49/231 A, for the maintenance of the Observer Mission for the period from 16 May 1995 to 12 January 1996;

Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, and taking into account the amount of 3,440,068 dollars gross (3,234,068 dollars net) already apportioned in accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/231 A, to apportion an additional amount of 8,508,650 dollars gross (7,986,500 dollars net) for the period from 16 May 1995 to 12 January 1996 among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of 21 December 1989, 45/269 of 27 August 1991, 46/198 A of 20 December 1991 and 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, and its decision 48/472 A of 23 December 1993, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1995, 1996 and 1997 as set out in Assembly resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994;

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 9 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of 522,150 dollars approved for the Observer Mission for the period from 16 May 1995 to 12 January 1996;

Decides also that there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, their respective share in the unencumbered balance of 3,714,186 dollars gross (3,612,298 dollars net) in respect of the period from 7 August 1993 to 13 January 1995;

Decides further, with regard to the period beyond 12 January 1996, to authorize the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for a period of 5.7 months, at a monthly rate not to exceed 1,334,500 dollars gross (1,246,000 dollars net), in connection with the maintenance of the Observer Mission, to be apportioned in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution, subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Observer Mission beyond 12 January 1996;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Observer 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 established by the General Assembly in its resolutions 43/230 of 21 December 1988, 44/192 A of 21 December 1989 and 45/258 of 3 May 1991;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia".

Special arrangements with regard to the application of article IV

of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations

At the end of the twelve-month period provided for in regulation 4.3, any unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question relating to goods supplied and services rendered by Governments for which claims have been received or which are covered by established reimbursement rates shall be transferred to accounts payable; such accounts payable shall remain recorded in the Special Account for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia until payment is effected.

(a) Any other unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question owed to Governments for goods supplied and services rendered, as well as other obligations owed to Governments, for which required claims have not yet been received shall remain valid for an additional period of four years following the end of the twelve-month period provided for in regulation 4.3;

Claims received during this four-year period shall be treated as provided for in paragraph 1 of the present annex, if appropriate;

At the end of the additional four-year period, any unliquidated obligations shall be cancelled and the then remaining balance of any appropriations retained therefor shall be surrendered.

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