Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

A/RES/50/211BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 135 Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, published in 1996.

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3 versions · 1994–1996

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1996	A/RES/50/211B	Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda	1,373	52%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/211A	Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda	841	40%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/248	Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda	1,162	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Budget Contributions Equipment and Supplies Financial Regulations Financing Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Rwanda Special Accounts Troop-Contributing States

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16 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda as at 21 May 1996, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 48,946,102 United States dollars, representing 10 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Assistance Mission to the period ending 8 March 1996, notes that some 23 per cent of the Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States concerned, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;

Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, which bear burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;

Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full;

Urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Assistance Mission in full and on time;

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

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

Approves, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements for the Assistance 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 for 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;

Decides to keep under review the amounts budgeted for the reimbursement of contingent-owned equipment, pending completion of the processing of outstanding claims for reimbursement for contingent-owned equipment with respect to the Assistance Mission;

Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda the amount of 19,745,000 dollars gross (19,462,700 dollars net) for the withdrawal of the Assistance Mission for the period from 9 March to 19 April 1996;

Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 19,745,000 dollars gross (19,462,700 dollars net) for the period from 9 March to 19 April 1996 among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General 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, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, 49/249 A of 20 July 1995, 49/249 B of 14 September 1995 and 50/224 of 11 April 1996 and its decisions 48/472 A of 23 December 1993 and 50/451 B of 23 December 1995, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 1996, as set out in resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and decision 50/471 A of 23 December 1995;

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 10 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 282,300 dollars approved for the period from 9 March to 19 April 1996;

Decides also to appropriate the amount of 4,632,500 dollars gross (4,152,200 dollars net) for the administrative closing of the Assistance Mission for the period subsequent to 19 April 1996, inclusive of the amount of 50,200 dollars for the support account for peace-keeping operations, to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution;

Decides further 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 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 480,300 dollars approved for the period subsequent to 19 April 1996;

Takes note of the preliminary report of the Secretary-General on the disposition of the assets of the Assistance Mission,⁴ and requests him to submit to the General Assembly a full report thereon by 27 November 1996;

⁴A/50/712/Add.2.

Invites voluntary contributions to the Assistance 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 fifty-first session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda".

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 financial 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 Assistance Mission for Rwanda 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 financial regulation 4.3;

Claims received during this four-year period shall be treated as provided under 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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