Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A/RES/51/152BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 153 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 1996–2005

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/302

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/59/302	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	326	27%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/300	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	814	88%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/334	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	804	44%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/505	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,302	63%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/268	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,147	59%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Bosnia and Herzegovina Budget Contributions Claims Financing Peacekeeping Operations Special Accounts

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

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²Consequently, resolution 51/152, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/51/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 51/152 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina as at 15 May 1997, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 27.4 million United States dollars, representing 18 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 30 June 1997, notes that some 21 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 peacekeeping 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 Mission in full and on time;

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;3

Approves, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements for the 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 Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina the amount of 178,880,900 dollars gross (170,269,700 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998, inclusive of the amount of 6,880,900 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, to be apportioned among Member States at a monthly rate of 14,906,742 dollars gross (14,189,142 dollars net) 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, 50/224 of 11 April 1996 and 51/218 A and B of 18 December 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 1997, as set out in its resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23 December 1995, and for the year 1998,⁵ subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission beyond 21 December 1997;

⁵To be adopted by the General Assembly.

Decides also 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 8 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 8,611,200 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998;

Decides further that, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there shall be set off against the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 8 above, their respective share in the unencumbered balance of 6,516,800 dollars gross (6,500,800 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 1996;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 6,516,800 dollars gross (6,500,800 dollars net) for the period ending 30 June 1996 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

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 fifty-second session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina".

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 shall remain recorded in the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 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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