Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission

A/RES/51/213View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124 Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1989–1997

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1997	A/RES/51/213	Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission	1,224	58%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/209B	Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission	1,519	55%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/209A	Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission	1,412	46%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/227B	Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission	1,082	—
1990	A/RES/44/190	Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Angola Budget Contributions Financing Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Troop-Contributing States

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14 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Angola Verification Mission as at 10 December 1996, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 127,520,046 United States dollars, representing 23 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Verification Mission to the period ending 11 December 1996, notes that some 19 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 the payment of their assessed contributions to the Verification 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 Verification Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to address relevant findings and to implement the relevant recommendations of the Advisory Committee, the Office of Internal Oversight Services and the Board of Auditors in respect of the Verification Mission;

Decides to appropriate the amount of 137,978,400 dollars gross (134,980,800 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Verification Mission for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, inclusive of the amount of 4,048,400 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, in addition to the amount of 170,118,500 dollars gross (166,984,100 dollars net) already appropriated for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1996 under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/209 B;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 137,978,400 dollars gross (134,980,800 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 among Member States at a monthly rate of 22,996,400 dollars gross (22,496,800 dollars net) beginning 1 January 1997, 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 1997, as set out in its resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23 December 1995, subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Verification Mission beyond 28 February 1997;

Decides further 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 additional estimated staff assessment income of 2,997,600 dollars approved for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;

Decides that, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Verification Mission, there shall be set off against their apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, their respective share in the unencumbered balance of 20,790,900 dollars gross (20,639,700 dollars net) for the period from 9 February to 31 December 1995;

Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Verification Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 20,790,900 dollars gross (20,639,700 dollars net) for the period from 9 February to 31 December 1995 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Verification 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 keep under review during its fifty-first session the agenda item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission".

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