Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 126 Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, published in 1996.

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37 documents · 1991–2026

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/284	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,759	–
2025	A/RES/79/310	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,472	–
2024	A/RES/78/307	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,631	–
2023	A/RES/77/314	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,456	–
2022	A/RES/76/292	Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	1,519	–

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11 subjects

Budget Contributions Cost Effectiveness Equipment and Supplies Financing Funds Peacekeeping Operations Recommendations Reimbursement Special Accounts Troop-Contributing States Western Sahara

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14 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara as at 30 September 1996, including the contributions unpaid in the amount of 49,014,872 United States dollars, representing 20 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 30 September 1996, notes that some 18 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, particularly as regards the reimbursement of troop-contributing countries, 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 promptly and in full;

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 Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara the amount of 27,962,500 dollars gross (25,480,500 dollars net), already authorized and assessed under the terms of General Assembly resolution 49/247 of 20 July 1995, for the operation of the Mission for the period from 1 February to 30 June 1996;

Decides also to appropriate the amount of 13,292,500 dollars gross (12,555,000 dollars net) for the operation of the Mission for the period from 1 July to 30 November 1996, inclusive of the amount of 526,835 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, and taking into account the amount of 7,816,100 dollars gross (6,846,350 dollars net) already authorized and assessed for the period from 1 July to 30 September 1996 by the Assembly in its decision 50/446 B of 7 June 1996, and the amount of 2.6 million dollars gross (2.5 million dollars net) already authorized for the period from 1 to 31 October 1996 by the Assembly in its decision 50/446 C;

Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, and taking into account the amount of 7,816,100 dollars gross (6,846,350 dollars net) already apportioned under the terms of decision 50/446 B, to apportion the additional amount of 5,476,400 dollars gross (5,708,650 dollars net) for the period from 1 July to 30 November 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 its resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23 December 1995;

Decides that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, shall take into consideration the decrease in their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 232,250 dollars for the period from 1 July to 30 November 1996;

Decides also to appropriate the amount of 18,609,500 dollars gross (17,577,000 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 December 1996 to 30 June 1997, inclusive of the amount of 737,565 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, to be assessed on Member States at a monthly rate not to exceed 2,658,500 dollars gross (2,511,000 dollars net), 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 Mission beyond 30 November 1996;

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 11 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,032,500 dollars approved for the period from 1 December 1996 to 30 June 1997;

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 procedures 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 the agenda item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara" under review during its fifty-first session.

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