Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

A/RES/52/238View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124a United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission, published in 1998.

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17 versions · 1991–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/274

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/274	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	578	42%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/304	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	934	54%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/330	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	908	49%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/297	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	1,528	61%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/261	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	1,403	68%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Budget Contributions Financing Iraq Iraq-Kuwait Situation Kuwait Peacekeeping Operations Special Accounts

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission as at 15 May 1998, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 9.6 million United States dollars, representing some 4 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 30 April 1998, 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 its continued appreciation of the decision of the Government of Kuwait to defray two thirds of the cost of the Observation Mission, effective 1 November 1993;

Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, which bear additional 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 Observation Mission in full and on time;

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

Decides to examine the recommendation of the Advisory Committee for 5 per cent across-the-board reductions of the budget proposals of the Secretary-General in the light of the next series of relevant financial performance reports;

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

Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to employ locally recruited staff for the Observation Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission the amount of 52,143,800 dollars gross (50,255,600 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, inclusive of the amount of 2,618,400 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, a two-thirds share of this amount, equivalent to 33,503,700 dollars, to be funded through voluntary contributions from the Government of Kuwait, subject to the review by the Security Council with regard to the question of termination or continuation of the Mission;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions from the Government of Kuwait of the two-thirds share of the cost of the Observation Mission, equivalent to 33,503,700 dollars, to apportion among Member States the amount of 18,640,100 dollars gross (16,751,900 dollars net), representing one third of the cost of the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, the said amount to be apportioned at a monthly rate of 1,553,342 dollars gross (1,395,992 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, 51/218 A to C of 18 December 1996 and 52/230 of 31 March 1998 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 years 1998 and 1999, as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997, subject to the review by the Security Council with regard to the question of termination or continuation of the Mission;

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 11 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,888,200 dollars approved for the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;

Decides that, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions from the Government of Kuwait of the two-thirds share of the cost of the Observation Mission, 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 11 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 1,625,800 dollars gross (1,250,900 dollars net), representing one third of the unencumbered balance of 4,127,600 dollars gross (3,752,700 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;

Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 1,625,800 dollars gross (1,250,900 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

Decides further that two thirds of the net unencumbered balance of 3,752,700 dollars, equivalent to 2,501,800 dollars, shall be returned to the Government of Kuwait;

Expresses deep concern about the overpayment of mission subsistence allowance, at present calculated at 6,312,201.53 dollars, as well as the inaccuracy of the earlier estimated amount of 988,443.50 dollars, which represents a drastic increase of 5,323,758.03 dollars, and the delay in reporting the matter to the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to ensure that voluntary contributions towards the budgeted cost of the Observation Mission shall be utilized only in accordance with the procedure and practices established by the General Assembly;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to recover the overpayment of mission subsistence allowance in the revised estimated amount of 6,312,201.53 dollars and to submit a separate report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on developments relating to the issue of overpayment of mission subsistence allowance and compensatory time off, including measures taken with respect to those responsible for the overpayment on the basis of the conclusion of the inquiry;

Further requests the Secretary-General to review the recovery process, taking into account the results of the inquiry and bearing in mind various aspects of this measure;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all managers exercising financial responsibility are issued with the revised and updated version of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that every official of the United Nations is responsible to the Secretary-General for the regularity of the actions taken by him or her in the course of his or her official duties and that any official who takes any action contrary to the Financial Rules, or to the administrative instructions issued in connection therewith, may be held personally responsible and financially liable for the consequences of such action;

Recalls its request to the Secretary-General in its resolution 49/218 of 23 December 1994 to include full implementation of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations as a specific performance indicator in the performance appraisal of all managers;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Observation 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-third session, under the item entitled "Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 687 (1991)", the sub-item entitled "United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission".

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