Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

A/RES/53/241View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 170 Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

30 versions · 1999–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/279

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/279	Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo	1,473	75%Compare
2025	A/RES/79/305	Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo	1,255	81%Compare
2024	A/RES/78/302	Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo	1,363	82%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/311	Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo	1,190	90%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/287	Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo	1,254	40%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Administration Budget Contributions Former Yugoslavia Situation Kosovo (Serbia)Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Special Accounts Special Missions Staff Security Troop-Contributing States Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

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;

Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in full and on time;

Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements;

Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates;

Deeply regrets that the report of the Secretary-General does not contain adequate and precise information to substantiate fully the request submitted;

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

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments in an amount not exceeding 200 million United States dollars, inclusive of the amount of 50 million dollars authorized by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, for the operation of the Mission under the terms of section IV of General Assembly resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994, and requests the Secretary-General to establish a special account for the Mission;

Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 125 million dollars 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, 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 year 1999, as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997;

Emphasizes that no peacekeeping mission shall be financed by borrowing funds from other active peacekeeping missions;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to take additional measures to ensure the safety and security of all personnel under the auspices of the United Nations participating in the Mission;

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;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, as a matter of priority, a comprehensive report on the financing of the Mission, including full budget estimates and information on the utilization of resources until the time of the submission of the report, to enable the General Assembly to take action on it at the earliest opportunity;

Notes the intention of the Secretary-General to submit the full budget to the General Assembly by the end of September or early October 1999;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo”.

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