Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

A/RES/54/18BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 130a United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

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?

13 subjects

Administration Appropriations Costs General Service Staff Iraq Iraq-Kuwait Situation Kuwait Mission Allowance Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Security Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

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²Consequently, resolution 54/18, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/54/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 54/18 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission as at 30 April 2000, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 13.8 million United States dollars, representing some 5 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 30 June 2000, notes that some 4 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 its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full;

Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;

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;

Expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa;

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;

Requests the Secretary-General to make the fullest possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Observation Mission, and for this purpose requests the Secretary-General to speed up the implementation of the asset management system at all peacekeeping missions in accordance with General Assembly resolution 52/1 A of 15 October 1997;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁵ and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁵A/54/841/Add.3.

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 recruit local 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 52,710,270 dollars gross (50,287,503 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, inclusive of the amount of 2,501,232 dollars gross (2,116,566 dollars net) for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of 391,038 dollars gross (347,937 dollars net) for the United Nations Logistics Base, a two-thirds share of this amount, equivalent to 33,525,000 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 33,525,000 dollars, to apportion among Member States the amount of 19,185,270 dollars gross (16,762,503 dollars net), representing one third of the cost of the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, the said amount to be apportioned at a monthly rate of 1,598,773 dollars gross (1,396,875 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, 50/451 B of 23 December 1995 and 54/456 to 54/458 of 23 December 1999, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 2000, as set out in its resolutions 52/215 A of 22 December 1997 and 54/237 A of 23 December 1999, and for the year 2001,⁶ subject to the review by the Security Council with regard to the question of termination or continuation of the Mission;

⁶To be adopted by the General Assembly.

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 14 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 2,422,767 dollars approved for the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;

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 14 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 894,967 dollars gross (643,967 dollars net), representing one third of the unencumbered balance of 2,182,900 dollars gross (1,931,900 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;

Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 894,967 dollars gross (643,967 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

Decides further that two thirds of the net unencumbered balance of 1,931,900 dollars, equivalent to 1,287,933 dollars, shall be returned to the Government of Kuwait;

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 Observation Mission;

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-fifth 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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