Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

A/RES/54/241AView PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 150 Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and 172 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, published in 2000.

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2 documents · 2000

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/241B	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	1,789	–
2000	A/RES/54/241A	Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	1,567	–

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Administration Appropriations Auditing Costs Equipment and Supplies General Service Staff Mine Clearance Peacekeeping Operations Sierra Leone Special Accounts Staff Security Staffing

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22 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone as at 30 November 1999, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 1.2 million United States dollars, representing 8 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes that some 37 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 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 Observer Mission and to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 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 United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, 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 of 15 October 1997;

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly on the experience gained in the use of resident auditors in peacekeeping missions and the implications of the implementation of the recommendation of the Office of Internal Oversight Services referred to in paragraph 12 of the report of the Advisory Committee;⁴

⁴A/54/647.

Notes that a technical assessment mission will be undertaken to assess the needs relating to mine clearance, and requests that the necessary funding for operational demining needs be made available for these activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 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 United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission;

Decides to continue to use the Special Account established in accordance with General Assembly resolution 53/29 for the Observer Mission, for the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone beginning 22 October 1999;

Decides also to appropriate the amount of 200 million dollars gross (197,765,100 dollars net) for the maintenance and provisional expansion of the Observer Mission and the establishment and maintenance of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, inclusive of the amount of 52,971,600 dollars gross (52,687,600 dollars net) previously authorized by the Advisory Committee under the terms of section IV of General Assembly resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994 on the administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of peacekeeping operations;

Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 161,666,667 dollars gross (159,860,123 dollars net) for the Observer Mission and the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone for the period from 1 July 1999 to 21 April 2000 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 years 1999 and 2000, as set out in its resolutions 52/215 A of 22 December 1997 and 54/237 A of 23 December 1999;

Decides 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 15 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,806,544 dollars approved for the Observer Mission and the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone for the period from 1 July 1999 to 21 April 2000;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 38,333,333 dollars gross (37,904,977 dollars net) among Member States for the period from 22 April to 30 June 2000 for the maintenance of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone at a monthly rate of 16,666,667 dollars gross (16,480,425 dollars net), in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 2000, as set out in its resolutions 52/215 A and 54/237 A, subject to the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission beyond 21 April 2000;

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 17 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 428,356 dollars approved for the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone for the period from 22 April to 30 June 2000;

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 United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone;

Invites voluntary contributions to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 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 keep under review during its fifty-fourth session the agenda items entitled “Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone” and “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone”.

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