Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

A/RES/54/245BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 166 Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, published in 2000.

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 Costs General Service Staff Kosovo (Serbia)Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Reimbursement Staff Security Staffing Troop-Contributing States Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

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²Consequently, resolution 54/245, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/54/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 54/245 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo as at 30 April 2000, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 105.5 million United States dollars, representing 25 per cent of the total assessed contributions, 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 payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;

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 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;

Reiterates its request to 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 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

⁵A/54/842.

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

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments in an amount not exceeding 220 million dollars gross (207,407,400 dollars net) for the operation of the Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2000;

Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 220 million dollars gross (207,407,400 dollars net) for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2000 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, 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;

Decides also 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 13 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 12,592,600 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 December 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 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;

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

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