Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A/RES/54/273View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 144 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in 2000.

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11 versions · 1996–2005

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/302

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/59/302	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	326	27%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/300	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	814	88%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/334	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	804	44%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/505	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,302	63%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/268	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,147	59%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Administration Appropriations Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Situation Costs Equipment and Supplies Fraud General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Staff Security

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina as at 30 April 2000, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 53.6 million United States dollars, representing 8 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 21 June 2000, notes that some 41 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 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 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.6.

Takes note of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into allegations of fraud in travel at the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina;3

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;

Decides to appropriate the amount of 158,707,667 dollars gross (149,375,001 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, inclusive of the amount of 7,530,382 dollars gross (6,372,279 dollars net) for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of 1,177,285 dollars gross (1,047,522 dollars net) for the United Nations Logistics Base, to be apportioned, as an ad hoc arrangement, among Member States at a monthly rate of 13,225,639 dollars gross (12,447,917 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 decision of the Security Council to extend the Mission beyond 30 June 2000;

⁶To be adopted by the General Assembly.

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 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 9,332,666 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;

Decides further that, 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 12 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 19,642,720 dollars gross (17,805,020 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 1999;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 19,642,720 dollars gross (17,805,020 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 1999 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

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 Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

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