Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

A/RES/55/227BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 133 Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, published in 2001.

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?

13 subjects

Administration Appropriations Costs Dissolution Equipment and Supplies Financial Regulations General Service Staff Kosovo (Serbia)Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Staff Security Troop-Contributing States Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

27 operative paragraphs

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²Consequently, resolution 55/227, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/55/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 55/227 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo as at 30 April 2001, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 202.4 million United States dollars, representing 24 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 30 June 2001, notes that some 20 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;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁵ in particular paragraph 9, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁵A/55/874/Add.6.

Expresses concern about the high level of unliquidated obligations in the Mission as at 30 June 2000;

Requests the Secretary-General to improve the timeliness and accuracy of the expenditure data for the Mission;

Approves, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements for the Mission with regard to the application of article IV of the financial regulations of the United Nations, whereby appropriations required in respect of obligations owed to Governments providing formed units and/or logistic support to the Mission shall be retained beyond the period stipulated under financial regulations 4.3 and 4.4, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

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 413,361,800 dollars gross (385,256,870 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002, inclusive of the amount of 12,098,009 dollars gross (10,617,193 dollars net) for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of 1,263,791 dollars gross (1,134,877 dollars net) for the United Nations Logistics Base, to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution 55/236 of 23 December 2000, the scale of assessments for the year 2001⁶ to be applied against a portion thereof, that is, 206,680,900 dollars gross (192,628,435 dollars net), which is the amount pertaining to the period ending 31 December 2001, and the scale of assessments for the year 20025 to be applied against the balance, that is, 206,680,900 dollars gross (192,628,435 dollars net) for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2002;

⁶See resolution 55/5 B.

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 15 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 28,104,930 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002;

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 15 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 65,272,000 dollars gross (57,860,300 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 2000, in accordance with the composition of groups as set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989 and as adjusted by the Assembly in subsequent relevant resolutions and decisions for the ad hoc apportionment of peacekeeping appropriations, the latest of which were resolution 52/230 of 31 March 1998 and decisions 54/456 to 54/458 of 23 December 1999 for the period 1998–2000, 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 that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 65,272,000 dollars gross (57,860,300 dollars net) in respect of the period ending 30 June 2000 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 17 above;

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-sixth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo”.

Special arrangements with regard to the application of article IV of the financial regulations of the United Nations

At the end of the twelve-month period provided for in financial regulation 4.3, any unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question relating to goods supplied and services rendered by Governments for which claims have been received or which are covered by established reimbursement rates shall be transferred to accounts payable; such accounts shall remain recorded in the Special Account for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo until payment is effected.

In addition:

Any other unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question owed to Governments for provision of goods and services rendered but not yet verified, as well as other obligations owed to Governments, for which claims have not yet been received shall remain valid for an additional period of four years following the end of the twelve-month period provided for in financial regulation 4.3;

Claims received during this four-year period as well as approved verification reports shall be treated as provided for under paragraph 1 of the present annex, if appropriate;

At the end of the additional four-year period, any unliquidated obligations shall be cancelled and the then remaining balance of any appropriations retained therefor shall be surrendered.

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