Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

A/RES/56/251BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 141 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 2001–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/299

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/299	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	415	25%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/266	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	373	58%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/288	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	611	61%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/279	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	821	39%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/14B	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone	1,400	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Administration Air Transport Appropriations Budget Performance Contributions-in-Kind Costs Equipment and Supplies General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Reimbursement Sierra Leone Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Staffing Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

B²

²Consequently, resolution 56/251, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 49 and corrigendum (A/56/49 and A/56/49 (Vol. I)/Corr.1), becomes resolution 56/251 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone as at 30 April 2002, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 120.6 million United States dollars, representing some 9 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-six Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, 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 and on time, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone in full and on time;

Expresses concern at 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;

Also 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 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁵A/56/887/Add.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 to ensure that no commercial alternative for transportation for official purposes is available before contracting services for the provision of executive jets;

Further 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;

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;⁶

⁶A/56/833.

Decides to reduce the appropriation authorized for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 under the terms of resolutions 54/241 B of 15 June 2000 and 55/251 A of 12 April 2001 from 577,672,651 dollars to 541,035,851 dollars, the amount apportioned among Member States in respect of the same period;

Decides also to approve the increase in the estimated staff assessment income for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 from 7,342,790 dollars to 7,598,190 dollars;

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003

Decides further to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone the amount of 699,838,300 dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, inclusive of 669,476,400 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 27,113,600 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 3,248,300 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 532,469,200 dollars at a monthly rate of 44,372,433 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolution 55/236 of 23 December 2000, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 2002 and 2003 as set out in its resolution 55/5 B of the same date, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

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 16 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 9,004,200 dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, at a monthly rate of 750,350 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 5,022,900 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, the prorated share of 3,692,100 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 and the increase in staff assessment income of that account for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, and the prorated share of 289,200 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 and the reduction in staff assessment income of that account 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 16 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 20,301,551 dollars and their respective share of other income of 14,650,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2001, in accordance with the levels set out in resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolution 55/236, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 2001 as set out in its resolution 55/5 B;

Decides that for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 20,301,551 dollars and other income of 14,650,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2001 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 18 above;

Decides also that the increase in the staff assessment income of 192,600 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2001 shall be set off against the credits from the unencumbered balance referred to in paragraphs 18 and 19 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-seventh session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone”.