Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

A/RES/56/295View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 135 Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, published in 2002.

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?

15 subjects

Administration Appropriations Budget Performance Contributions-in-Kind Costs Equipment and Supplies General Service Staff Kosovo (Serbia)Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Troop-Contributing States Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo as at 30 April 2002, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 97.3 million United States dollars, representing some 8 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only seventy-two 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 Mission in full and on time;

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;

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,⁴ and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁴A/56/887/Add.6.

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;

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;⁵

⁵A/56/763.

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

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo the amount of 344,966,100 dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, inclusive of 330 million dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 13,364,900 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 1,601,200 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides also to apportion among Member States the amount of 344,966,100 dollars at a monthly rate of 28,747,175 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;

Decides further 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 24,931,500 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 at a monthly rate of 2,077,625 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 22,968,900 dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, the prorated share of 1,819,900 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 142,700 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 that for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there shall be set off against their apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 13 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 66,538,000 dollars and their respective share of other income of 29,041,000 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 also that for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 66,538,000 dollars and other income of 29,041,000 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 15 above;

Decides further that the decrease in the staff assessment income of 5,171,500 dollars shall be set off against the credits from the unencumbered balance in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2001 referred to in paragraphs 15 and 16 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 Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo”.