Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force

A/RES/56/299View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 144 Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force, published in 2002.

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8 versions · 1996–2002

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/299	Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force	986	59%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/275	Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force	770	50%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/20B	Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force	1,151	72%Compare
1998	A/RES/53/20A	Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force	1,130	73%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/245	Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force	1,054	66%Compare

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9 subjects

Appropriations Credit Dissolution North Macedonia Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Report Preparation Staff Assessment Troop-Contributing States

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17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force as at 30 April 2002, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 9.2 million United States dollars, representing some 6 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only one hundred and thirty-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;

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;

Endorses the recommendations contained in paragraph 82 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

Decides to reduce the appropriation provided for in its resolution 53/20 B of 8 June 1999 of 183,730 dollars for the liquidation of the Force in respect of the period from 1 July to 15 October 1999 to the amount of 172,000 dollars;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion among Member States the amount of 172,000 dollars in respect of the period from 1 July to 15 October 1999, in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, and as adjusted by the General Assembly in subsequent 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 in respect of the period 1998–2000, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year 1999 as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997;

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 9 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 96,000 dollars approved for the liquidation of the Force in respect of the period from 1 July to 15 October 1999;

Decides that for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there shall be set off against the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, their respective share in the amount of 172,000 dollars from the unencumbered balance of 7,059,600 dollars;

Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, their share of the amount of 172,000 dollars from the unencumbered balance of 7,059,600 dollars shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;

Decides further that staff assessment income in the amount of 96,000 dollars from the total staff assessment income of 174,100 dollars shall be set off against the credits from the unencumbered balance referred to in paragraphs 11 and 12 above;

Decides that 18,237,935 dollars shall be credited to Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide an updated report on the financial position of the Force in one year;

Emphasizes that no peacekeeping mission shall be financed by borrowing funds from other active peacekeeping missions;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force”.

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