Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A/RES/58/259BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 138 Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published in 2004.

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16 documents · 2000–2009

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/291	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,745	–
2008	A/RES/62/256	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,961	–
2007	A/RES/61/281	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,736	–
2006	A/RES/60/121B	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,879	–
2006	A/RES/60/121A	Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	—	–

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18 subjects

Administration Air Transport Appropriations Budget Performance Democratic Republic of the Congo Elections Equipment and Supplies Food Distribution Funds General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Purchasing Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Staffing Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

28 operative paragraphs

B²

²Consequently, resolution 58/259, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/58/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 58/259 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as at 15 April 2004, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 111.1 million United States dollars, representing some 6 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 urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Mission 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;

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 reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁵ subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁵A/58/759/Add.10 and A/58/794.

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures in order to improve the distribution of food rations in the Mission;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of the comprehensive review of the organizational structure of the Mission, to consider the posts required for the election process;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to employ, if necessary, 17 additional staff, up to a total of 34, in the Office of Public Information for the purposes of the election process, within the approved budget level for 2004–2005, and to report thereon in the context of the next performance report of the Mission;

Requests the Secretary-General to present in his next budget proposal workload indicators for the international staff in the Office of Public Information;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy, particularly with regard to air transport;

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 2002 to 30 June 2003

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003;⁶

⁶A/58/684.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the amount of 746,072,500 dollars for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, inclusive of 709,123,200 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 30,207,700 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 6,741,600 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides also to apportion among Member States the amount of 746,072,500 dollars at a monthly rate of 62,172,708 dollars, 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 and updated in its resolution 58/256 of 23 December 2003, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2004 and 2005, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

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 17 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 22,311,400 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 17,523,300 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 4,408,300 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 379,800 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

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 17 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 133,437,500 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2003, in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution 55/236 and its resolution 57/290 A of 20 December 2002, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2003 as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 and 57/4 B of 20 December 2002;

Decides also that for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there shall be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 133,437,500 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2003, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 19 above;

Decides further that the increase in the estimated staff assessment income of 393,400 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2003 shall be added to the credits from the amount referred to in paragraphs 19 and 20 above and that the respective shares of Member States therein shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of those paragraphs, as appropriate;

Financing of the appropriation for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the financing arrangements for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004;⁷

⁷A/58/772.

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 59,038,300 dollars already appropriated for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 under the terms of General Assembly resolution 58/259 A, in accordance with the levels set out in Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 55/236 and 57/290 A and updated in its resolution 58/256, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2003, as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B and 57/4 B, and the scale of assessments for 2004, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B;

Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X), there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 23 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of 1,936,764 dollars approved for the Mission;

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-ninth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.