Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

A/RES/58/261BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 165 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 2004–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/303

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/78/303	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia	434	23%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/289	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia	585	54%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/319	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia	994	50%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/296	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia	1,125	55%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/304	Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia	1,399	74%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Administration Appropriations Equipment and Supplies Funds General Service Staff Liberia Peacekeeping Operations Purchasing Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Staffing Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

B²

²Consequently, resolution 58/261, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/58/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 58/261 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Liberia as at 15 April 2004, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 139.3 million United States dollars, representing some 31 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-eight 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 report 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/58/798.

Requests the Secretary-General to review the projects that may require the services of consultants, in order to ensure the implementation of those projects that are required for the successful implementation of the mandate, and to report thereon in the performance report;

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

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;

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

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Liberia the amount of 864,815,900 dollars for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, inclusive of 821,986,000 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 35,015,300 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 7,814,600 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides also to apportion among Member States the amount of 864,815,900 dollars at a monthly rate of 72,067,991 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, 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 13 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 15,634,600 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 10,084,900 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 5,109,600 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 440,100 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

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

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the financing arrangements of the Mission for the period from 1 August 2003 to 30 June 2004;⁶

⁶A/58/792.

Decides to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 114,494,300 dollars already appropriated for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 August 2003 to 30 June 2004 under the terms of General Assembly resolution 58/261 A, at a monthly rate of 10,408,600 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution 55/236 and its resolution 57/290 A of 20 December 2002 and updated in its resolution 58/256, and 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 and the scale of assessments for 2004 as set out in its resolution 58/1 B;

Approves the reduction in the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Mission in the amount of 1,449,100 dollars, from 5,210,000 dollars to 3,760,900 dollars;

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 Mission in Liberia”.