Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

A/RES/58/308View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 146 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, published in 2004.

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?

18 subjects

Administration Appropriations Budget Performance Costs Equipment and Supplies Financial Resources Funds General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Purchasing Reimbursement Sierra Leone Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Staffing Support Accounts Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

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 15 April 2004, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 85.5 million United States dollars, representing some 6.5 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty 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,⁴ and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation, bearing in mind that the budget may be revised in light of Security Council resolution 1537 (2004);

⁴A/58/759/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, 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;⁵

⁵A/58/660.

Decides to reduce the appropriation authorized for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 under the terms of its resolution 56/251 B of 27 June 2002 from 699,838,300 dollars to 633,447,400 dollars;

Decides also, taking into account the amount of 622,469,200 dollars already apportioned for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 56/251 B and its resolution 57/291 A of 20 December 2002, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 10,978,200 dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 55/236 of 23 December 2000 and 57/290 A of 20 December 2002, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2002 and 2003, as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 and 57/4 B of 20 December 2002;

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 the estimated increase in the staff assessment income of 230,000 dollars approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003;

Decides to approve the decrease in the estimated staff assessment income for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 from 10,678,500 dollars to 9,560,600 dollars;

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

Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone the amount of 207,246,100 dollars for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, inclusive of 196,982,200 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 8,391,200 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 1,872,700 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides further to apportion among Member States the amount of 207,246,100 dollars at a monthly rate of 17,270,508 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution 55/236 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 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 17 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 5,610,700 dollars at a monthly rate of 467,558 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 4,280,600 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 1,224,600 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 105,500 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides also 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 other income in the amount of 27,223,000 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 resolutions 55/236 and 57/290 A, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2003 as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B and 57/4 B;

Decides further 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 other income in the amount of 27,223,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2003, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 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-ninth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone”.