Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor

A/RES/59/13BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 129 Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2004–2008

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/62/257

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2008	A/RES/62/257	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	521	34%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/282	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	864	68%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/271	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	786	49%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/13B	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	1,351	—
2005	A/RES/59/13A	Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Administration Appropriations Budget Performance Contributions-in-Kind Dissolution East Timor Situation Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Resources Allocation Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Support Accounts Timor-Leste Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

B²

²Resolution 59/13, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/59/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 59/13 A.

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor and the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor as at 15 April 2005, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 66.4 million United States dollars, representing some 4 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only fifty-one 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 that 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 Transitional Administration and 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;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;⁵

⁵A/59/736/Add.17.

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004;⁶

⁶A/59/655.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor the amount of 1,757,800 dollars, inclusive of 1,662,200 dollars for the administrative liquidation of the Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005 and 78,200 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 17,400 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides also to apportion among Member States the amount of 1,662,200 dollars for the Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 58/256 of 23 December 2003, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2005, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003;

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 10 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 119,400 dollars, representing the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005;

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 78,200 dollars for the support account and the amount of 17,400 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 58/256, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2005 and 2006, 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 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 12,400 dollars for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, comprising the prorated share of 11,000 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 1,400 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides further 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 10 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of 18,065,900 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 58/256, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2004, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B;

Decides 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 amount of 18,065,900 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 14 above;

Decides also that the increase of 392,100 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004 shall be added to the credits from the amount of 18,065,900 dollars referred to in paragraphs 14 and 15 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, bearing in mind paragraphs 5 and 6 of Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003;

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 sixtieth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor”.