Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

A/RES/60/274View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 146a United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation MIssion, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 1991–2006

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/274	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	578	42%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/304	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	934	54%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/330	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	908	49%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/297	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	1,528	61%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/261	Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	1,403	68%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Accounts Costs Credit Dissolution Financial Resources Iraq Iraq-Kuwait Situation Kuwait Peacekeeping Operations Report Preparation

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11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the proposal of the Secretary-General contained in paragraph 14 of his report;1

Also takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission as at 30 April 2006, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 3.9 million United States dollars, representing some 1 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only one hundred and forty-one Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;

Expresses its continued appreciation of the decision of the Government of Kuwait to defray two thirds of the cost of the Observation Mission, effective 1 November 1993;

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 Observation Mission in full;

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

Decides that, taking into account the voluntary contributions of the Government of Kuwait, two thirds of the cash balance available as at 30 June 2005 in the amount of 27,844,700 dollars shall be returned to the Government of Kuwait;

Also decides that Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission shall be credited with their respective share of the remaining balance as at 30 June 2005 in the amount of 13,922,300 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235 of 23 December 2000, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution 55/236 of the same date and its resolution 57/290 A of 20 December 2002, 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;

Further decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission, their respective share of the remaining balance as at 30 June 2005 in the amount of 13,922,300 dollars shall be set off against their outstanding obligations, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 7 above;

Encourages Member States that are owed credits for the closed peacekeeping mission accounts to apply those credits to any accounts where the Member State concerned has outstanding assessed contributions;

Decides that updated information on the financial position of the Observation Mission shall be included in the report on the updated position of closed peacekeeping missions to be considered by the General Assembly at its sixty-first session under the agenda item entitled “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”;

Also decides to delete from its agenda the item entitled:

“Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 687 (1991):

“(a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission;

“(b) Other activities”.

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