Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor

A/RES/61/282View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 138 Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor, published in 2007.

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?

11 subjects

Accounts Administration Budget Performance Credit East Timor Situation Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Staff Assessment Timor-Leste Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

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 31 March 2007, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 25.4 million United States dollars, representing some 1 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only one hundred and twenty-three 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,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006;1

Decides that Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission shall be credited with their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of 31,835,900 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2006, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 58/256 of 23 December 2003, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2006, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003;

Encourages Member States that are owed credits referred to in paragraph 9 above to apply those credits to any accounts where the Member State concerned has outstanding assessed contributions;

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 31,835,900 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2006, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 9 above;

Also decides that the increase of 4,800 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2006 shall be added to the credits from the amount of 31,835,900 dollars referred to in paragraphs 9 and 11 above;

Further decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor”.

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Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

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