Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

A/RES/63/296View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 143 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, published in 2009.

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’s in this document?

34 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Head of Mission with the task of formulating future budget proposals in full accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 59/296 of 22 June 2005, 60/266 of 30 June 2006 and 61/276 of 29 June 2007, as well as other relevant resolutions;

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Liberia as at 30 April 2009, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 96.6 million United States dollars, representing some 2 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only sixty-seven 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;

Requests the Secretary-General to give consideration to making the fullest possible use of facilities at the logistics hub at Entebbe, Uganda;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that proposed peacekeeping budgets are based on the relevant legislative mandates;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,Error: Reference source not found subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Recalls paragraph 40 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to enhance his efforts to carry out the approved quick-impact projects in a timely manner, while addressing the underlying issues hampering implementation at the Mission;

Also recalls paragraph 19 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and encourages the Secretary-General to improve the presentation of the needs for personnel in order to have a clear view of the new posts proposed;

Takes note of paragraph 36 of the report of the Advisory Committee;

Stresses the importance of maintaining experienced staff during the drawdown period of the Mission and of expanding the skills of all staff, including national staff;

Recalls paragraph 44 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to make efforts to implement all planned activities, especially those related to national capacity-building;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the staffing structure of the Mission under review and to report to the General Assembly about possible post reductions, in particular for the support activities, in the context of the budget for the period 2010/11;

Welcomes the efforts of the Mission with regard to environmental issues;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions of resolutions 59/296, 60/266 and 61/276;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take all action necessary 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;

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008;⁴

⁴A/63/588 and Corr.1.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Liberia the amount of 585,682,100 dollars for the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010, inclusive of 560,978,700 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 20,559,300 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 4,144,100 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Also decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 146,420,525 dollars for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2009, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 61/243 of 22 December 2006, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2009, as set out in Assembly resolution 61/237 of 22 December 2006;

Further decides that, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 24 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 3,419,800 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 2,782,450 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 535,075 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 102,275 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 439,261,575 dollars for the period from 1 October 2009 to 30 June 2010, at a monthly rate of 48,806,842 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in resolution 61/243, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2009, as set out in resolution 61/237, and for 2010,⁵ subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

⁵To be adopted by the General Assembly.

Also decides that, in accordance with the provisions of resolution 973 (X), there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 26 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 10,259,400 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 8,347,350 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 1,605,225 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 306,825 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Further decides 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 24 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 54,157,100 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2008, in accordance with the levels updated in resolution 61/243, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2008, as set out in resolution 61/237;

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 total amount of 54,157,100 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2008, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 28 above;

Also decides that the decrease of 758,400 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2008 shall be set off against the credits from the amount of 54,157,100 dollars referred to in paragraphs 28 and 29 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 participating in the Mission under the auspices of the United Nations, 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 sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia”.