Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

A/RES/64/276View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 152 Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste, published in 2010.

What else is in this group?

13 documents · 2007–2016

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2016).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/275	Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste	424	–
2015	A/RES/69/298	Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste	432	–
2014	A/RES/68/288	Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste	806	–
2013	A/RES/67/245 B	Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste	—	–
2013	A/RES/67/245 A	Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste	—	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Administration Appropriations Budget Performance Contributions-in-Kind Financial Resources General Service Staff Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Security Staffing Timor-Leste Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

28 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, 61/276 of 29 June 2007 and 64/269 of 24 June 2010, as well as other relevant resolutions;

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste as at 30 April 2010, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 22.4 million United States dollars, representing some 3 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only forty-four 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 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;

Takes note of paragraph 38 of the report of the Advisory Committee;

Also takes note of paragraph 28 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and decides to establish nineteen posts in the Office of the Police Commissioner (one P-5, five P-4, eleven P-3, one P-2, one Field Service);

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;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the steps necessary to facilitate the acceleration of the recruitment process and improve incumbency levels in the Mission;

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009;⁴

⁴A/64/617.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste the amount of 218,804,600 dollars for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, inclusive of 206,311,600 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 10,580,500 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 1,912,500 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011

Also decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 144,567,325 dollars for the period from 1 July 2010 to 26 February 2011, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 64/249 of 24 December 2009, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2010 and 2011, as set out in its resolution 64/248 of 24 December 2009;

Further decides 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 18 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 6,939,945 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 6,260,004 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 578,786 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 101,155 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 74,237,275 dollars for the period from 27 February to 30 June 2011 at a monthly rate of 18,233,716 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in resolution 64/249, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2011, as set out in resolution 64/248, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

Also 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 20 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 3,563,755 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 3,214,596 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 297,214 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 51,945 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 18 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 6,779,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2009, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 61/243 of 22 December 2006, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2008, as set out in its resolution 61/237 of 22 December 2006;

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 6,779,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2009, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 22 above;

Also decides that the increase of 662,000 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2009 shall be added to the credits from the amount of 6,779,000 dollars referred to in paragraphs 22 and 23 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-fifth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste”.