Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

A/RES/64/282View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 158b United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, published in 2010.

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69 documents · 1978–2026

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/282	Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	2,414	–
2025	A/RES/79/308	Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	2,082	–
2024	A/RES/78/305	Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	2,188	–
2023	A/RES/77/313	Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	2,027	–
2022	A/RES/76/290	Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	2,069	–

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18 subjects

Administration Appropriations Budget Performance Contributions-in-Kind Costs Equipment and Supplies Financial Management Financial Resources General Service Staff International Obligations Israel Lebanon Peacekeeping Operations Recruitment Reimbursement Special Accounts Staff Assessment Troop-Contributing States

What’s in this document?

31 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 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 Force as at 30 April 2010, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 45.6 million United States dollars, representing some 1 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only forty-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 Force in full;

Expresses deep concern that Israel did not comply with resolutions 51/233, 52/237, 53/227, 54/267, 55/180 A, 55/180 B, 56/214 A, 56/214 B, 57/325, 58/307, 59/307, 60/278, 61/250 A, 61/250 B, 61/250 C, 62/265 and 63/298;

Stresses once again that Israel should strictly abide by resolutions 51/233, 52/237, 53/227, 54/267, 55/180 A, 55/180 B, 56/214 A, 56/214 B, 57/325, 58/307, 59/307, 60/278, 61/250 A, 61/250 B, 61/250 C, 62/265 and 63/298;

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 Force;

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,2 subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Decides to apply a delayed deployment factor of 20 per cent for military contingents;

Also decides to apply a vacancy rate of 22 per cent for international staff and a vacancy rate of 16 per cent for national staff;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions of resolutions 59/296, 60/266, 61/276 and 64/269;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take all action necessary to ensure that the Force 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 Force against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Force;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to take the measures necessary to ensure the full implementation of paragraph 8 of resolution 51/233, paragraph 5 of resolution 52/237, paragraph 11 of resolution 53/227, paragraph 14 of resolution 54/267, paragraph 14 of resolution 55/180 A, paragraph 15 of resolution 55/180 B, paragraph 13 of resolution 56/214 A, paragraph 13 of resolution 56/214 B, paragraph 14 of resolution 57/325, paragraph 13 of resolution 58/307, paragraph 13 of resolution 59/307, paragraph 17 of resolution 60/278, paragraph 21 of resolution 61/250 A, paragraph 20 of resolution 61/250 B, paragraph 20 of resolution 61/250 C, paragraph 21 of resolution 62/265 and paragraph 19 of resolution 63/298, stresses once again that Israel shall pay the amount of 1,117,005 dollars resulting from the incident at Qana on 18 April 1996, and requests the Secretary-General to report on this matter to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session;

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 Force for the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009;⁴

⁴A/64/542.

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

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon the amount of 550,149,400 dollars for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, inclusive of 518,710,200 dollars for the maintenance of the Force, 26,626,400 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 4,812,800 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Financing of the appropriation

Also decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 91,691,566 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 August 2010, 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, as set out in Assembly 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 21 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the amount of 2,264,350 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 1,832,750 dollars approved for the Force, the prorated share of 367,433 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 64,167 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 458,457,834 dollars for the period from 1 September 2010 to 30 June 2011 at a monthly rate of 45,845,783 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in resolution 64/249, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2010 and 2011, as set out in resolution 64/248, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Force;

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 23 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the amount of 11,321,750 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 9,163,750 dollars approved for the Force, the prorated share of 1,837,167 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 320,833 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 Force, there shall be set off against their apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 21 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 101,748,900 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, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2009, as set out in Assembly resolution 61/237 of 22 December 2006;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there shall be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 101,748,900 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2009, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 25 above;

Also decides that the decrease of 336,100 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2009 shall be set off against the credits from the amount of 101,748,900 dollars referred to in paragraphs 25 and 26 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 Force 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 Force 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, under the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East”, the sub-item entitled “United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon”.