Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur

A/RES/66/279View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 164 Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, published in 2012.

What else is in this group?

27 documents · 2008–2025

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/311	Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur	351	–
2024	A/RES/78/308	Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur	734	–
2022	A/RES/76/244 B	Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur	—	–
2022	A/RES/76/244 A	Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur	—	–
2021	A/RES/75/251 C	Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur	—	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Darfur (Sudan)Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Special Accounts Sudan

What’s in this document?

32 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, 64/269 of 24 June 2010, 65/289 of 30 June 2011 and 66/264 of 21 June 2012, as well as other relevant resolutions;

Takes note of the status of contributions to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur as at 30 April 2012, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 226 million United States dollars, representing some 3 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only seventy-five 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 Operation 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;

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;

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 reports 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;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all planned construction projects are completed on schedule and that Headquarters provides effective oversight of the major construction projects;

Notes the low implementation rate of quick-impact projects, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure improvement in their rate of implementation;

Notes with concern the continuing issue of civilian personnel vacancy rates and the challenges faced by the Operation in attracting and retaining qualified personnel, with their concurrent negative impact on the implementation of the mandate of the Operation;

Acknowledges, in this regard, paragraph 30 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁴ in which the Advisory Committee requested the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to address the root causes of the vacancy situation at the Operation;

⁴A/66/718/Add.16.

Requests the Secretary-General to take steps to ensure that all personnel adhere fully to the security procedures in place;

Reaffirms section XX of resolution 61/276, and encourages the Secretary-General, where feasible, to enhance regional and inter-mission cooperation with a view to achieving greater synergies in the use of the resources of the Organization and the implementation of the mandates of the missions, while bearing in mind that individual missions are responsible for the preparation and implementation of their own budgets and for controlling their own assets and logistical operations;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions of its resolutions 59/296, 60/266, 61/276, 64/269, 65/289 and 66/264;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take all action necessary to ensure that the Operation is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that future budget submissions contain sufficient information, explanation and justification of the proposed resource requirements relating to operational costs in order to allow Member States to take well-informed decisions;

Stresses the importance of strengthened accountability in the Organization and of ensuring greater accountability of the Secretary-General to Member States, inter alia, for the effective and efficient implementation of legislative mandates on procurement and the related use of financial and human resources, as well as the provision of necessary information on procurement-related matters to enable Member States to take well-informed decisions;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all procurement projects for the Organization are in full compliance with relevant resolutions;

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

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the Operation for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011;⁵

⁵A/66/596.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur the amount of 1,511,892,200 dollars for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013, inclusive of 1,448,574,000 dollars for the maintenance of the Operation, 60,040,300 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 3,277,900 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy;

Financing of the appropriation

Also decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 125,991,016 dollars for the period from 1 to 31 July 2012, 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 2012, 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 22 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 2,712,516 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 2,104,475 dollars approved for the Operation, the prorated share of 501,875 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 106,166 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 1,385,901,184 dollars for the period from 1 August 2012 to 30 June 2013, at a monthly rate of 125,991,016 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 64/249, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2012, as set out in Assembly resolution 64/248, and for 2013,⁶ subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Operation;

⁶To be adopted by the General Assembly.

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 24 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 29,837,684 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 23,149,225 dollars approved for the Operation, the prorated share of 5,520,625 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 1,167,834 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 Operation, there shall be set off against the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 22 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 335,513,400 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2011, in accordance with the levels updated in General Assembly resolution 64/249, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2011, as set out in Assembly resolution 64/248;

Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Operation, there shall be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 335,513,400 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2011, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 26 above;

Also decides that the decrease of 1,224,500 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2011 shall be set off against the credits from the amount of 335,513,400 dollars referred to in paragraphs 26 and 27 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 Operation 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 Operation 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-seventh session the item entitled “Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur”.