Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

A/RES/68/291View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 157 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, published in 2014.

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 subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Budget Performance Financial Resources Liberia Peacekeeping Operations Special Accounts

What’s in this document?

26 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 its 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 United Nations Mission in Liberia as at 30 April 2014, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 40.2 million United States dollars, representing some 1 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 73 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;

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 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;

Stresses that the exceptional arrangement set out in paragraph 18 below does not set a precedent for the budgetary process and that it shall not have a negative impact on mandate delivery;

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 Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

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

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013;⁴

⁴A/68/621.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission in Liberia the amount of 460,613,200 dollars for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, inclusive of 427,267,000 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 27,647,200 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 5,699,000 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 106,816,750 dollars for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2014 for the maintenance of the Mission, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 67/239 of 24 December 2012, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2014, as set out in its resolution 67/238 of 24 December 2012;

Also 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 14 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 2,242,500 dollars, representing the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2014;

Further decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 27,647,200 dollars for the support account and the amount of 5,699,000 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 67/239, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2014 and 2015, as set out in its resolution 67/238;

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 16 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 2,264,000 dollars, for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, comprising the prorated share of 1,754,800 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 509,200 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Also decides to apportion among Member States, without setting a precedent, the amount of 106,816,750 dollars for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2014 for the maintenance of the Mission, at a monthly rate of 35,605,583 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 67/239, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2014, as set out in its resolution 67/238, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

Further 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 18 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 2,242,500 dollars, representing the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2014;

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 14 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of 6,749,300 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2013, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 67/239, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2013, as set out in its resolution 67/238;

Also 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 6,749,300 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2013, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 20 above;

Further decides that the increase of 709,700 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2013 shall be added to the credits in the amount of 6,749,300 dollars referred to in paragraphs 20 and 21 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-ninth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia”.