Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

A/RES/68/292View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 159b United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, published in 2014.

What else is in this group?

69 documents · 1978–2026

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2026).

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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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Budget Performance Financial Resources International Obligations Lebanon Peacekeeping Operations

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 Interim Force in Lebanon as at 30 April 2014, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 32.6 million United States dollars, representing some 0.5 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 74 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, 63/298, 64/282, 65/303, 66/277 and 67/279;

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, 63/298, 64/282, 65/303, 66/277 and 67/279;

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;

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 Force is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

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, paragraph 19 of resolution 63/298, paragraph 18 of resolution 64/282, paragraph 15 of resolution 65/303, paragraph 13 of resolution 66/277 and paragraph 13 of resolution 67/279, 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-ninth session;

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 Force for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013;⁴

⁴A/68/618.

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

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon the amount of 549,322,600 dollars for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, inclusive of 509,554,400 dollars for the maintenance of the Force, 32,971,700 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 6,796,500 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 91,553,770 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 August 2014, 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 16 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 2,407,130 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 1,957,150 dollars approved for the Force, the prorated share of 348,780 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 101,200 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Further decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 457,768,830 dollars for the period from 1 September 2014 to 30 June 2015 at a monthly rate of 45,776,883 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 67/239, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2014 and for 2015, as set out in its resolution 67/238, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Force;

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 12,035,670 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 9,785,750 dollars approved for the Force, the prorated share of 1,743,920 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 506,000 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Also decides that, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there shall be set off against the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 16 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of 7,003,900 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;

Further 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 amount of 7,003,900 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2013, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 20 above;

Decides that the increase of 2,250,200 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 7,003,900 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 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-ninth 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”.