Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte D'ivoire

A/RES/70/272View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 152 Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 2004–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/299

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/78/299	Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	489	21%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/313	Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	601	59%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/291	Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	727	—
2017	A/RES/71/271 B	Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	—	—
2017	A/RES/71/271 A	Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Appropriations Côte D'ivoire Peacekeeping Operations Resources Allocation Special Accounts

What’s in this document?

27 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, 66/264 of 21 June 2012, 69/307 of 25 June 2015 and 70/286 of 17 June 2016, as well as other relevant resolutions;

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire as at 30 April 2016, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 105.4 million United States dollars, representing some 1.8 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 55 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 that 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 report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the necessary arrangements are made to transfer residual activities of the Operation to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the United Nations country team, as appropriate, and to report thereon in the context of the final performance report of the Operation;

Commends the Operation for its efforts to prepare national staff for the transitional period by conducting training and hosting job fairs, encourages the Operation to continue to assist national staff in their transition to future professional careers outside the Operation, and requests the Secretary-General to report, in the context of his revised budget proposal on the Operation for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, on progress made in this regard;

Stresses the important contribution of experienced staff during the drawdown of the Operation, in particular the national staff;

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, 66/264, 69/307 and 70/286;

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

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

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the Operation for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015;³

³A/70/586.

Estimates for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2016

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the Operation in a total amount not exceeding 153,046,000 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2016;

Financing of the commitment authority

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 153,046,000 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2016, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 70/246 of 23 December 2015, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2016, as set out in its resolution 70/245 of 23 December 2015;

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 3,727,300 dollars, representing the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Operation for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2016;

Estimates for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire the amount of 8,260,400 dollars for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, comprising 6,646,500 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 1,613,900 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 8,260,400 dollars for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 70/246, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2016 and 2017, as set out in its resolution 70/245;

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 19 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 686,300 dollars, comprising the prorated share of 568,700 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 117,300 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 their apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 16 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of 45,697,500 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2015, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 67/239 of 24 December 2012, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2015, as set out in its resolution 67/238 of 24 December 2012;

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 45,697,500 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2015, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 21 above;

Also decides that the decrease of 65,600 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2015 shall be set off against the credits in the amount of 45,697,500 dollars referred to in paragraphs 21 and 22 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 procedures and practices established by the General Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire”.