Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti

A/RES/72/260 BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 165 Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2018–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/77/310

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/RES/77/310	Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti	514	23%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/286	Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti	630	—
2020	A/RES/74/260 B	Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti	—	—
2020	A/RES/74/260 A	Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti	—	—
2019	A/RES/73/317	Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti	1,550	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Financial Resources Haiti Programme Budgeting Special Missions

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

B¹

¹Resolution 72/260, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No.49 (A/72/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 72/260 A.

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 Mission for Justice Support in Haiti as at 30 April 2018, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 71.1 million United States dollars, representing some 0.9 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 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 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 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,3 subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Decides to allocate an amount of 5,641,600 dollars for air operations from the overall resources for the Mission;

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 Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti the amount of 129,301,900 dollars for the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, inclusive of 121,455,900 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 6,268,900 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 1,577,100 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 64,650,950 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2018, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 70/246 of 23 December 2015, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2018, 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 13 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 2,450,200 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 2,129,300 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 253,300 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 67,600 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Further decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 37,713,060 dollars for the period from 1 January to 15 April 2019, in accordance with the scale of assessments for 2019 and the updated levels;⁴

⁴To be adopted by the General Assembly.

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 15 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 1,429,280 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 1,242,090 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 147,760 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 39,430 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

Also decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 26,937,890 dollars for the period from 16 April to 30 June 2019, at a monthly rate of 10,775,156 dollars, in accordance with the scale of assessments for 2019 and the updated levels,4 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 17 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 1,020,920 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 887,210 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 105,540 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 28,170 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base;

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 seventy-third session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti”.