Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A/RES/73/315View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 155 Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 2012–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/278

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/278	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,785	76%Compare
2025	A/RES/79/304	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,558	74%Compare
2024	A/RES/78/301	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,838	78%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/309	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,613	85%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/284	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,603	30%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Democratic Republic of the Congo Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Programme Budgeting

What’s in this document?

29 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 Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as at 30 April 2019, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 382,893,044 United States dollars, representing some 1.9 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 34 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,2 subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Decides not to redeploy the post of Associate Training Officer (National Professional Officer) to the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office;

Reaffirms paragraphs 11 and 12 of its resolution 72/290 of 5 July 2018;

Notes that the various programmatic activities, to be financed through assessed contributions, of peacekeeping missions must be directly linked to Security Council mandates and reflect the evolution of those mandates;

Requests the Secretary-General to include, in the performance report of the Mission, detailed information on programmatic activities, including on how the implementation of those activities has contributed to implementing mission mandates;

Emphasizes the importance of overall budgetary performance in peacekeeping operations, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to implement the recommendations of the relevant oversight bodies and to report thereon in the context of the performance reports;

Also emphasizes the importance of the accountability system of the Secretariat, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to strengthen risk management and internal controls in the management of peacekeeping budgets and to report thereon in the context of his next report;

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 performance report for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018;³

³A/73/633.

Decides to reduce the commitment authority in the amount of 47,922,700 dollars, previously approved for the same period under the terms of its resolution 72/293, as well as its decision 72/558, by the amount of 532,300 dollars to the amount of 47,390,400 dollars, as a result of which the total resources approved for the maintenance and operation of the Mission for the period will amount to 1,189,238,500 dollars, equal to the expenditure incurred by the Mission during the period;

Also decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo an additional amount of 47,390,400 dollars for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 for the maintenance of the Mission, taking into account the amount of 1,141,848,100 dollars previously approved for the Mission under the terms of its resolution 71/301 of 30 June 2017;

Financing of the additional appropriation for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 34,959,900 dollars, representing the difference between the amount of 1,141,848,100 dollars already appropriated under the terms of its resolution 71/301 for the maintenance of the Mission and the actual expenditure of 1,189,238,500 dollars for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, less the amount of 12,430,500 dollars, representing other revenue in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2018, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 70/246 of 23 December 2015, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2017 and 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 20 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 1,950,500 dollars, representing the difference between the estimated staff assessment income of 29,050,700 dollars approved for the Mission, comprising 28,850,500 dollars approved under the terms of its resolution 71/301 and 200,200 dollars approved under the terms of its resolution 72/293, and the actual staff assessment income of 31,001,200 dollars for the financial period ended 30 June 2018;

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account the amount of 1,086,018,600 dollars for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, inclusive of 1,012,252,800 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 57,336,600 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, 10,215,600 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, and 6,213,600 dollars for the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda;

Financing of the appropriation for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 513,336,661 dollars for the period from 1 July to 20 December 2019, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 73/272 of 22 December 2018, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2019, as set out in its resolution 73/271 of 22 December 2018;

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 23 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 13,430,378 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 10,706,715 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 1,929,754 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account, the prorated share of 510,255 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base and the prorated share of 283,654 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Regional Service Centre;

Further decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 572,681,939 dollars for the period from 21 December 2019 to 30 June 2020, at a monthly rate of 90,501,550 dollars, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 73/272, taking into account the scale of assessments for 2019 and 2020, as set out in its resolution 73/271, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission;

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 25 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 14,983,022 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of 11,944,485 dollars approved for the Mission, the prorated share of 2,152,846 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account, the prorated share of 569,245 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base and the prorated share of 316,446 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Regional Service Centre;

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-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.