Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti

A/RES/73/317View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 158 Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti, published in 2019.

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?

27 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti as at 30 April 2019, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 35.3 million United States dollars, representing some 0.4 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 110 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;

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 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;

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 16 October 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 16 October 2017 to 30 June 2018;1

Estimates for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2019

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the maintenance of the Mission in an amount not exceeding 49,450,100 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2019;

Financing of the commitment authority

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 49,450,100 dollars for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2019, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 73/272 of 22 December 2018, and 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) of 15 December 1955, 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 1,701,400 dollars, comprising the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2019;

Estimates for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti the amount of 3,300,000 dollars for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, comprising 2,801,000 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and 499,000 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy;

Financing of the appropriation

Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 3,300,000 dollars for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 73/272, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2019 and 2020, as set out in its resolution 73/271;

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 20 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of 252,100 dollars, comprising the prorated share of 199,400 dollars of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of 52,700 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 Mission, there shall be set off against their apportionment, as provided for in paragraphs 17 and 20 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other revenue in the total amount of 350,300 dollars 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 2018, as set out in its resolution 70/245 of 23 December 2015;

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 revenue in the amount of 350,300 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2018, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 22 above;

Also decides that the increase of 344,000 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2018 shall be added to the credits in the amount of 350,300 dollars referred to in paragraphs 22 and 23 above;

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 Mission for Justice Support in Haiti”.