United Nations A/RES/57/331 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 135 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/834)] 57/331. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling Security Council resolution 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council established the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1485 (2003) of 30 May 2003, Recalling also its resolution 45/266 of 17 May 1991 on the financing of the Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 56/298 of 27 June 2002, Reaffirming the general principles underlying the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations, as stated in General Assembly resolutions 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, 3101 (XXVIII) of 11 December 1973 and 55/235 of 23 December 2000, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Mission, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 48.1 million United States dollars, representing some 10 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only twenty-three 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; _______________ 1 2 02 56323 A/57/674, A/57/675 and Corr.1 and A/57/723. A/57/772 and Add.2. Distr.: General 25 July 2003