United Nations A/RES/57/335 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 151 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/831)] 57/335. Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling Security Council resolutions 1258 (1999) of 6 August 1999 and 1279 (1999) of 30 November 1999 regarding, respectively, the deployment to the Congo region of military liaison personnel and the establishment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1417 (2002) of 14 June 2002, Recalling also Security Council resolution 1445 (2002) of 4 December 2002, by which the Council endorsed the new concept of operation and authorized the expansion of the Mission, Recalling further its resolution 54/260 A of 7 April 2000, as well as subsequent resolutions on the financing of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 56/252 C 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 2 02 56347 A/57/682, A/57/683 and Add.1 and A/57/723. A/57/772 and Add.10. Distr.: General 25 July 2003