United Nations A/RES/55/228 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 134 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/55/664)] 55/228. Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999 regarding the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, Recalling its resolution 54/246 A of 23 December 1999 on the financing of the Transitional Administration and its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 54/246 C of 15 June 2000, Reaffirming that the costs of the Transitional Administration are expenses of the Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling its previous decisions regarding the fact that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by the Transitional Administration, a different procedure is required from that applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations, Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such operations, Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the States permanent members of the Security Council, as indicated in General Assembly resolution 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, in the financing of such operations, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the trust fund for the multinational force, 1 2 00 57283 A/55/443 and Corr.1-3. A/55/531.