United Nations
A/RES/55/269
General Assembly
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 150
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/55/963)]
55/269. Financing of the United Nations Civilian Police Mission
in Haiti
The General Assembly,
Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti
and the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti1 and the related report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1063 (1996) of 28 June 1996, by which
the Council established the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, and resolution
1086 (1996) of 5 December 1996, by which the Council extended the mandate of the
Mission until 31 July 1997,
Bearing in mind also Security Council resolution 1123 (1997) of 30 July 1997, by
which the Council established the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti for a single
four-month period,
Bearing in mind further Security Council resolution 1141 (1997) of 28 November
1997, by which the Council established the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in
Haiti, and resolution 1277 (1999) of 30 November 1999, by which the Council continued
the Mission until 15 March 2000,
Recalling its resolution 51/15 A of 4 November 1996 on the financing of the Support
Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was
resolution 54/276 of 15 June 2000,
Reaffirming that the costs of the Missions 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 Missions, a different procedure is required from that applied to
meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations,
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A/55/667 and A/55/753.
A/55/881.
Distr.: General
23 July 2001