A/RES/48/240 Page 3 9. Affirms: (a) That among other factors, the non- and late payment of assessed contributions in full and on time has damaged and continues to damage the ability of the Operation in Mozambique to implement its activities effectively; (b) That it expects that it will not be asked to take any future decisions on budgets for peace-keeping operations retroactively; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to explore all possibilities in order to ensure prompt reimbursement to troop-contributing countries, and endorses the request to the Secretary-General contained in paragraph 3 of Security Council resolution 898 (1994), as the police contingent in the Operation in Mozambique is being deployed, to begin immediately preparing specific proposals for the drawdown of an appropriate number of military personnel with the objective of ensuring that there is no increase in the cost of the Operation, without prejudice to the effective discharge of its mandate; 11. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Operation in Mozambique a total amount of 161,799,100 United States dollars gross (159,462,400 dollars net) for the Operation in Mozambique for the period from 1 November 1993 to 30 April 1994, inclusive; 12. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the additional amount of 100,067,600 dollars gross (99,462,400 dollars net) for the period from 1 November 1993 to 30 April 1994, taking into account the amount of 61,731,500 dollars gross (60 million dollars net) already apportioned in accordance with General Assembly decision 48/473 A among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of 21 December 1989, 45/269 of 27 August 1991, 46/198 A of 20 December 1991, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992 and its decision 48/472 A of 23 December 1993, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1992, 1993 and 1994 as set out in Assembly resolutions 46/221 A of 20 December 1991 and 48/223 A of 23 December 1993 and Assembly decision 47/456 of 23 December 1992; 13. Decides further 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 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of 605,200 dollars for the period from 1 November 1993 to 30 April 1994 approved for the Operation in Mozambique; 14. Decides that there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 12 above, their respective share in the unencumbered balance of 21,527,100 dollars gross (21,212,300 dollars net) for the period from 1 July to 31 October 1993; 15. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the Operation in Mozambique at a rate not to exceed 26.9 million dollars gross per month for a period of up to three months beginning 1 May 1994, subject to the Security Council deciding to extend the mandate of the Operation beyond 30 April 1994, the amount of 53.8 million dollars gross to be apportioned /...