United Nations A/RES/55/261 General Assembly Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 130 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/55/971)] 55/261. Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and 689 (1991) of 9 April 1991, by which the Council decided to establish the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission and to review the question of its termination or continuation every six months, Recalling also its resolution 45/260 of 3 May 1991 on the financing of the Observation Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 54/18 B of 15 June 2000, 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, Expressing its appreciation for the substantial voluntary contributions made to the Observation Mission by the Government of Kuwait and the contributions of other Governments, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Observation 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 Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission as at 30 April 2001, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 13.3 million United States dollars, representing some 5 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Mission to the period ending 30 April 2001, notes that some 22 per cent of the Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States concerned, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; 1 2 00 57481 A/55/810 and A/55/811. A/55/874 and Add.2. Distr.: General 22 June 2001