United Nations
A/RES/58/302
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 July 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 141
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 June 2004
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/824)]
58/302. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia
and Eritrea
The General Assembly,
Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea 1 and the related reports of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1312 (2000) of 31 July 2000, by
which the Council established the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and
the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission,
the latest of which was resolution 1531 (2004) of 12 March 2004,
Recalling its resolution 55/237 of 23 December 2000 on the financing of the
Mission and its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution
57/328 of 18 June 2003,
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,
Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in
1.
Ethiopia and Eritrea as at 15 April 2004, including the contributions outstanding in the
amount of 24.8 million United States dollars, representing some 4 per cent of the total
assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-six Member States have
paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, in
particular those in arrears, to ensure payment of their outstanding assessed
contributions;
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A/58/633, A/58/658, A/58/705 and A/58/756.
A/58/758 and A/58/759 and Add.8.