United Nations
A/RES/60/274
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 August 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 146 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 30 June 2006
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/60/922)]
60/274. Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation
Mission
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission 1 and the related report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2
Expressing its appreciation for the substantial voluntary contributions made to
the Observation Mission by the Government of Kuwait and the contributions of
other Governments,
Takes note of the proposal of the Secretary-General contained in
1.
paragraph 14 of his report;1
2.
Also takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations IraqKuwait Observation Mission as at 30 April 2006, including the contributions
outstanding in the amount of 3.9 million United States dollars, representing some
1 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only one
hundred and forty-one Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full,
and urges all other Member States, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the
payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;
Expresses its continued appreciation of the decision of the Government
3.
of Kuwait to defray two thirds of the cost of the Observation Mission, effective
1 November 1993;
Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their
4.
assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every
possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Observation
Mission in full;
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report
5.
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2
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2
05-50404
A/60/651.
A/60/788.