United Nations
A/RES/57/325
General Assembly
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 127 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/829)]
57/325. Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
The General Assembly,
Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon1 and the related reports of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2
Recalling Security Council resolution 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 regarding the
establishment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, and the subsequent
resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Force, the latest of which
was resolution 1461 (2003) of 30 January 2003,
Recalling also its resolution S-8/2 of 21 April 1978 on the financing of the Force and
its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 56/214 B of 27 June
2002,
Reaffirming its resolutions 51/233 of 13 June 1997, 52/237 of 26 June 1998, 53/227
of 8 June 1999, 54/267 of 15 June 2000, 55/180 A of 19 December 2000, 55/180 B of
14 June 2001, 56/214 A of 21 December 2001 and 56/214 B,
Reaffirming also 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 Force,
Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Force 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 Interim Force in
Lebanon as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of
108.3 million United States dollars, representing some 4 per cent of the total assessed
contributions, notes with concern that only twenty-three 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/57/662 and Corr.1, A/57/663 and A/57/723.
A/57/772 and Add.6.
Distr.: General
17 July 2003