A/RES/57/290
United Nations
Distr.: General
12 February 2003
General Assembly
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 126
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/656)]
57/290. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing
of the United Nations peacekeeping operations
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 47/217 of 23 December 1992, 55/235 and 55/236 of
23 December 2000, 57/1 of 10 September 2002, 57/3 of 27 September 2002 and 57/4 B of
20 December 2002,
1.
Decides that, in accordance with the criteria established by the General
Assembly in its resolution 55/235, Switzerland will be assigned to level B under the
system of adjustments used for establishing rates of assessment for peacekeeping
operations;
2.
Decides also that, in accordance with the same criteria, Timor-Leste will be
assigned to level I under the system of adjustments used for establishing rates of
assessment for peacekeeping operations;
3.
Decides further that, in the case of appropriations or apportionments approved
by the General Assembly for the financing of peacekeeping operations, the contributions of
Switzerland and Timor-Leste, as determined by their respective levels under the system of
adjustments used for establishing effective rates of assessment for peacekeeping
operations, should be calculated in proportion to the calendar year;
4.
Decides that the assessments of Switzerland and Timor-Leste for the year 2002
should be taken into account as miscellaneous income in accordance with
regulation 5.2 (c) of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations;
5.
Notes that, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 47/217, the assessments of
Switzerland and Timor-Leste for the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund should be calculated by
the application of their first rates of assessment for peacekeeping operations to the
authorized level of the Fund.
78th plenary meeting
20 December 2002
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