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management system at all peacekeeping missions in accordance with its resolution
52/1 A of 15 October 1997;
11. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of
the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2
12. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that
the Force is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;
13. Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to reduce the cost of
employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the
Force against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the
Force;
14. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to take the necessary
measures to ensure the full implementation of paragraph 8 of its resolution 51/233,
paragraph 5 of its resolution 52/237, paragraph 11 of its resolution 53/227 and
paragraph 14 of its resolution 54/267, stresses once again that Israel shall pay the
amount of 1,284,633 dollars resulting from the incident at Qana on 18 April 1996,
and requests the Secretary-General to report on this matter to the Assembly at its
resumed fifty-fifth session;
15. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations
Interim Force in Lebanon the amount of 86,758,400 dollars gross (86,301,300
dollars net) for the expansion of the Force for the period from 1 July 2000 to
30 June 2001, in addition to the amount of 146,833,694 dollars gross (141,889,841
dollars net) already appropriated by the Assembly in its resolution 54/267;
16. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into account the amount
of 85,652,987 dollars gross (82,769,071 dollars net) already apportioned in
accordance with its resolution 54/267 for the period from 1 July 2000 to 31 January
2001, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 50,609,069
dollars gross (50,342,425 dollars net), in accordance with the composition of groups
set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted
by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of 21 December 1989, 45/269 of
27 August 1991, 46/198 A of 20 December 1991, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992,
49/249 A of 20 July 1995, 49/249 B of 14 September 1995, 50/224 of 11 April 1996,
51/218 A to C of 18 December 1996 and 52/230 of 31 March 1998 and its decisions
48/472 A of 23 December 1993, 50/451 B of 23 December 1995 and 54/456 to
54/458 of 23 December 1999, the scale of assessments for the year 2000 3 to be
applied against a portion thereof, that is, 43,379,202 dollars gross (43,150,650
dollars net), which is the amount pertaining to the period ending 31 December 2000,
and the scale of assessments for the year 2001, 4 to be applied against the balance,
that is, 7,229,867 dollars gross (7,191,775 dollars net) for the period from 1 to
31 January 2001;
17. Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution
973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment
among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 16 above, their respective share
in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of
266,644 dollars approved for the Force for the period from 1 July 2000 to
31 January 2001, 228,552 dollars being the amount pertaining to the period ending
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See resolutions 52/215 A and 54/237 A.
To be adopted by the General Assembly.
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