A/RES/58/305 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Mission in full; Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping 3. activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments; Also expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General 4. in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa; Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be 5. given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements; Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with 6. adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates; Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to make the fullest 7. possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Mission; Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report 8. of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation, bearing in mind the fact that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has requested additional police and judicial resources in response to recent events in Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro); Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that 9. the Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy; 10. 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 Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission; Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 11. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003; 4 Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 12. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo the amount of 278,413,700 dollars for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, inclusive of 264,625,200 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission, 11,272,700 dollars for the support account for _______________ 3 4 2 A/58/759/Add.5. A/58/634.