United Nations A/RES/59/304 General Assembly Distr.: General 25 August 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 131 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 June 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/834)] 59/304. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia 1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Recalling Security Council resolution 854 (1993) of 6 August 1993, by which the Council approved the deployment of an advance team of up to ten United Nations military observers for a period of three months and the incorporation of the advance team into a United Nations observer mission if such a mission was formally established by the Council, Recalling also Security Council resolution 858 (1993) of 24 August 1993, by which the Council established the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Observer Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1582 (2005) of 28 January 2005, Recalling further its decision 48/475 A of 23 December 1993 on the financing of the Observer Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 58/303 of 18 June 2004, Reaffirming 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, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Observer Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Head of Mission with the 1. task of formulating future budget proposals in full accordance with the provisions of _______________ 1 2 04-49537 A/59/622 and A/59/634. A/59/736 and Add.7.