A/RES/59/16
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 December 2004
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 154
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 29 October 2004
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/529)]
59/16. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire 1 and the related report of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2
Recalling Security Council resolution 1528 (2004) of 27 February 2004, by
which the Council established the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire for an
initial period of twelve months as from 4 April 2004,
Recalling also its resolution 58/310 of 18 June 2004 on the financing of the
Operation,
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 that it is essential to provide the Operation with the necessary
financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant
resolution of the Security Council,
Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Operation
1.
in Côte d’Ivoire as at 30 September 2004, including the contributions outstanding in
the amount of 201.2 million United States dollars, representing some 66 per cent of
the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-one 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;
Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their
2.
assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every
possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Operation in
full;
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A/59/289.
A/59/419 and Corr.1.