United Nations A/RES/55/267 General Assembly Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 144 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/55/968)] 55/267. 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 Georgia1 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 decided to establish 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 1339 (2001) of 31 January 2001, Recalling further its decision 48/475 A of 23 December 1993 on the financing of the Observer Mission and subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 54/271 of 15 June 2000, Reaffirming the general principles underlying the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations, as stated by the General Assembly in its resolutions 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, 3101 (XXVIII) of 11 December 1973 and 55/235 of 23 December 2000, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Observer Mission, 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, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia as at 30 April 2001, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 19.8 million United States dollars, representing 14 per cent of the total assessed 1 2 00 57517 A/55/682 and A/55/768. A/55/874 and Add.4. Distr.: General 24 July 2001