A/RES/49/231 Page 2 Recalling its previous decision regarding the fact that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by the Observer Mission, a different procedure is required from the one applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations, Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation, Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the States permanent members of the Security Council, as indicated in General Assembly resolution 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, in the financing of such operations, 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 20 December 1994, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 382,217 United States dollars, and urges all Member States concerned to make every possible effort to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; 2. Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities, due to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears; 3. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Observer Mission promptly and in full; 4. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2/ 5. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Observer Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy; 6. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia a total amount of 8,847,700 dollars gross (8,547,000 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 1994 to 13 January 1995, inclusive of the amount of 1,336,800 dollars gross (1,252,000 dollars net) authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph 15 of General Assembly resolution 48/256 for the operation of the Observer Mission for the period from 1 to 21 July 1994, the amount of 1,265,000 dollars gross (1,264,500 dollars net) authorized by the Advisory Committee under the terms of Assembly resolution 48/229 of 23 December 1993 on unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the period from 1 to 21 July 1994 and the amount of 6,245,900 dollars gross (6,030,500 dollars net) from the amount of 10 million dollars gross (9,767,800 dollars net) authorized by the Advisory Committee under the terms of Assembly resolution 48/229 for the period from 22 July to 6 December 1994; 7. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, and taking into account the amount of 1,336,800 dollars gross (1,252,000 dollars net) already apportioned in accordance with General Assembly resolution 48/256, to apportion the additional amount of 7,510,900 dollars gross (7,295,000 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 1994 to 13 January 1995 among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the /...