A/RES/49/250 Page 2 any change to this limitation will require the prior approval of the General Assembly; 3. Decides also to maintain the current methodology of financing the support account at the rate of 8.5 per cent of the estimated cost of the civilian staff component of each peace-keeping operation, on the understanding that this percentage shall be reviewed annually and for the first time no later than the spring of 1996, taking into account the report to be submitted by the Board of Auditors; 4. Affirms that upon the approval of a peace-keeping budget the amounts thus approved with regard to the support account are funds appropriated and therefore available to the Secretary-General, subject to specific use and purpose as specified by the General Assembly; 5. Also affirms that the level of resources is clearly a function of the income in the support account and that, therefore, it is the responsibility of the Secretary-General to ensure that, at any one time, the level of income to the support account is not exceeded; 6. Decides that once a year, for its consideration and approval, the Secretary-General shall submit to the General Assembly, through the Advisory Committee, a report on the use of the resources in the support account during the past calendar year and on the proposed expenditure for the following twelve-month period beginning 1 July, specifying the proposed establishment of posts and the projected expenditure for non-post requirements by category of expenditure, including, for the former, the grade structure in tabular form; 7. Decides also, taking into account the above-mentioned responsibility of the Secretary-General to ensure that expenditure remains within the level of income, to authorize the Secretary-General to redeploy and discontinue posts, according to functional requirements, and requests him to report thereon every six months to the General Assembly for information purposes; 8. Decides further that posts funded from the support account shall be filled and managed in compliance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and relevant General Assembly resolutions, including, where appropriate, the classification and advertisement of posts approved for more than ninety days; 9. Requests the Board of Auditors to report on an interim basis to the General Assembly by 31 October 1995 on the management of the support account, including, inter alia, the appropriateness of the funding level in view of actual experience, taking into account actions taken by relevant intergovernmental bodies, consistency in the use of human resources for purposes authorized by the Assembly and confirmation that contractual arrangements for the employment of personnel are consistent with the temporary nature of the posts; 10. Welcomes the contribution by Member States, on a non-reimbursable basis, of personnel to fill backstopping positions within the Department of Peace-keeping Operations, and reiterates its request to the Secretary-General contained in paragraph 7 of its resolution 48/226 C; 11. Authorizes, for the period from 1 July 1995, the continuation of the 346 posts previously authorized, and notes the redeployment of 10 posts (5 Professional and 5 General Service) from the Finance Management and Support Service of the Field Administration and Logistics Division, Department of Peace-keeping Operations, to the Accounts Division (3 Professional and /...