United Nations A/RES/58/304 General Assembly Distr.: General 28 July 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 143 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 June 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/585/Add.1)] 58/304. Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission 1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Recalling Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and 689 (1991) of 9 April 1991, by which the Council decided to establish the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission and to review the question of its termination or continuation every six months, and resolution 1490 (2003) of 3 July 2003, by which the Council decided to continue the mandate of the Observation Mission for a final period until 6 October 2003, Recalling also its resolution 45/260 of 3 May 1991 on the financing of the Observation Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was decision 58/559 of 23 December 2003, 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, Expressing its appreciation for the substantial voluntary contributions made to the Observation Mission by the Government of Kuwait and the contributions of other Governments, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Observation Mission with the necessary resources to enable it to meet its outstanding liabilities, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations IraqKuwait Observation Mission as at 15 April 2004, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 7 million United States dollars, representing some 2 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only eightyone Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other _______________ 1 2 03 51276 A/58/630 and A/58/705. A/58/759 and Add.12.