A/RES/58/304 Member States, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; 2. Expresses its continued appreciation of the decision of the Government of Kuwait to defray two thirds of the cost of the Observation Mission, effective 1 November 1993; Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their 3. assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Observation Mission in full; Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping 4. activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments; Also expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General 5. in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa; Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be 6. given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements; Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with 7. adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates; Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report 8. of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation; Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 9. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003; 4 10. Decides, taking into account the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 12,657,400 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2003, that Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission shall be credited their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 4,295,733 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 55/236 of 23 December 2000 and 57/290 A of 20 December 2002, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2003, as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 and 57/4 B of 20 December 2002; 11. Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 4,295,733 dollars in _______________ 3 4 2 A/58/759/Add.12. A/58/630.