A/RES/48/256 Page 2 Recalling its decisions 48/475 A of 23 December 1993 and 48/475 B of 5 April 1994 on the financing of the Observer Mission, Recognizing that the costs of the Observer Mission are expenses of the Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations, Recognizing also 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, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Observer Mission by certain Governments, 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. Reaffirms its resolution 48/227 of 23 December 1993, and stresses the need for the Secretariat to submit budget documents in time in order to allow for a proper and thorough review and approval by the General Assembly of the budgets before their implementation; 2. Notes with satisfaction an improvement in the compliance by the Secretariat with certain resolutions of the General Assembly concerning the form of budget documents on peace-keeping operations; 3. Reaffirms the importance of the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as an advisory body to the General Assembly in the budget process; 4. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee; 2/ 5. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy and, in particular, to implement fully the economy, financial and efficiency measures to be approved during the resumed forty-eighth session of the General Assembly and to report on the implementation of such measures in the context of the performance report on the Observer Mission for the period from 7 August 1993 to 31 March 1994; 6. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Observer Mission promptly and in full; 7. Affirms that it expects that it will not be asked to take any future decisions on budgets for peace-keeping operations retroactively; 8. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia an amount of 2,278,800 United States dollars gross (2,198,400 dollars net), authorized and apportioned in accordance with General Assembly decision 48/475 A, for the maintenance of the Observer Mission for the period from 7 August 1993 to 31 January 1994; /...