United Nations A/RES/58/308 General Assembly Distr.: General 30 July 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 146 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 June 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/829)] 58/308. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999, by which the Council established the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council revised and extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1537 (2004) of 30 March 2004, Recalling its resolution 53/29 of 20 November 1998 on the financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and subsequent resolutions on the financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, the latest of which was resolution 57/291 B of 18 June 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, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Mission, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer 1. Mission in Sierra Leone and the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone as at 15 April 2004, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 85.5 million United States dollars, representing some 6.5 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty Member States have paid their _______________ 1 2 03 51434 A/58/660, A/58/661 and A/58/705. A/58/759 and Add.3.