United Nations A/RES/57/328 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 130 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/828)] 57/328. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1312 (2000) of 31 July 2000, by which the Council established the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1466 (2003) of 14 March 2003, Recalling its resolution 55/237 of 23 December 2000 on the financing of the Mission and its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 56/250 B of 27 June 2002, 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, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 30.3 million United States dollars, representing some 6 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-two Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, in particular those in arrears, to ensure payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; _______________ 1 2 02 56305 A/57/672, A/57/673 and A/57/723. A/57/772 and Add.8 and Add.8/Corr.1. Distr.: General 24 July 2003

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