A/RES/56/504
Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the
Mission by certain Governments,
Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with the necessary
financial resources to enable it to meet its outstanding liabilities,
1.
Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in
Haiti as at 30 April 2002, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of
1.9 million United States dollars, representing some 1 per cent of the total assessed
contributions, notes with concern that only one hundred and forty-one 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;
2.
Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their
assessed contributions in full;
3.
Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping
activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors that bear
additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their
assessments;
4.
Also expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General
in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping
missions, in particular those in Africa;
5.
Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be
given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and
administrative arrangements;
6.
Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with
adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective
mandates;
7.
Endorses the recommendations contained in paragraph 82 of the report of
the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2
8.
Decides to credit Member States the amount of 45,567,055 dollars,
subject to the provisions of paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 56/292 of
27 June 2002 on the strategic deployment stocks;
9.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide an updated report in one year;
10. Emphasizes that no peacekeeping mission shall be financed by borrowing
funds from other active peacekeeping missions;
11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session
the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Haiti”.
105th plenary meeting
27 June 2002
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