A/RES/59/286 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Mission in full; Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping 3. 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 4. 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 5. given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements; Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with 6. adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates; Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to make the fullest 7. possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Mission; Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report 8. of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy; 10. Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission; Revised budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 11. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo the additional amount of 30 million dollars for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, taking into account the total amount of 278,413,700 dollars already appropriated for the Mission for the same period under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 58/305; Financing of the appropriation 12. Decides also to apportion among Member States the amount of 30 million dollars, taking into account the amount of 278,413,700 dollars already apportioned by the General Assembly in its resolution 58/305 for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, in accordance with the levels set out by the Assembly in its resolution 55/235, as adjusted in its resolution 55/236 of 23 December 2000 and updated in its resolution 58/256 of 23 December 2003, the scale of assessments for 2004 and 2005, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003, to be applied against a portion thereof, that is, 15 million dollars, which is the amount pertaining to the period ended 31 December 2004, and to be applied also against the balance, that is, 15 million dollars for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2005; 2