A/RES/53/229 Page 3 8. 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 Observation Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission; 9. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission the amount of 53,991,024 dollars gross (51,996,124 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, inclusive of the amount of 2,686,445 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of 526,779 dollars for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, a two-thirds share of this amount, equivalent to 34,664,080 dollars, to be funded through voluntary contributions from the Government of Kuwait, subject to the review by the Security Council with regard to the question of termination or continuation of the Mission; 10. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions from the Government of Kuwait of the two-thirds share of the cost of the Observation Mission, equivalent to 34,664,080 dollars, to apportion among Member States the amount of 19,326,944 dollars gross (17,332,044 dollars net), representing one third of the cost of the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, the said amount to be apportioned at a monthly rate of 1,610,579 dollars gross (1,444,337 dollars net), in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of 21 December 1989, 45/269 of 27 August 1991, 46/198 A of 20 December 1991, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, 49/249 A of 20 July 1995, 49/249 B of 14 September 1995, 50/224 of 11 April 1996, 51/218 A to C of 18 December 1996 and 52/230 of 31 March 1998 and its decisions 48/472 A of 23 December 1993 and 50/451 B of 23 December 1995, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1999 and 2000, as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997, subject to the review by the Security Council with regard to the question of termination or continuation of the Mission; 11. Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 10 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,994,900 dollars approved for the Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000; 12. Decides that, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions from the Government of Kuwait of the two-thirds share of the cost of the Observation Mission, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there shall be set off against the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 10 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 1,339,300 dollars gross (1,028,100 dollars net), representing one third of the unencumbered balance of 3,395,500 dollars gross (3,084,300 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998; 13. Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance of 1,339,300 dollars gross (1,028,100 dollars net) in respect of the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations; 14. Decides further that two thirds of the net unencumbered balance of 3,084,300 dollars, equivalent to 2,056,200 dollars, shall be returned to the Government of Kuwait; 15. Expresses concern that the Secretary-General did not submit to the General Assembly during the main part of its fifty-third session the separate report on developments relating to the issue of overpayment of mission subsistence allowance and compensatory time off, including measures taken with respect to those responsible for /...