A/RES/68/298
United Nations
Distr.: General
5 August 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 165
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 30 June 2014
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/68/933)]
68/298. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council
resolution 1863 (2009)
The General Assembly,
Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia1 and the
related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions,2
Recalling Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) of 16 January 2009, in
which the Council expressed its intent to establish a United Nations peacekeeping
operation in Somalia as a follow-on force to the African Union Mission in Somalia,
subject to a further decision of the Council by 1 June 2009, and requested the
Secretary-General, in order for the forces of the Mission to be incorporated into a
United Nations peacekeeping operation, to provide a United Nations logistical
support package to the Mission, including equipment and services,
Recalling also the subsequent resolutions of the Council by which the
logistical support package for the Mission was extended, the latest of which was
resolution 2124 (2013) of 12 November 2013, by which the Council extended the
logistical support package until 31 October 2014,
Recalling further its resolution 63/275 A of 7 April 2009 on the financing of the
activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) and its subsequent
resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 67/285 of 28 June 2013,
Reaffirming the general principles underlying the financing of United Nations
peacekeeping operations, as stated in its 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
United Nations Trust Fund established to support the African Union Mission in
Somalia,
1.
Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Support
Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia as at 30 April 2014, including the
contributions outstanding in the amount of 115.0 million United States dollars,
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A/68/605 and A/68/745.
A/68/782/Add.9.
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