A/RES/59/282 United Nations Distr.: General 2 June 2005 General Assembly Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 108 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 April 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/448/Add.3)] 59/282. Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2004–2005 The General Assembly, I Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2 2. Endorses the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to consider ways and means of presenting the budgets of large missions in a manner that is more suitable for their size and complexity; 4. Reiterates that the charging of expenditures against the appropriation for special political missions is subject to the extension of the respective mandates; 5. Notes that an additional amount of 82,472,600 United States dollars is requested for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq for the period from 1 May to 31 December 2005 and an additional amount of 701,800 dollars is requested for the United Nations Observer Mission in Bougainville for the period from 16 February to 15 August 2005, including the liquidation period; _______________ 1 2 04-49318 A/59/534/Add.3 and Corr.1. A/59/569/Add.3.