A/RES/48/243 Page 3 5,382,300 dollars gross (4,880,000 dollars net) already apportioned in accordance with General Assembly decision 48/468 A, among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of 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 and 47/218 A of 23 December 1992 and its decision 48/472 A of 23 December 1993, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1992, 1993 and 1994 as set out in Assembly resolutions 46/221 A of 20 December 1991 and 48/223 A of 23 December 1993 and Assembly decision 47/456 of 23 December 1992; 12. 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 11 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional staff assessment income of 1,352,000 dollars approved for the Observer Mission for the period from 1 December 1993 to 31 May 1994; 13. Decides that the unencumbered balance of appropriations in the amount of 7,260,498 dollars gross (6,511,398 dollars net) shall be retained in the Special Account in light of the outstanding assessed contributions; 14. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the Observer Mission not to exceed 3,895,900 dollars gross (3,612,300 dollars net), subject to the decision of the Security Council, for the period from 1 June to 15 September 1994, and subject also to obtaining the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee for the actual level of commitments to be entered into; 15. Invites voluntary contributions to the Observer Mission in cash and in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, to be administered, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure established by the General Assembly in its resolutions 43/230 of 21 December 1988, 44/192 A of 21 December 1989 and 45/258 of 3 May 1991; 16. Decides that the disposition of the property of the Observer Mission shall proceed on the basis of the principle that the equipment of the Mission should, wherever possible and cost-effective, be transferred to other missions, and, in that connection, endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee with regard to the disposition of equipment, 3/ and requests the Secretary-General to proceed with the disposition on that basis; 17. Decides also to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador". 92nd plenary meeting 5 April 1994 __________ 3/ See A/47/990.