United Nations
A/RES/56/507
General Assembly
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 156
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/986)]
56/507. Financing of the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti,
the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti and the
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, the United Nations Transition Mission in
Haiti and the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti1 and the related report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2
Recalling Security Council resolution 1063 (1996) of 28 June 1996, by which
the Council established the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, and resolution
1086 (1996) of 5 December 1996, by which the Council extended the mandate of the
Mission until 31 July 1997,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 1123 (1997) of 30 July 1997, by
which the Council established the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti for a
single four-month period,
Recalling further Security Council resolution 1141 (1997) of 28 November
1997, by which the Council established the United Nations Civilian Police Mission
in Haiti, and resolution 1277 (1999) of 30 November 1999, by which the Council
continued the Mission until 15 March 2000,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 51/15 A of 4 November 1996 on the
financing of the Support Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions
thereon, the latest of which was resolution 55/269 of 14 June 2001,
Reaffirming that the costs of the Missions are expenses of the Organization to
be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the
Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling its previous decisions regarding the fact that, in order to meet the
expenditures caused by the Missions, a different procedure is required from that
applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations,
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A/56/841.
A/56/887.
Distr.: General
26 July 2002
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