A/RES/48/248 Page 2 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 893 (1994) of 6 January 1994, by which the Council reaffirmed its approval of the proposal of the Secretary-General concerning the deployment of the Assistance Mission as outlined in his report, 3/ including the early deployment of the second battalion to the demilitarized zone, as indicated in a subsequent report of the Secretary-General, 4/ Recalling its decision 48/479 of 23 December 1993 on the financing of the Assistance Mission, Recognizing that the costs of the Assistance Mission 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, Recognizing also that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by the Assistance Mission, a different procedure is required from the one applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations, Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation, Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the States permanent members of the Security Council, as indicated in General Assembly resolution 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, in the financing of such operations, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Assistance Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 1. Reaffirms its resolution 48/227 of 23 December 1993 and stresses the need for the Secretariat to submit budget documents in time in order to allow for a proper and thorough review and approval by the General Assembly of the budgets before their implementation; 2. Notes with satisfaction an improvement in the compliance by the Secretariat with certain resolutions of the General Assembly with regard to the form of budget documents concerning peace-keeping operations; 3. Reaffirms the importance of the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as an advisory body to the General Assembly in the budget process; 4. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee, 2/ subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Assistance Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy, and, in particular, to implement fully the economy, financial and efficiency measures to be approved during the resumed fortyeighth session, but no later than 1 May 1994, and to report on the implementation of such measures in the context of the performance report relevant to the period; __________ 3/ S/26488 and Add.1. 4/ S/26927. /...