A/RES/61/9 18. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure an orderly transition, including the transfer of assets, to the planned follow-on mission — the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi — and the efficient liquidation of the Operation’s assets in accordance with the Operation’s exit strategy and liquidation timetables; 19. Also requests the Secretary-General to encourage strong coordination between the Operation, the planned follow-on mission and the United Nations country team with a view to ensuring a smooth transition to the planned follow-on mission and to reducing the potential duplication of activities among members of the United Nations country team; 20. Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the lessons learned from other peacekeeping missions are applied during the Operation’s drawdown, liquidation and transition to the planned follow-on mission; 21. Notes the additional information on projected expenditure for the Operation for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, amounting to 128,536,700 dollars, provided by the Secretary-General; 4 Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 22. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Operation for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005; 5 Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 23. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Operation in Burundi the amount of 128,536,700 dollars for the maintenance and administrative liquidation of the Operation for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of the amount of 78,959,200 dollars previously authorized by the General Assembly under the terms of its resolution 60/269 for the maintenance of the Operation for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006, and in addition to the amount of 3,426,800 dollars already appropriated under the terms of the same resolution for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007; Financing of the appropriation for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 24. Also decides, taking into account the amount of 40 million dollars already apportioned under the terms of its resolution 60/269 for the maintenance of the Operation for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 88,536,700 dollars for the maintenance and administrative liquidation of the Operation for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, in accordance with the levels updated in its resolution 58/256 of 23 December 2003, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2006, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003, and the scale of assessments for 2007; 6 25. Further decides 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 24 above, their respective share in the Tax _______________ 4 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Fifth Committee, 12th meeting (A/C.5/61/SR.12), and corrigendum. 5 A/60/612. 6 To be adopted by the General Assembly. 3