United Nations A/RES/57/333 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 143 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/835)] 57/333. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling Security Council resolution 854 (1993) of 6 August 1993, by which the Council approved the deployment of an advance team of up to ten United Nations military observers for a period of three months and the incorporation of the advance team into a United Nations observer mission if such a mission was formally established by the Council, Recalling also Security Council resolution 858 (1993) of 24 August 1993, by which the Council decided to establish the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Observer Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1462 (2003) of 30 January 2003, Recalling further its decision 48/475 A of 23 December 1993 on the financing of the Observer Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 56/503 of 27 June 2002, Reaffirming the general principles underlying the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations, as stated in General Assembly resolutions 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, 3101 (XXVIII) of 11 December 1973 and 55/235 of 23 December 2000, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Observer Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 16.4 million United States dollars, representing some 9 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only twenty-two Member States have paid _______________ 1 2 02 56335 A/57/676, A/57/677 and A/57/723. A/57/772 and Add.1. Distr.: General 24 July 2003