United Nations A/RES/59/285 General Assembly Distr.: General 27 May 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 127 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 April 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/771)] 59/285. Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Recalling Security Council resolutions 1258 (1999) of 6 August 1999 and 1279 (1999) of 30 November 1999 regarding, respectively, the deployment to the Congo region of military liaison personnel and the establishment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1565 (2004) of 1 October 2004, by which the Council authorized an increase in the Mission’s strength by 5,900 personnel, including up to 341 civilian police, Recalling also its resolution 54/260 A of 7 April 2000 on the financing of the Mission and its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 58/259 B of 18 June 2004, 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, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Mission, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with the financial resources necessary to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, _______________ 1 2 04-49336 A/59/707. A/59/735.