A/RES/49/229 Page 2 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 operations, 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 Operation in Somalia II with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Expressing deep concern about the loss of the United Nations assets and the theft of 3.9 million United States dollars from the Operation in Somalia II and the absence of any detailed formal report in writing on this matter to date on the part of the Secretariat, Reiterating the need for transparency in the relationship between the Secretariat and Member States in such matters, 1. Requests the Secretary-General to give a written report to the General Assembly no later than 31 January 1995 on the progress of the investigation undertaken by the Office of Internal Oversight Services and action thereon to determine responsibility for the theft of 3.9 million dollars and to recover the missing funds, as well as disciplinary measures taken in this regard and controls put in place to avoid the recurrence of similar incidents in future; 2. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Operation in Somalia II as at 20 December 1994, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 192,869,981 dollars, and urges all Member States concerned to make every possible effort to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; 3. Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities, particularly as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, due to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears; 4. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Operation in Somalia II promptly and in full; 5. Expresses concern at the slow progress in the reimbursement to Member States for the use of contingent-owned and other equipment, and urges the Secretary-General to enhance his efforts in this regard in view of the imminent closure of the Operation in Somalia II; 6. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2/ 7. Endorses also the request to the Board of Auditors, contained in paragraph 19 of the report of the Advisory Committee, to conduct, in the course of its audit of the Operation in Somalia II, a specific examination of the contractual and logistic services, including the negotiation and award of contracts, the procedure for establishing the price in relation to the quality and level of the services rendered, control and monitoring of expenditure and certification of such expenditure by the United Nations; 8. Decides to appropriate, in accordance with the recommendation contained in paragraph 40 of the report of the Advisory Committee, to the Special Account for the United Nations Operation in Somalia II the amount of /...