A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/246 2 February 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 173 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/54/687)] 54/246. Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999 regarding the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, Recognizing that the costs of the Transitional Administration 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 Transitional Administration, a different procedure is required from that applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations, 1 A/54/236/Add.1. 2 A/54/653. 00 24505 /...