United Nations A/RES/59/286 General Assembly Distr.: General 27 May 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 133 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 April 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/772)] 59/286. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo The General Assembly, Having considered the note by the Secretary-General on the financing arrangements for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Recalling Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999 regarding the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Recalling also its resolution 53/241 of 28 July 1999 on the financing of the Mission and its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which is resolution 58/305 of 18 June 2004, Acknowledging the complexity of the Mission, 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 Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolution of the Security Council, Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Interim 1. Administration Mission in Kosovo as at 28 February 2005, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 132.4 million United States dollars, representing some 7 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only sixty-eight Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, in particular those in arrears, to ensure payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; _______________ 1 2 04-49429 A/59/692. A/59/728.