A/RES/52/240 Page 2 Reaffirming that the costs of the Operation 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, Recalling its previous decisions regarding the fact that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by the Operation, a different procedure is required from the one applied to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations, 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 an operation, 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 with the necessary financial resources to enable it to meet its outstanding liabilities, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Operation in Mozambique as at 15 May 1998, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 38.6 million United States dollars, representing 7.3 per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Operation to the period ending 31 March 1995, notes that some 54 per cent of the Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States concerned, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions; 2. Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, which bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments; 3. in full; Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions 4. Urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Operation in full to facilitate the closing of the Special Account for the Operation; 5. Takes note of the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2 6. Approves, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements for the Operation with regard to the application of article IV of the financial regulations of the United Nations, whereby appropriations required in respect of obligations owed to Governments which provided contingents and/or logistic support for the Operation shall be retained beyond the period stipulated under financial regulations 4.3 and 4.4, as set out in the annex to the present resolution; 7. Reiterates its resolutions 50/222 of 11 April 1996 and 51/218 E of 17 June 1997; /...