A/RES/48/243 Page 2 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, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Observer Mission by a Government, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Observer Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador as at 22 March 1994, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 24,040,049 United States dollars; 2. Expresses concern about the deteriorating financial situation with regard to peace-keeping activities due to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears; 3. Reaffirms its resolution 48/227 of 23 December 1993 and stresses the need for the Secretariat to submit budget documents in time in order to allow for a proper and thorough review and approval by the General Assembly of the budgets before their implementation; 4. Notes with satisfaction an improvement in the compliance by the Secretariat with certain resolutions of the General Assembly with regard to the form of budget documents concerning peace-keeping operations; 5. Reaffirms the importance of the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as an advisory body to the General Assembly in the budget process; 6. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee, 2/ subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Observer Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy and, in particular, to implement fully the economy, financial and efficiency measures to be approved during the resumed forty-eighth session but no later than 1 May 1994, and to report on the implementation of such measures in the context of the performance report relevant to that period; 8. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the combined Special Account for the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador and the United Nations Observer Group in Central America promptly and in full; 9. Affirms that the failure by Member States to pay assessed contributions promptly and in full and the fact that the General Assembly has unfortunately been led to consider and approve peace-keeping budgets without adequate documentation have damaged and continue to damage the ability of peace-keeping operations to implement their activities effectively; 10. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account, in accordance with the recommendation contained in paragraph 18 of the report of the Advisory Committee, an amount of 19,527,000 dollars gross (17,672,700 dollars net) for the operation of the Observer Mission for the period from 1 December 1993 to 31 May 1994; 11. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the additional amount of 14,144,700 dollars gross (12,792,700 dollars net) for the period from 1 December 1993 to 31 May 1994, taking into account the amount of /...