A/RES/57/334 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 59 million United States dollars, representing some 6 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-three 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; 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Mission in full; 3. Expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa; 4. Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements; 5. Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates; 6. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation; 7. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002;1 8. Decides that Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission shall be credited their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 15,020,400 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002, in accordance with the levels set out in its resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolutions 55/236 of 23 December 2000 and 57/290 A of 20 December 2002, and taking into account the scale of assessments for 2002, as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 and 57/4 B of 20 December 2002; 9. Decides also that for Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 15,020,400 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations, in accordance with the scheme set out in paragraph 8 above; 10. Decides further that the increase of 1,092,400 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2002 shall be added to the credits from the amount referred to in paragraphs 8 and 9 above, and that the respective shares of Member States therein shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of those paragraphs, as appropriate; 11. Emphasizes that no peacekeeping mission shall be financed by borrowing funds from other active peacekeeping missions; _______________ 4 2 See A/57/773.