A/RES/59/14 B United Nations Distr.: General 18 August 2005 General Assembly Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 136 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 June 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/527/Add.1)] 59/14. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone B 1 The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 2 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999, by which the Council established the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council revised and extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1562 (2004) of 17 September 2004, Recalling its resolution 53/29 of 20 November 1998 on the financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and subsequent resolutions on the financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, the latest of which was resolution 59/14 A of 29 October 2004, 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, Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to the Mission, 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 resolutions of the Security Council, Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Head of Mission with the 1. task of formulating future budget proposals in full accordance with the provisions of _______________ 1 Resolution 59/14, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/59/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 59/14 A. 2 A/59/635 and Corr.1, A/59/758 and Corr.1 and A/59/759. 3 A/59/736 and Add.9. 05-40153