United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/291 Distr.: General 12 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 134 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/657)] 57/291. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999 concerning the establishment of 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 1436 (2002) of 24 September 2002, 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 56/251 B of 27 June 2002, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with sufficient financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2 2. Decides, taking into account the amount of 532,469,200 United States dollars previously apportioned under the terms of General Assembly resolution 56/251 B, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 90 million dollars at a monthly rate of 7.5 million dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, comprising 67.5 million dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and 22.5 million dollars for the period from 1 April to 30 June 2003, in accordance with the levels set out in General Assembly resolution 55/235 of 23 December 2000, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution 55/236 of the same date and its resolution 57/290 of 20 December 2002, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 2002 and 2003 as set out in its resolution 55/5 B of 23 December 2000, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution _______________ 1 2 02 56075 A/57/619. A/57/633.