United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/260 Distr.: General 20 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 140 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/584)] 58/260. Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor, 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Recalling Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999 regarding the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Transitional Administration, the last of which was resolution 1392 (2002) of 31 January 2002, by which the mandate was extended until 20 May 2002, Recalling also Security Council resolution 1410 (2002) of 17 May 2002, by which the Council established the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor as of 20 May 2002 for an initial period of twelve months, and its subsequent resolution 1480 (2003) of 19 May 2003, by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission until 20 May 2004, Recalling further its resolution 54/246 A of 23 December 1999 on the financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor and its subsequent resolutions on the financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor, the latest of which was resolution 57/327 of 18 June 2003, 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 and to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, _______________ 1 2 03 51012 A/58/192 and Add.1. A/58/409.