A/RES/58/260 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, Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations 1. Transitional Administration in East Timor and the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor as at 31 October 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 65.5 million United States dollars, representing some 4 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only fortythree 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; Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid their 2. assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Transitional Administration and the Mission in full; Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping 3. activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments; Also expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General 4. in deploying some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa, and in providing them with adequate resources; Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be 5. given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements; Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with 6. adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates; Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to make the fullest 7. possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Mission; Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report 8. of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation; Revised budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 9. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor the amount of 23,827,500 dollars for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004, in addition to the amount of 193,337,100 dollars already appropriated for the same period under the terms of resolution 57/327; Financing of the appropriation 10. Decides also, taking into account the amount of 193,337,100 dollars previously apportioned under the terms of resolution 57/327, to apportion among Member States the amount of 23,827,500 dollars at a monthly rate of 1,985,625 dollars, in accordance with the levels set out in resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolutions 55/236 of 23 December 2000 and 57/290 A of 2