United Nations A/RES/55/264 General Assembly Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 138 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/55/975)] 55/264. Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling Security Council resolution 350 (1974) of 31 May 1974, by which the Council established the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the Force, the latest of which was resolution 1351 (2001) of 30 May 2001, Recalling also its resolution 3211 B (XXIX) of 29 November 1974 on the financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, and its subsequent resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 54/266 of 15 June 2000, 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 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Force with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Concerned that the surplus balances in the Special Account for the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force have been used to meet expenses of the Force in order to compensate for the lack of income resulting from non-payment and late payment by Member States of their contributions, 1 2 00 57499 A/55/747 and A/55/778. A/55/874 and Add.1. Distr.: General 24 July 2001