United Nations A/RES/57/330 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 132 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/833)] 57/330. Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and 689 (1991) of 9 April 1991, by which the Council decided to establish the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission and to review the question of its termination or continuation every six months, Recalling also its resolution 45/260 of 3 May 1991 on the financing of the Observation Mission and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 56/297 of 27 June 2002, 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, Expressing its appreciation for the substantial voluntary contributions made to the Observation Mission by the Government of Kuwait and the contributions of other Governments, Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Observation Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission as at 31 March 2003, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 10.2 million United States dollars, representing some 3 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only thirty-six 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; _______________ 1 2 02 56317 A/57/664 and Corr.1, A/57/665, A/57/723 and A/57/811. A/57/772, para. 6, and A/57/813. Distr.: General 25 July 2003