A/RES/52/241 Page 3 4. Urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Force in full and on time; 5. Takes note of the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2 6. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Force is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy; 7. Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to employ locally recruited staff for the Force against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the mission; 8. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus an amount of 602,900 dollars gross (647,400 dollars net), in addition to the amount of 45,079,500 dollars gross (43,049,600 dollars net) already appropriated for the Force under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/236 of 7 June 1996, for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions of one third of the cost of the Force, equivalent to 215,800 dollars, by the Government of Cyprus; 9. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions of one third of the cost of the Force, equivalent to 215,800 dollars, by the Government of Cyprus, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of 387,100 dollars gross (431,600 dollars net), in addition to the amount of 45,079,500 dollars gross (43,049,600 dollars net) already authorized under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/236 for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of 21 December 1989, 45/269 of 27 August 1991, 46/198 A of 20 December 1991, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, 49/249 A of 20 July 1995, 49/249 B of 14 September 1995, 50/224 of 11 April 1996, 51/218 A to C of 18 December 1996 and 52/230 of 31 March 1998 and its decisions 48/472 A of 23 December 1993 and 50/451 B of 23 December 1995, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1998 and 1999, as set out in its resolution 52/215 A of 22 December 1997; 10. Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, shall take into consideration the decrease in their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 44,500 dollars approved for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997; 11. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus an amount of 45,276,160 dollars gross (43,536,860 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, inclusive of an amount of 2,267,160 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations; 12. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, taking into consideration the funding through voluntary contributions of one third of the cost of the Force, equivalent to 14,512,300 dollars, by the Government of Cyprus and the annual pledge of 6.5 million dollars from the Government of Greece, to appropriate the amount of 24,263,860 dollars gross (22,524,560 dollars net), for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, to be apportioned among Member States at a monthly rate of 2,021,988 dollars gross /...