Financing of the UN Protection Force, the UN Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the UN Preventive Deployment Force and the UN Peace Forces Headquarters, G.A. res. 50/235, 50 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 33, U.N. Doc. A/50/49 (Vol. II) (1995).



                            
 
      The General Assembly,
 
      Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing
of the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence
Restoration Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment
Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters and the related report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
 
      Recalling Security Council resolutions 727 (1992) of 8 January 1992 and
740 (1992) of 7 February 1992, in which the Council endorsed the sending of a
group of military liaison officers to Yugoslavia to promote maintenance of the
cease-fire,
 
      Recalling also Security Council resolution 743 (1992) of 21 February
1992, by which the Council established the United Nations Protection Force,
and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended and expanded its
mandate, 
 
      Recalling further Security Council resolution 981 (1995) of 31 March
1995, by which the Council established the United Nations Confidence
Restoration Operation in Croatia, to be known as UNCRO,
 
      Recalling Security Council resolution 983 (1995) of 31 March 1995, by
which the Council decided that the United Nations Protection Force within the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should be known as the United Nations
Preventive Deployment Force,
 
      Recalling also Security Council resolution 1025 (1995) of 30 November
1995, by which the Council decided to terminate the mandate of the United
Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia on 15 January 1996,
 
      Recalling further Security Council resolution 1031 (1995) of 15 December
1995, in which the Council decided to terminate the mandate of the United
Nations Protection Force on the date on which the Secretary-General reported
that the transfer of authority from the United Nations Protection Force to the
Implementation Force had taken place,
 
      Recalling the letter dated 1 February 1996 from the President of the
Security Council to the Secretary-General informing him of the Council's
concurrence in principle that the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force
become an independent mission,
 
      Recalling also its resolution 46/233 of 19 March 1992 on the financing
of the United Nations Protection Force and its subsequent resolutions and
decisions thereon, the latest of which was decision 50/481 of 11 April 1996,
 
      Reaffirming that the costs of the combined Forces are expenses of the
Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17,
paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations,
 
      Recalling further its previous decisions regarding the fact that, in
order to meet the expenditures caused by the combined Forces, a different
procedure is required from that applied to meet expenditures of the regular
budget of the United Nations,
 
      Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed
countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that
the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity
to contribute towards such an operation,
 
      Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the States permanent
members of the Security Council, as indicated in General Assembly resolution
1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, in the financing of such operations,
 
      Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to
the combined Forces by certain Governments,
 
      Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the combined Forces
with the necessary financial resources to enable them to fulfil their
responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
 
      1.    Takes note of the status of contributions to the combined Forces
as at 21 May 1996, including the contributions unpaid in the amount of 738.4
million United States dollars, representing 16 per cent of the total assessed
contributions from the inception of the United Nations Protection Force to the
period ending 31 March 1996, notes that some 22 per cent of the Member States
have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member
States concerned, in particular those in arrears, to ensure the payment of
their outstanding assessed contributions;
 
      2.    Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to
peace-keeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop
contributors, which bear burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of
their assessments;
 
      3.    Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid
their assessed contributions in full;
 
      4.    Urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to
ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the combined Forces in full
and on time;
 
      5.    Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the
report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
subject to the provisions of the present resolution;
 
      6.    Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to
ensure that the combined Forces are administered with a maximum of efficiency
and economy;
 
      7.    Also requests the Secretary-General to submit the performance
report covering the period from 1 July to 31 December 1995, through the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to the General
Assembly by 15 August 1996;
 
      8.    Further requests the Secretary-General to clarify, in consultation
with the Member State(s) concerned, the value, calculated according to
standard United Nations procedures, of those budgeted contributions in kind
which served to reduce the amount assessed on Member States for the rapid
reaction capacity, and to report thereon to the General Assembly as soon as
possible;
 
      9.    Decides that all expenses for the rapid reaction capacity of the
United Nations Protection Force, including the agreed value of such budgeted
contributions in kind, should be included within the assessed budget for the
combined Forces;
 
      10.   Decides also to review the resource requirements of the United
Nations Protection Force in the light of the performance report requested in
paragraph 7 and the information requested in paragraph 8 above;
 
      11.   Requests the Secretary-General to return to the Member States
concerned the unspent cash contributions made to the sub-account for the rapid
reaction capacity established pursuant to paragraph 15 of General Assembly
resolution 49/248 of 20 July 1995, and also requests him to take the necessary
steps to close the sub-account;
 
      12.   Takes note of the comments of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions, as contained in paragraph 18 of its
report, on provisions for reimbursement for contingent-owned equipment;
 
      13.   Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General to process
outstanding contingent-owned equipment reimbursement claims, and requests him
to take urgent steps to clear the backlog of such claims to enable speedier
liquidation of the combined Forces;
 
      14.   Decides to keep the amounts budgeted for provision for
reimbursement of contingent-owned equipment under review, pending completion
of the process noted in paragraph 13 above;
 
      15.   Urges the Secretary-General to review, on an urgent basis, the
concerns regarding decentralization of administrative functions, such as
recruitment and placement, movement control, training, repatriation and
procurement, and reducing the overall number of administrative staff, which
were raised in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions, and to report thereon by 1 July 1996 to the General
Assembly;
 
      16.   Requests the Secretary-General to develop revised cost estimates
for third-party claims and adjustments, following completion of the thorough
study to be completed by the Legal Counsel and taking into account the issues
raised in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions, and to submit them, through the Advisory Committee, to the General
Assembly;
 
      17.   Decides that any expenditures for disposal of hazardous wastes,
such as contaminated petrol, oil and lubricants, batteries, used tyres and
other wastes, shall be consistent with prior practice in other missions;
 
      18.   Decides also to appropriate to the special account referred to in
General Assembly resolution 46/233 the amount of 100 million dollars gross
(99,569,800 dollars net) already authorized and apportioned under the terms of
Assembly resolution 49/248 for the period from 1 July to 30 November 1995;
 
      19.   Decides further to appropriate the amount of 115,373,000 dollars
gross (113,866,300 dollars net) already authorized by the General Assembly in
its decision 50/410 A of 4 December 1995 for the period from 1 to 31 December
1995;
 
      20.   Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into additional
commitments in the amount of 90,562,100 dollars gross (89,826,050 dollars net)
for the pre-liquidation of the combined Forces for the period from 1 January
to 30 June 1996, taking into account the amount of 100 million dollars gross
(98,430,700 dollars net) already authorized by the General Assembly in its
decision 50/410 B of 23 December 1995 and the amount of 50 million dollars
gross (49,215,350 dollars net) already authorized by the Assembly in its
decision 50/481 of 11 April 1996 for the period from 1 January to 31 May 1996;
 
      21.   Also authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments
for the liquidation of the combined Forces and the provision of common support
for the three-month period from 1 July to 30 September 1996 at a monthly rate
not to exceed 6,231,150 dollars gross (5,787,200 dollars net), inclusive of
the amount of 99,400 dollars for the support account for peace-keeping
operations;
 
      22.   Invites voluntary contributions to the combined Forces in cash and
in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, to
be administered, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure established
by the General Assembly in its resolutions 43/230 of 21 December 1988, 44/192
A of 21 December 1989 and 45/258 of 3 May 1991;
 
      23.   Decides to revert to the agenda item entitled "Financing of the
United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration
Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the
United Nations Peace Forces headquarters" at its resumed fiftieth session.
      

 

 



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