The General Assembly,
 
      Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing
of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the related report of
the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
 
      Recalling Security Council resolutions 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, and 1027 (1995) of 30 November 1995, by which the
Council extended the mandate of the Force until 30 May 1996,
 
      Recalling also its decision 50/481 of 11 April 1996 on the financing of
the Force,
 
      Recognizing that the costs of the Force 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,
 
      Recognizing also that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by the
Force, 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,
 
      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,
 
      1.    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;
 
      2.    Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have paid
their assessed contributions in full;
 
      3.    Urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to
ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the United Nations
Preventive Deployment Force in full and on time;
 
      4.    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;
 
      5.    Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to
ensure that the Force is administered with a maximum of efficiency and
economy; 
 
      6.    Decides to appropriate the amount of 20,914,200 United States
dollars gross (20,562,300 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for
the period from 1 January to 30 May 1996, inclusive of the amount of 6,500,000
dollars gross (6,397,950 dollars net) authorized for the period from 1 January
to 30 May 1996 under the provisions of General Assembly decision 50/481, and
requests the Secretary-General to establish a special account for the Force in
accordance with paragraph 46 of his report;
 
      7.    Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, and taking into account
the amount of 6,500,000 dollars gross (6,397,950 dollars net) already
apportioned in accordance with General Assembly decision 50/481, to apportion
an additional amount of 14,414,200 dollars gross (14,164,350 dollars net) for
the period from 1 January to 30 May 1996 among Member States in accordance
with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of 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 and 50/224 of 11 April 1996 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 year 1996, as set out in its
resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23
December 1995;
 
      8.    Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its
resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the
apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 7 above, their
respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional
staff assessment income of 249,850 dollars approved for the period from 1
January to 30 May 1996;
 
      9.    Decides to authorize the Secretary-General to enter into
commitments in the amount of 4,237,100 dollars gross (4,132,500 dollars net)
for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 31 May to 30 June 1996,
to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in
the present resolution, subject to the decision of the Security Council to
extend the mandate of the Force beyond 30 May 1996;
 
      10.   Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its
resolution 973 (X), there shall be set off against the apportionment among
Member States, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, their respective share in
the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 104,600
dollars approved for the period from 31 May to 30 June 1996;
 
      11.   Takes note of the cost estimate of the Secretary-General in the
amount of 52,351,500 dollars gross (50,835,900 dollars net) for the
maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
 
      12.   Decides to appropriate the amount of 26,296,200 dollars gross
(25,538,400 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for the period from
1 July to 31 December 1996, inclusive of the amount of 632,400 dollars for the
support account for peace-keeping operations, to be assessed on Member States
at a monthly rate of 4,382,700 dollars gross (4,256,400 dollars net), in
accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution, subject to the
decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Force beyond 30
May 1996;
 
      13.   Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its
resolution 973 (X), there shall be set off against the apportionment among
Member States, as provided for in paragraph 12 above, their respective share
in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of
757,800 dollars approved for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1996;
 
      14.   Invites voluntary contributions to the Force 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;
 
      15.   Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Preventive
Deployment Force".