Forty-ninth session
Agenda items 127 and 130
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the
financing of the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda
and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda 1/ and the
related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions, 2/
Recalling Security Council resolutions 846 (1993) of 22
June 1993 and 872 (1993) of 5 October 1993, by which the Council
established, respectively, the United Nations Observer Mission
Uganda-Rwanda and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda,
as well as Council resolutions 925 (1994) of 8 June 1994 and 928
(1994) of 20 June 1994, by which the Council further renewed the
mandates of the Assistance Mission and the Observer Mission, respectively,
Recalling also its resolution 48/245 of 5 April 1994 on
the financing of the Observer Mission, and its resolution 48/248
of 5 April 1994 and its decisions 48/479 A of 23 December 1993
and 48/479 B of 14 September 1994, on the financing of the Assistance
Mission,
Reaffirming that the costs of the Observer Mission and
the Assistance Mission 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 its previous decisions regarding the fact that,
in order to meet the expenditures caused by the Observer Mission
and the Assistance Mission, a different procedure is required
from the one 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
operations,
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
Observer Mission and the Assistance Mission 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 United
Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda and to the United Nations
Assistance Mission for Rwanda as at 31 October 1994, including
the contributions outstanding in the amounts of 670,906 United
States dollars for the Observer Mission and 17,648,382 dollars
for the Assistance Mission, and urges all Member States concerned
to make every possible effort to ensure the payment of their outstanding
assessed contributions;
2. Expresses concern about the financial situation with
regard to peace-keeping activities, particularly as regards the
reimbursement of troop contributors, due to overdue payments by
Member States of their assessments, particularly Member States
in arrears;
3. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort
to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Observer
Mission and to the Assistance Mission promptly and in full;
4. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained
in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions, 2/ subject to the provisions of the present
resolution;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary
action to ensure that the Assistance Mission is administered with
a maximum of efficiency and economy;
6. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda a total amount of
163,101,700 dollars gross (161,515,400 dollars net) for the operation
of the Assistance Mission for the period from 5 April to 9 December
1994, inclusive of the amount of 57,063,960 dollars gross (55,812,760
dollars net) authorized under the provisions of General Assembly
resolution 48/248;
7. Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion
the additional amount of 100,744,440 dollars gross (100,542,240
dollars net) for the period from 5 April to 9 December 1994, taking
into account the amount of 62,357,260 dollars gross (60,973,160
dollars net) already apportioned in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 48/248, 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 and 47/218 A of 23 December
1992, and its decision 48/472 A of 23 December 1993, and taking
into account the scale of assessments for the years 1992, 1993
and 1994 as set out in Assembly resolutions 46/221 A of 20 December
1991 and 48/223 A of 23 December 1993, and Assembly decision 47/456
of 23 December 1992;
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 202,200
dollars approved for the Assistance Mission for the period from
5 April to 9 December 1994;
9. Decides that there shall be set off against the apportionment
among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 7 above, their
respective share in the unencumbered balances of 1,288,200 dollars
gross (1,258,900 dollars net) in respect of the Observer Mission
for the period from 22 June to 21 December 1993 and 10,531,600
dollars gross (10,633,200 dollars net) in respect of the Assistance
Mission for the period from 5 October 1993 to 4 April 1994;
10. Decides also, with regard to the period beyond 9 December
1994, to authorize the Secretary-General to enter into commitments
for a four-month period, at a monthly rate not to exceed 15 million
dollars gross, in connection with the maintenance of the Assistance
Mission (provided that any amount above 10.5 million dollars per
month should be designated for military personnel costs and specifically
justified to the General Assembly through the Advisory Committee),
the amount of 30 million dollars to be apportioned, 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 Assistance Mission beyond 9 December 1994;
11. Authorizes the Secretary-General, with respect to the
recommendations made by the Advisory Committee in paragraph 26
of its report, to maintain the positions of Senior Political Adviser
and Assistant to the Senior Political Adviser;
12. Invites the Secretary-General to adjust as may be required
by the changing nature of the Assistance Mission the staffing
levels, especially those relating to Humanitarian Assistance Officers,
if necessary, within existing staffing levels;
13. Decides to undertake, beginning on 28 February 1995,
a detailed review of the financing of the Assistance Mission for
the period 10 December 1994 to 9 June 1995 and of the performance
report contained in the addendum to the report of the Secretary-General,
3/ and requests the Secretary-General and the Advisory Committee
to arrange their work programmes so as to ensure that the appropriate
budget estimates and reports are available to Member States no
later than 20 February 1995;
14. Expresses its deep concern that the contract for services
to the Assistance Mission has been renewed without international
competitive bidding as outlined in paragraphs 40 to 44 of the
report of the Advisory Committee;
15. Urges the Secretary-General to obtain as soon as possible
all contractual services for the Assistance Mission through international
competitive bidding in order to award all those services to the
lowest acceptable bidder in accordance with the Financial Regulations
and Rules of the United Nations, and requests him to submit, in
the context of his next budget proposals, substantial written
explanations for granting the exceptions to the rule of international
competitive bidding;
16. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to it, for
consideration at its current session, information pertaining to
the question of procurement of contractual services for peace-keeping
operations and an initial explanation of the reasons for granting
any exception to financial rule 110.18 regarding the provision
of those services in the course of the execution of a number of
peace-keeping operations since January 1994, in order to allow
it to take appropriate and prompt action in this regard;
17. Invites voluntary contributions to the Assistance Mission
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;
18. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session the item entitled "Financing of the United
Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda".
70th plenary meeting
29 November 1994
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1/A/49/375 and Corr.1 and Add.1.
2/A/49/501.
3/A/49/375/Add.1.