Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 116 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force,
U.N. Doc. A/RES/49/225 (1994).
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the
financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 1/
and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions, 2/
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 350 (1974)
of 31 May 1974, by which the Council established the United Nations
Disengagement Observer Force, and the subsequent resolutions by
which the Council extended the mandate of the Force, the latest
of which was resolution 962 (1994) of 29 November 1994,
Recalling its resolution 3211 B (XXIX) of 29 November 1974
on the financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, and its subsequent
resolutions thereon, the latest of which was resolution 48/253
of 26 May 1994,
Reaffirming that the costs of the United Nations Disengagement
Observer 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,
Recalling its previous decisions regarding the fact that,
in order to meet the expenditures caused by the United Nations
Disengagement Observer Force, 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
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force with the necessary
financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities
under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Concerned that the surplus balances in the Suspense Account
for the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force have been
used to meet the expenses of the Force in order to compensate
for the lack of income resulting from non-payment and late payment
by Member States of their contributions,
1. Expresses its deep concern about the status of contributions
to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force as at 30 November
1994, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of
65.9 million United States dollars, and urges all Member States
concerned to make every possible effort to ensure the payment
of their outstanding assessed contributions;
2. Expresses its concern about the adverse effect that
the deteriorating financial situation has on reimbursement to
troop contributors, placing an additional burden on those countries
and putting at risk the continuing supply of troops to the United
Nations Disengagement Observer Force;
3. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained
in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions; 2/
4. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary
action to ensure that the United Nations Disengagement Observer
Force is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy;
5. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force the amount of 16,080,000
dollars gross (15,594,000 dollars net), authorized and apportioned
by the General Assembly in paragraph 18 of its resolution 48/253
for the operation of the Force for the period from 1 June to 30
November 1994, inclusive;
6. Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account an
amount of 16,065,500 dollars gross (15,566,000 dollars net) for
the period from 1 December 1994 to 31 May 1995, inclusive of the
amount of 2,678,000 dollars gross (2,594,000 dollars net) authorized
by the General Assembly in its decision 49/413 of 8 December 1994;
7. Decides further, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion
the amount referred to in paragraph 6 above among Member States
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 and 47/218 A of 23 December 1992 and its decision 48/472
A of 23 December 1993, the scale of assessments for the year 1994
3/ to be applied against a portion thereof, that is, 2,677,580
dollars gross, which is the amount pertaining on a pro rata basis
to the period ending 31 December 1994, and the scale of assessments
for the year 1995 4/ to be applied against the balance, that is,
13,387,920 dollars gross, for the period from 1 January to 31
May 1995, inclusive;
8. Decides 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 staff assessment income of 492,000 dollars
approved for the period from 1 December 1994 to 31 May 1995, inclusive;
82,000 dollars being the amount pertaining on a pro rata basis
to the period ending 31 December 1994 and the balance, that is,
410,000 dollars, for the period from 1 January to 31 May 1995,
inclusive;
9. Decides also that there shall be set off against the
apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph
7 above, their respective share in the estimated other income
of 7,500 dollars approved for the period from 1 December 1994
to 31 May 1995, inclusive; 1,250 dollars being the amount pertaining
on a pro rata basis to the period ending 31 December 1994, and
the balance, that is, 6,250 dollars, for the period from 1 January
to 31 May 1995, inclusive;
10. Decides further that there shall be set off against
the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraph
7 above, their respective share in the surplus balance of 5,330,932
dollars for the period from 1 December 1991 to 30 November 1992,
inclusive, as well as the surplus balance of 3,775,797 dollars
for the period from 1 December 1992 to 30 November 1993, inclusive;
11. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments
for the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force at a rate
not to exceed 2,677,583 dollars gross (2,594,000 dollars net)
per month for a period up to six months from 1 June 1995, should
the Security Council decide to continue the Force beyond the period
of six months authorized under its resolution 962 (1994), the
said amount to be apportioned among Member States in accordance
with the scheme set out in the present resolution;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General
Assembly, through the Advisory Committee, a financial performance
report for the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for
the period from 1 December 1993 to 30 November 1994;
13. Invites voluntary contributions to the United Nations
Disengagement Observer 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;
14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session under the item entitled "Financing of the
United Nations peace-keeping forces in the Middle East" the
sub-item entitled "United Nations Disengagement Observer
Force".
95th plenary meeting
23 December 1994
1/A/49/553.
2/See A/49/785 and Corr. 1.
3/See resolutions 46/221 A and 48/223 A and decision 47/456.
4/See resolution 49/19 B.