Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 128
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the
financing of the United Nations Mission in Haiti 1/ and the related
report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions, 2/
Recalling Security Council resolution 862 (1993) of 31
August 1993, in which the Council approved the dispatch of an
advance team of no more than thirty persons to assess requirements
and prepare for the possible dispatch of both the civilian police
and the military assistance components of the proposed United
Nations Mission in Haiti, and decided that the mandate of the
advance team would expire within one month,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 867 (1993) of
23 September 1993, in which the Council authorized the establishment
and immediate dispatch of the Mission for a period of six months
subject to the proviso that it would be extended beyond seventy-five
days only upon a review by the Council to be based on a report
from the Secretary-General indicating whether or not substantive
progress had been made towards the implementation of the Governors
Island Agreement of 3 July 1993 between the President of the Republic
of Haiti and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti
3/ and the political accords contained in the New York Pact, 4/
Recalling further Security Council resolution 940 (1994)
of 31 July 1994, in which the Council, acting under Chapter VII
of the Charter of the United Nations, authorized Member States
to form a multinational force under unified command and control
and, in that framework, to use all necessary means to facilitate
the departure from Haiti of the military leadership, consistent
with the Governors Island Agreement, the prompt return of the
legitimately elected President and the restoration of the legitimate
authorities of the Government of Haiti, and to establish and maintain
a secure and stable environment that would permit implementation
of the Governors Island Agreement, and approved the establishment
of an advance team of no more than sixty persons, including a
group of observers, to establish the appropriate means of coordination
with the Multinational Force, to carry out the monitoring of the
operations of the Force and to assess requirements and to prepare
for the deployment of the United Nations Mission in Haiti upon
completion of the mission of the Multinational Force,
Recalling Security Council resolution 964 (1994) of 29
November 1994, in which the Council authorized the Secretary-General
to strengthen progressively the advance team of the Mission up
to five hundred persons in order to further facilitate the planning
of the Mission, identification of conditions required for the
transition from the Multinational Force and preparation for the
actual transition, as well as to make good offices available for
the achievement of the purposes approved by the Council in resolution
940 (1994),
Recalling also Security Council resolution 975 (1995) of
30 January 1995, in which the Council authorized the Secretary-General
to deploy up to six thousand troops and nine hundred civilian
police officers, and extended the mandate of the Mission for a
period of six months, to 31 July 1995,
Recalling further its decision 48/477 of 23 December 1993,
its resolution 48/246 of 5 April 1994 and its decision 49/468
of 23 December 1994 on the financing of the Mission,
Reaffirming that the costs of the 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 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
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
Mission 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, particularly as regards the reimbursement
of troop- contributors, because of overdue payments by Member
States of their assessments, particularly Member States in arrears;
2. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure
payment of their assessed contributions to the United Nations
Mission in Haiti promptly and in full, which will contribute to
the operational effectiveness of the Mission;
3. 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;
4. Takes note with concern of the relevant issues raised in the
report of the Advisory Committee and requests the Secretariat:
(a) To facilitate the work of the General Assembly and the Advisory Committee by providing adequate reports in a timely fashion, in all the official languages of the Organization, as well as by supplying expeditiously requested supporting information or clarification;
(b) To adhere strictly to the procurement rules and regulations;
(c) To seek prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee before entering into commitments under the provisions of section IV of General Assembly resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994;
5. Reaffirms its resolution 49/233 A, in particular its section
II thereof regarding contingent-owned equipment, and takes note
of the fact that the procedures used for budgeting for the reimbursement
of contingent-owned equipment in the Mission do not prejudge the
decision to be taken by the General Assembly on this matter in
accordance with its resolution 49/233 A;
6. Stresses the importance of the coordination between the United
Nations Mission in Haiti, the International Civilian Mission in
Haiti and all organizations and bodies involved in the implementation
of the aid programme in Haiti, with a view to rationalizing the
use of funds provided from voluntary and assessed contributions
and avoiding duplication of activities and waste of resources;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action
to ensure that the Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency
and economy;
8. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account referred to in
its decision 48/477 an amount of 44,200 United States dollars
gross (42,500 dollars net), authorized and apportioned for the
period from 1 to 31 July 1994 under the provisions of its resolution
48/246;
9. Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account a total
amount of 5,902,500 dollars gross (5,707,100 dollars net) for
the operation of the Mission for the period from 1 August 1994
to 31 January 1995, inclusive of the amount of 221,000 dollars
gross (212,500 dollars net) authorized and apportioned for the
period from 1 August to 31 December 1994 under the provisions
of its resolution 48/246, the amount of 1,347,000 dollars gross
(1,217,900 dollars net) authorized by the Advisory Committee for
the period from 19 September to 18 December 1994 under the terms
of Assembly resolution 48/229 of 23 December 1993 and the reduced
amount of 4,334,500 dollars gross (4,276,700 dollars net) authorized
by the Advisory Committee for the period from 1 December 1994
to 31 January 1995 under the terms of Assembly resolution 48/229;
10. Decides further to appropriate to the Special Account a total
amount of 151,545,100 dollars gross (149,579,700 dollars net)
for the operation of the Mission for the period from 1 February
to 31 July 1995, inclusive of the amount of 3,720,700 dollars
gross (3,409,600 dollars net) authorized by the Advisory Committee
for the period from 1 to 28 February 1995 under the terms of Assembly
resolution 48/229;
11. Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount
of 151,545,100 dollars gross (149,579,700 dollars net), for the
period from 1 February to 31 July 1995, 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, and taking into account the scale of assessments
for the years 1995, 1996 and 1997 as set out in Assembly resolution
49/19 B of 23 December 1994;
12. Decides also 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 11 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization
Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,965,400 dollars
approved for the Mission for the period from 1 February to 31
July 1995;
13. Decides further that there shall be set off against the apportionment
among Member States, as provided for in paragraph 11 above, their
respective share in the unencumbered balance of 37,000 dollars
gross (26,700 dollars net) in respect of the period from 23 September
1993 to 31 July 1994;
14. Decides, with regard to the period beyond 31 July 1995, to
authorize the Secretary-General, on a provisional basis, to enter
into commitments at a monthly rate not to exceed 21,202,240 dollars
gross (20,840,040 dollars net) for the three-month period from
1 August to 31 October 1995 in connection with the maintenance
of the Mission, the amount of 21,202,240 dollars gross (20,840,040
dollars net) 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 Mission beyond
31 July 1995;
15. Requests the Secretary-General, to enable it to take a decision
on the definite amount of expenditure for the period beyond 31
July 1995, to submit revised budget proposals by the end of August
1995;
16. Invites voluntary contributions to the 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;
17. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth
session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations
Mission in Haiti".
99th plenary meeting
31 March 1995
1/ A/49/318/Add.2 and Corr.1.
2/ A/49/869.
3/ See Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth
Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1993, document
S/26063.
4/ Ibid., document S/26297, annex.