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 reports
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
 
      Having considered also the report of the Office of Internal Oversight
Services on the review of the management structure in the civilian staff
component of the United Nations Peace Forces,
 
      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
ceasefire,
 
      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, in 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 50/410 C of 17 September
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 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 23 October 1996, including the contributions outstanding in the amount
of 731.8 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 32 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
peacekeeping 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
reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2
subject to the provisions of the present resolution;
 
      6.    Endorses also the recommendations made by the Office of Internal
Oversight Services in its report on the review of the management structure in
the civilian staff component of the United Nations Peace Forces,3 and requests
the Secretary-General to ensure that those recommendations are fully taken
into account in the future planning of United Nations peacekeeping missions;
 
      7.    Requests the Secretary-General to issue no later than 8 December
1996 the performance report for the period from 1 January to 30 June 1996;
 
      8.    Also requests the Secretary-General to include in his next report
on the financing of the combined Forces updated information on the status of
liquidation of the United Nations Protection Force and the United Nations
Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, including costs, staffing levels,
a description of difficulties that have been encountered, the
Secretary-General's assessment of the progress of liquidation and projections
regarding its completion;
 
      9.    Expresses its concern about the payment by the combined Forces of
charges for items that should have been provided without cost under the
status-of- forces agreements;
 
      10.   Urges the Secretary-General to convey the concerns of the General
Assembly to the Governments concerned, as well as the request by the Assembly
that the Governments reimburse the combined Forces for those expenditures, and
requests the Secretary-General to withhold settlement of claims submitted by
the Governments concerned until the matter of the expenditures is resolved and
to include information on efforts to obtain reimbursement in the next report
on the financing of the combined Forces;
 
      11.   Reminds all Member States that are host to a United Nations
peacekeeping mission of the importance of concluding a status-of-forces
agreement with the United Nations when a mission has been authorized and of
their obligation to comply fully with the terms of such agreements, when
concluded;
 
      12.   Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to
ensure that the combined Forces are administered with a maximum of efficiency
and economy;
 
      13.   Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of
115,373,000 dollars gross (113,866,300 dollars net), already appropriated by
the General Assembly in its resolution 50/235 of 7 June 1996, for the period
from 1 to 31 December 1995 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 1995 as set out in its resolution 49/19 B of
23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23 December 1995;
 
      14.   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 13 above,
their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff
assessment income of 1,506,700 dollars approved for the period from
1 to 31 December 1995;
 
      15.   Decides further that, for Member States that have fulfilled their
financial obligations to the combined Forces, there shall be set off against
the apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 13 above, their respective
share in the amount of 115,373,000 dollars gross (113,866,300 dollars net)
from the unencumbered balance of 227,406,878 dollars gross (227,911,279
dollars net) in respect of the period ending 31 December 1995;
 
      16.   Decides that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their
obligations to the combined Forces, their share in the amount of 115,373,000
dollars gross (113,866,300 dollars net) from the unencumbered balance of
227,406,878 dollars gross (227,911,279 dollars net) for the period ending 31
December 1995 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;
 
      17.   Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the
liquidation of the combined Forces and the provision of common support for the
period from 1 November to 31 December 1996 in the amount of 12,462,300 dollars
gross (11,574,400 dollars net);
 
      18.   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;
 
      19.   Decides to keep under review during its fifty-first session 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".
 
                                         B
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Having considered the report 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,
 
     Having considered also the report of the Board of Auditors and the report
of the Office of Internal Oversight Services,
 
     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
ceasefire,
 
     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, in 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
should 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 51/457 of 18 December
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 its previous decisions regarding the fact that, in order to
meet the expenditures caused by the combined Forces, 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,
 
     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 meet their outstanding liabilities,
 
     1.   Takes note of the status of contributions to the combined Forces as
at 15 May 1997, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 732
million United States dollars, representing 15 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 36 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
peacekeeping 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.   Endorses also the observations and recommendations contained in the
report of the Board of Auditors and the report of the Office of Internal
Oversight Services;
 
     7.   Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to
ensure that the combined Forces are administered with a maximum of efficiency
and economy;
 
     8.   Decides to appropriate the amount of 240,562,100 dollars gross
(236,351,600 dollars net) for 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) authorized by the Assembly in its decision
50/410 B of 23 December 1995, the amount of 50 million dollars gross
(49,215,350 dollars net) authorized by the Assembly in its decision 50/481 of
11 April 1996, for the period from 1 January to 31 May 1996 and the amount of
90,562,100 dollars gross (88,705,550 dollars net) authorized by the Assembly
in its resolution 50/235 of 7 June 1996 for the period from 1 January to 30
June 1996;
 
     9.   Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, and taking into account the
amount of 89,484,800 dollars gross (87,915,500 dollars net) already
apportioned in accordance with General Assembly decision 50/410 B, to
apportion the additional amount of 151,077,300 dollars gross (148,436,100
dollars net) for the period from 1 January to 30 June 1996 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, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, 49/249 A of
20 July 1995, 49/249 B of 14 September 1995, 50/224 of 11 April 1996 and
51/218 A and B of 18 December 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;
 
     10.  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 9 above, their
respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated additional
staff assessment income of 2,641,200 dollars approved for the period from 1
January to 30 June 1996;
 
     11.  Decides that, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial
obligations to the combined Forces, there shall be set off against the
apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 9 above, their respective share in
the unencumbered balance of 87,793,328 dollars gross (92,251,479 dollars net)
in respect of the period ending 30 June 1996;
 
     12.  Decides also that, for Member States that have not fulfilled their
obligations to the combined Forces, their share of the unencumbered balance of
87,793,328 dollars gross (92,251,479 dollars net) for the period ending 30
June 1996 shall be set off against their outstanding obligations;
 
     13.  Decides further to appropriate the amount of 50,247,200 dollars
gross (46,951,000 dollars net) for the liquidation of the combined Forces and
common support for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, inclusive of
the amount of 1,193,200 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping
operations, consisting of the amount of 18,693,450 dollars gross (17,361,600
dollars net) already authorized by the Assembly in its resolution 50/235 for
the period from 1 July to 30 September 1996, the amount of 6,231,150 dollars
gross (5,787,200 dollars net) already authorized by the Assembly in its
decision 50/410 C of 17 September 1996 for the period from 1 to 31 October
1996, the amount of 12,462,300 dollars gross (11,574,400 dollars net) already
authorized by the Assembly in its resolution 51/12 A of 4 November 1996 for
the period from 1 November to 31 December 1996 and the amount of 12,860,300
dollars gross (12,227,800 dollars net) already authorized by the Assembly in
its decision 51/457 for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
 
     14.  Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of
50,247,200 dollars gross (46,951,000 dollars net) for the period from 1 July
1996 to 30 June 1997 among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out
in the present resolution, and taking into account the scale of assessments
for the years 1996 and 1997, as set out in its resolution 49/19 B and its
decision 50/471 A;
 
     15.  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 14 above, their respective share
in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of
3,296,200 dollars approved for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
 
     16.  Decides further to include in the provisional agenda of its
fifty-second session the 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".