The General Assembly,
 
      Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing
of the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti and the related report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
 
      Recalling Security Council resolution 1063 (1996) of 28 June 1996, by
which the Council established the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti
until 30 November 1996,
 
      Recognizing that the costs of the Support 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,
 
      Recognizing also that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by the
Support Mission, 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 Support Mission by certain Governments,
 
      Noting also that the assessed contributions to the special account to be
established for the Support Mission will cover only direct and indirect costs
associated with the six hundred contingent personnel and three hundred
civilian police authorized by the Security Council in its resolution 1063
(1996),
 
      Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Support 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
peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop
contributors, which bear burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of
their assessments;
 
      2.    Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure
payment of their assessed contributions to the United Nations Support Mission
in Haiti in full and on time;
 
      3.    Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the
report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
 
      4.    Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to
ensure that the Support Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency
and economy;
 
      5.    Also requests the Secretary-General to establish a special account
for the Support Mission in accordance with paragraph 13 of his report;
 
      6.    Decides to appropriate the amount of 28,704,200 United States
dollars gross (27,506,000 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Support
Mission for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1996, inclusive of the
amount of 13,447,000 dollars gross and net remaining from the appropriation
provided under General Assembly resolution 50/90 B of 7 June 1996 for the
liquidation of the United Nations Mission in Haiti, with which the Advisory
Committee has concurred, for the period from 1 July to 15 September 1996 and
the amount of 5,762,800 dollars gross (5,420,700 dollars net) authorized by
the Advisory Committee under the terms of section IV of Assembly resolution
49/233 A of 23 December 1994 for the period from 16 September to 15 October
1996;
 
      7.    Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of
23,957,000 dollars gross (22,958,500 dollars net) for the period from 1 July
to 30 November 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
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 staff
assessment income of 998,500 dollars approved for the Support Mission for the
period from 1 July to 30 November 1996;
 
      9.    Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion among Member
States the amount of 4,747,200 dollars gross (4,547,500 dollars net) for the
period from 1 to 31 December 1996 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 Support Mission beyond 30 November 1996;
 
      10.   Decides further 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 199,700
dollars approved for the Support Mission for the period from 1 to 31 December
1996;
 
      11.   Invites voluntary contributions to the Support 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;
 
      12.   Decides to keep under review during its fifty-first session the
agenda item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Support Mission in
Haiti".
 
                                     B
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of
the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, the related report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and the reports
of the Board of Auditors and the Office of Internal Oversight Services,
 
     Recalling Security Council resolution 1063 (1996) of 28 June 1996, by
which the Council established the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, and
the subsequent resolutions by which the Council extended the mandate of the
Support Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1086 (1996) of 5 December
1996,
 
     Recalling also its resolution 51/15 A of 4 November 1996 and its decision
51/459 of 18 December 1996 on the financing of the Support Mission,
 
     Reaffirming that the costs of the Support 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 decision regarding the fact that, in order to meet
the expenditures caused by the Support 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,
 
     Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions have been made to
the Support Mission by certain Governments,
 
     Noting that the assessed contributions to the Special Account for the
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti will cover only direct and indirect
costs associated with the five hundred contingent personnel and the three
hundred civilian police authorized by the Security Council in its resolution
1086 (1996),
 
     Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Support Mission
with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its
responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
     1.   Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations
Support Mission in Haiti as at 15 May 1997, including the contributions
outstanding in the amount of 19 million United States dollars, representing 39
per cent of the total assessed contributions from the inception of the Support
Mission to the period ending 31 May 1997, 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 the payment of their assessed contributions to the Support Mission in
full and on time;
 
     5.   Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the
reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
the Board of Auditors and the Office of Internal Oversight Services;
 
     6.   Approves, on an exceptional basis, the special arrangements for the
Support Mission with regard to the application of article IV of the financial
regulations of the United Nations, whereby appropriations required in respect
of obligations owed to Governments providing contingents and/or logistic
support to the Support Mission shall be retained beyond the period stipulated
under financial regulations 4.3 and 4.4, as set out in the annex to the
present resolution;
 
     7.   Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to
ensure that the Support Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency
and economy;
 
     8.   Decides to appropriate the amount of 15,091,000 dollars gross
(14,478,400 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Support Mission for the
period from 1 July 1997 to 15 March 1998, inclusive of the amount of 561,000
dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations, to be apportioned
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 1997, as set out in its
resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 and its decision 50/471 A of 23
December 1995, and for the year 1998, subject to the decision of the Security
Council to extend the mandate of the Support Mission beyond 31 May 1997;
 
     9.   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 8 above, their
respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff
assessment income of 612,600 dollars approved for the Support Mission for the
period from 1 July 1997 to 15 March 1998;
     10.  Invites voluntary contributions to the Support 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 and
practices established by the General Assembly;
 
     11.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Support Mission in
Haiti".