A/RES/57/291A. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly

• Resolution Number: A/RES/57/291A
• Year: 2002
• Session: 57th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/57/291

General Assembly Distr.: General

12 February 2003

Fifty-seventh session

Agenda item 134

02 56075

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/657)]

57/291. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

The General Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United

Nations Mission in Sierra Leone1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on

Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2

Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999

concerning the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, and the

subsequent resolutions by which the Council revised and extended the mandate of the

Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1436 (2002) of 24 September 2002,

Recalling its resolution 53/29 of 20 November 1998 on the financing of the United

Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and subsequent resolutions on the financing of

the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, the latest of which was resolution 56/251 B of

27 June 2002,

Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with sufficient financial

resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the

Security Council,

1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

2. Decides, taking into account the amount of 532,469,200 United States dollars

previously apportioned under the terms of General Assembly resolution 56/251 B, to

apportion among Member States the additional amount of 90 million dollars at a monthly

rate of 7.5 million dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003, comprising

67.5 million dollars for the period from 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and 22.5 million

dollars for the period from 1 April to 30 June 2003, in accordance with the levels set out in

General Assembly resolution 55/235 of 23 December 2000, as adjusted by the Assembly in

its resolution 55/236 of the same date and its resolution 57/290 of 20 December 2002, and

taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 2002 and 2003 as set out in its

resolution 55/5 B of 23 December 2000, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolution

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1 A/57/619.

2 A/57/633.