A/RES/1876(S-IV) GA

4, General Assembly-Fourth Special Session 1875 (S-IV). United Nations Emergency Forcei cost estimates and financing for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1089 (XI) of 21 December 1956, 1090 (XI) of 27 February 1957, 1151 (XII) of 22 November 1957, 1337 (XIII) of 13 December 1958, 1441 (XIV) of 5 December 1959, 1575 (XV) of 20 December 1960 and 1733 (XVI) of 20 December 1961, Having considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on the cost estimates of the United Nations Emer- gency Force for the period 1 January 1963 to 31 De- cember 1963,6 and the report of the Advisory Commit- tee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions there- on,7 I. Decides to continue the Special Account for the expenses of the United Nations Emergency Force; 2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to expend up to 31 December 1963 at an average monthly rate not to exceed $1,580,000 for the continuing cost of the United Nations Emergency Force; 3. Decides to appropriate an amount of $9.S million for the operations of the United Nations Emergency Force for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963; 4. Decides to apportion: (a) The amount of $2.S million among all Member States in accordance with the regular scale of assess- ments for 1963 ; ( b) The $7 million balance of the amount appro- priated in paragraph 3 above among all Member States in accordance with the regular scale of assessments for 1%3, except that each economically less developed coun- try shall be assessed an amount calculated at 45 per cent of its rate under the regular scale of assessments for 1963; provided that this apportionment shall constitute an ad hoe arrangement for the present phase of this peace- keeping operation, and shall not constitute a precedent for the future ; 5. Decides that, for the purpose of the present re- solution, the term "economically less developed coun- tries" shall mean all Member States except Australia, Austria, Belgium, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Re- public, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lux- embourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire- land and the United States of America; 6. Recommends that the Member States named in paragraph 5 above make voluntary contributions in addition to their assessments under the present resolu- tion in order to finance authorized expenditures in ex- cess of the total amount assessed under this resolu- tion, such voluntary contributions to be credited to a special account by the Secretary-General and trans- ferred to the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account as and when an economically less developed 6 Jbid., Seventeenth Session, Annexes, agenda items 32 and 63, document A/5187. 7 Ibid., document A/5274. country has once paid to the credit of the latter ac- count its assessment under paragraph 4 ( b) above or an equal amount, the transfer to be of an amount which bears the same proportion to the total of such volun- tary contributions as the amount of such payment bears to the total of the assessments on economically less developed countries under paragraph 4 ( b) ; any amount left in such special account on 31 December 1965 shall revert to the Member States that made such voluntary contributions in proportion to their respective voluntary contributions; 7. Appeals to all other Member States which are in a position to assist to make similar voluntary contribu- tions or alternatively to forgo having their assessments calculated at the rate mentioned in the exception con- tained in paragraph 4 ( b) above ; 8. Decides that the voluntary contributions referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 above may be made by a Member State, at its option, in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, fur- nished for use in connexion with the United Nations Emergency Force during the period 1 July to 31 De- cember 1963, for which the Member State does not require reimbursement, the Member State to be cre- dited with the fair value thereof as agreed upon by the Member State and by the Secretary-General. 1205th plenary meeting, 27 June 1963. 1876 (S-IV), United Nations Operation in the Congo: cost estimates and financing for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963 The General Assembly, Recalling the Security Council resolutions of 14 July 1960,8 22 July 1960,9 9 August 1960,10 21 February 1%1 11 and 24 November 1961,12 and General Assembly resolutions 1474 (ES-IV) of 20 September 1960, 1583 (XV) of 20 December 1960, 1595 (XV) of 3 April 1%1, 1599 (XV), 1600 (XV) and 1601 (XV) of 15 April 1961, 1619 (XV) of 21 April 1961, 1633 (XVI) of 30 October 1961 and 1732 (XVI) of 20 December 1961, Having considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on the cost estimates of the United Nations Oper- ation in the Congo for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963,13 and the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, thereon,14 1. Decides to continue the Ad H oc Account for the United Nations Operation in the Congo; 2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to expend up to 31 December 1963 at an average monthly rate not to exceed $5.5 million for the continuing cost of the United Nations Operation in the Congo; 8 Official Records of the Security Council, Fifteenth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1960 document S/4387. ' 9 1/nd., document S/4405. 10 ]Ind., document S/4426. 11 Ibid., Sixteenth Year, Si,pp/ement for January, February and March 1961, document S/4741. 12 Ibid., Supplement for October, November and December 1961, document S/5002. 13 _Official Records of t~e General Assembly, Fourth Special Session, Annexes, agenda item 7, document A/5416. 14 Ibid., document A/5421. Resolutions adopted on the report of the Fifth Committee 5 3. Decides to appropriate an amount of $33 million for the United Nations Operation in the Congo for the period 1 July to 31 December 1%3; 4. Decides to apportion: (a) The amount of $3 million among all Member States in accordance with the regular scale of assess- ments for 1963, ( b) The $30 million balance of the amount ap- propriated in paragraph 3 above among all Member States in accordance with the regular scale of assess- ments for 1963, except that each economically less developed country shall be assessed an amount cal- culated at 45 per cent of its rate under the regular scale of assessments for 1963, provided that this apportionment shall constitute an ad hoe arrangement for the present phase of this peace- keeping operation, and shall not constitute a precedent for the future ; 5. Decides that, for the purpose of the present re- solution, the term "economically less developed coun- tries" shall mean all Member States except Australia, Austria, Belgium, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Re- public, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lux- embourg, Nether lands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire- land and the United States of America; 6. Recommends that the Member States named in paragraph 5 ahove make voluntary contrihutions in addition to their assessments under the present resolu- tion in order to finance authorized expenditures in ex- cess of the total amount assessed under this resolution, such voluntary contributions to be credited to a special account by the Secretary-General and transferred to the Ad H oc Account as and when an economically less developed country has once paid to the credit of the latter account its assessment under paragraph 4 ( b) above or an equal amount, the transfer to be of an amount which bears the same proportion to the total of such voluntary contributions as the amount of such payment bears to the total of the assessments on economically less developed countries under paragraph 4 ( b) ; any amount left in such special account on 31 December 1965 shall revert to the Member States that made such voluntary contributions in proportion to their respective voluntary contributions; 7. Appeals to all other Member States which are in a position to assist to make similar voluntary contribu- tions or alternatively to forgo having their assessments calculated at the rate mentioned in the exception con- tained in paragraph 4 ( b) above; 8. Decides that the voluntary contributions referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 above may be made by a Member State, at its option, in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, fur- nished for use in connexion with the United Nations Operation in the Congo during the period 1 July to 31 December 1963, for which the Member State does not require reimbursement, the Member State to be credited with the fair value thereof as agreed upon by the Member State and by the Secretary-General. 1205th plenarv meeting, 27 Ju.ne 1963. 1877 (S-IV). Payment of arrears in respect of assessed contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account and the Ad Hoe Account for the United Nations Operation in the Congo The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Working Group on the examination of the Administrative and Budget- ary Procedures of the United Nations,111 Noting with concern the present financial situation of the Organization resulting from the non-payment of a substantial portion of past assessments for the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account and the Ad Hoe Account for the United Nations Operation in the Congo, Believing that it is essential that all assessments for these accounts be paid as soon as possible, 1. Appeals to Member States which continue to be in arrears in respect of their assessed contributions for payment to the United Nations Emergency Force Spe- cial Account and the Ad H oc Account for the United Nations Operation in the Congo to pay their arrears, disregarding other factors, as soon as their respective constitutional and financial arrangements can be pro- cessed, and, pending such arrangements, to make an announcement of their intention to do so; 2. Expresses its conviction that Member States which are in arrears and object on political or juridical grounds to paying their assessments on these accounts nevertheless will, without prejudice to their respective positions, make a special effort towards solving the financial difficulties of the United Nations by making these payments; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to consult with those Member States which are in arrears on the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account and on the Ad Hoe Account for the United Nations Operation in the Congo and to work out with them arrangements as to the most appropriate modali- ties within the letter and spirit of the Charter of the United Nations, including the possibility of payment by instalments, for bringing the payments of these ac- counts up to date as soon as possible; 4. Requests Member States which are in arrears on these accounts to make the arrangements with the Sec- retary-General set out in paragraph 3 above before 31 October 1963 ; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report, as ap- propriate, to the General Assembly on the consultations and arrangements mentioned in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the present resolution. 1205th plenary meeting, 27 June 1963. 1878 (S-IV). Terms and conditions governing the issue of United Nations bonds The General Assembly, Recalling its decision, in paragraph 1 of resolution 1739 (XVI) of 20 December 1961, to authorize the Secretary-General to issue United Nations bonds in accordance wtih the terms and conditions set forth m the annex to that resolution, Decides to amend paragraph 8 of the annex to General Assembly resolution 1739 (XVI) to read as follows: 15 Ibul., document A/5407.

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