UNEF Finance – UNEF I – GA resolution

1877 (S-IV). Payment of arrears in respect of assessed contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account and the Ad Hoc Account for the United Nations Operation in the Congo

The Generally Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Working Group on the examination of the Administrative and Budgetary Procedures of the United Nations, 15/

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 Hoc 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 Special Account and the Ad Hoc 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 processed, 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 Hoc Account for the United nations Operation in the Congo and to work out with them arrangements as to the most appropriate modalities within the letter and spirit of the Charter of the United Nations, including the possibility of payment by installments, for bringing the payments of these accounts up to date as soon as possible;

4. Requests Member States which are in arrears on these accounts to make the arrangements with the Secretary-General set out in paragraph 3 above before 31 October 1963;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to report, as appropriate, 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

15/ Ibid., document A/5407

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