UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001416 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THIRTEEN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 26, 2006 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) 5,550,648 7/1 to 12/31/2006 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 2,170,598 7/1 to 7/31/2006 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 3,955,940 7/1 to 10/31/2006 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 3,092,900 7/1 to 12/15/2006 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 2,711,474 7/1 to 10/15/2006 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 30,350,278 7/1 to 12/31/2006 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 75,977,865 7/1 to 9/30/2006 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 12,161,298 7/1 to 9/30/2006 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 49,754,376 7/1 to 9/30/2006 UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 53,474,297 7/1 to 12/15/2006 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 17,030,107 7/1 to 8/15/2006 UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) 11,134,663 7/1 to 12/31/2006 UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) 70,150,501 7/1 to 9/24/2006 Total: $337,514,945 ¶2. The note states that funds are urgently required for the financing of these operations and are due within thirty days of receipt of the note. Bank accounts to which payment may be made are contained in Annex Four. ¶3. Annex Three provides the legislative basis, the period covered, the gross and net amounts to be apportioned and the symbol of the document in which the details of the assessments of all member states will be reflected. ¶4. The credits from the unencumbered balances, other income and cash balance of 15 peacekeeping operations are indicated in Annex II. In accordance with the respective General Assembly resolutions, these amounts will be set off against the respective current assessments of Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations. For Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the respective Missions, the credits will be first applied to their outstanding obligations and only the remainder, if any, will be set off against the current assessments. ¶5. Any remaining credits for the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM),the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and the UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) will be held in a suspense account pending receipt of the respective Governments' instructions for their disposition. ¶6. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the 13 peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph 1. BOLTON