Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06USUNNEWYORK1416
2006-07-26 20:55:00
UNCLASSIFIED
USUN New York
Cable title:
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR
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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
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: $337,514,945
2. The note states that funds are urgently required for the
financing of these operations and are due within thirty days
of receipt of the note. Bank accounts to which payment may
be made are contained in Annex Four.
3. Annex Three provides the legislative basis, the period
covered, the gross and net amounts to be apportioned and the
symbol of the document in which the details of the
assessments of all member states will be reflected.
4. The credits from the unencumbered balances, other income
and cash balance of 15 peacekeeping operations are indicated
in Annex II. In accordance with the respective General
Assembly resolutions, these amounts will be set off against
the respective current assessments of Member States that have
fulfilled their financial obligations. For Member States
that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the
respective Missions, the credits will be first applied to
their outstanding obligations and only the remainder, if any,
will be set off against the current assessments.
5. Any remaining credits for the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation
Mission (UNIKOM),the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
and the UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) will be
held in a suspense account pending receipt of the respective
Governments' instructions for their disposition.
6. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate
payment of the 13 peacekeeping missions noted above in
paragraph 1.
BOLTON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC AFIN UN
SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR
THIRTEEN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and
IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related
annexes from the SYG dated July 26, 2006 concerning the
financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains
current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows:
Operation Amount($)
-------------- --------------
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