UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FIVE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 002075 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FIVE PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2006 concerning the financing of five peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 1,936,759 10/16/2006 to 12/31/2006 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic 75,977,865 Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 10/01/2006 to 12/31/2006 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 12,161,298 10/01/2006 to 12/31/2006 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 49,754,366 10/01/2006 to 12/31/2006 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 80,172,001 Total Payable: 220,002,289 ¶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 Three. ¶3. Annex Two 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. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph ¶1. BOLTON