UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000178 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Dennis Hankins and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated March 2, 2007 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Organization Mission in the Democratic 49,500,292 Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 02/16/2007 to 04/15/2007 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 11,700,773 02/01/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 49,928,761 02/16/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 7,064,362 02/26/2007 to 03/31/2007 Total Payable: $118,194,188 ¶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. WOLFF