UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FIVE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000327 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 emailed 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 April 27, 2007 concerning the financing of five peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 38,462,846 07/01/2006 to 06/30/2007 (additional) UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 1,892,726 04/16/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic 24,750,146 Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 04/16/2007 to 05/15/2007 UN Mission in LIBERIA (UNMIL) 48,623,156 04/01/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 3,844,934 08/25/2006 to 06/30/2007 (additional) Total Payable: $117,573,808 ¶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