UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWELVE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000644 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWELVE PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Douglas Wake and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 15 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government for 12 operations as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) 5,424,214 7/1/2007 to 12/31/2007 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 32,529,866 7/1/2007 to 8/31/2007 UN Mission for the Referendum in 4,040,924 Western Sahara (MINURSO) 7/1/2007 to 10/31/2007 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 3,470,972 6/16/2007 to 6/30/2007 7/1/2007 to 12/15/2007 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 2,792,961 7/1/2007 to 10/15/2007 UN Interim Administration Mission in 57,487,131 Kosovo (UNMIK) 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 UN Nations Organization Mission in the 152,177,486 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 7/1/2007 to 12/31/2007 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 42,172,833 7/1/2007 9/30/2007 UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 65,213,864 7/1/2007 to 1/15/2008 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 42,710,040 7/1/2007 to 10/15/2007 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 51,899,597 7/1/2007 10/31/2007 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 27,535,436 7/1/2007 to 2/26/2008 Total Payable: $487,455,324 UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) (35,034,530) - Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 6/30/2006 UN Mission of Support in East Timor - (UNMISET) - Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 6/30/2006 UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) (13,804,918) - Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 6/30/2006 ¶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 14 peacekeeping operations are indicated in Annex Two. 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 Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL),the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) will be held in a suspense account pending receipt of the respective Governments' instructions for their disposition. ¶4. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph ¶1. KHALILZAD