UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 14

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000079 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 14 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) 5,424,449 01/01/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 80,899,401 07/01/2006 to 06/30/2007 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 3,865,998 01/01/2007 to 04/30/2007 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 3,322,566 12/16/2006 to 06/15/2007 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 2,649,816 01/01/2007 to 04/15/2007 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 29,660,236 01/01/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 38,009,161 01/01/2007 to 02/15/2007 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 2,340,155 01/01/2007 to 01/31/2007 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 48,623,155 01/01/2007 to 01/31/2007 UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 76,120,979 07/01/2006 to 06/30/2007 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 16,642,938 01/01/2007 to 02/15/2007 UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) 5,066,361 01/01/2007 to 06/30/2007 UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) 97,936,495 01/01/2007 to 04/30/2007 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 37,945,867 08/25/2006 to 02/25/2007 Total Payable: $448,507,577 ¶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