UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000655 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOURTEEN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 21, 2008 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) 6,212,688 7/1/2008 to 12/31/2008 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 29,464,419 7/1/2008 to 8/31/2008 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western 10,777,118 Sahara (MINURSO) 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 (additional) 7/1/2008 to 4/30/2009 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 5,286,242 7/1/2006 to 6/30/2007 (additional) 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 (additional) 7/1/2008 to 12/15/2008 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 2,732,414 7/1/2008 to 10/15/2008 UN Interim Administration Mission in 56,345,205 Kosovo (UNMIK) 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 (additional) 7/1/2008 to 6/30/2009 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic 161,321,194 Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 7/1/2008 to 12/31/2008 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 2,271,927 7/1/2008 to 7/31/2008 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 38,306,810 7/1/2008 to 9/30/2008 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 45,553,867 7/1/2008 10/15/2008 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 178,691,444 7/1/2008 to 4/30/2009 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 28,876,212 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 (additional) 7/1/2008 to 2/26/2009 African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur 38,278,439 (UNAMID) 7/1/2008 to 7/31/2008 UN Mission in the Central African Republic 19,087,421 and Chad (MINURCAT) 7/1/2008 to 9/24/2008 Total Payable: 623,205,400 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) -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 6/30/2007 (21,821,203) ¶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 United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) will be held in a suspense account pending receipt of the respective Governments' instructions for their disposition. ¶6. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph ¶1. Khalilzad