UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000772 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has emailed 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 August 24, 2008 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 07/01/2008 to 01/31/2009 75,338,274 -credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period - ended 06/30/2007 -------------- 75,338,274 African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) 08/01/2008 to 12/31/2008 200,420,003 Total Payable: 275,758,277 ¶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. In accordance with the respective General Assembly resolution, the credit from the unencumbered balances and other income of the UNOCI, indicated in Annex Two, has been set off against the respective current assessments of Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations. This is reflected, as appropriate, in Annex One. For Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, the credits were first applied to their outstanding obligations and only the remainder, if any, was set off against the current assessments. ¶5. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph ¶1. Wolff