UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000107 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UN AORC AFIN SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT 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 three related annexes from the SYG dated February 4, 2009 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 (ONUCI) 66,285,355 2/1/2009 to 6/30/2009 UN Mission in the Central African 23,969,232 Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 3/16/2009 to 6/30/2009 Total Payable: $90,254,587 ¶2. The note states that funds are urgently required for the financing of this operation 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. Rice