UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000012 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR 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 three related annexes from the SYG dated January 7, 2009 concerning the financing of four 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 01/01/2009 to 06/30/2009 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 4,235,449 12/16/2008 to 06/15/2009 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 161,321,194 01/01/2009 to 06/30/2009 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 7,438,867 08/01/2008 to 06/30/2009 (additional) Total Payable: $179,208,198 ¶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. Khalilzad